I had seen the term "winebrowser" some time ago when I opened some file with a right-click to choose an application, but I didn't look into it because I was doing something else and didn't need a browser anyway. Now it came to my attention again: I saw it (this time labeled "Wine Internet Explorer") and decided to run it to see what it is.

So Wine has its own browser. That's nice, but why? Why might I want to use it? I have Pale Moon, and I kept Firefox for the few websites I visit that don't seem to cooperate with Pale Moon. Is the purpose an open-source browser that can visit websites requiring Internet Explorer?--the name "Wine Internet Explorer" suggests it.

the windows internet explorer is woven into the windows operating system much denser than any chromium or firefox.
there probably was some compelling reason to recreate most or even all of its functionality for wine, too.

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