Malaysian news site MGAG suggested “You will be missed Internet Explorer”, and shared a cartoon that said “It’s time to go Internet Explorer.” Other people were more harsh in their evaluation of IE’s contribution to browser history. Microsoft has officially closed it down after 27 years. The LizaMinnelliOutlives humor Twitter account tweeted that Liza Minnelli had outlived Internet Explorer Browser. RIP,” Dexerto is a prominent influencer in gaming and esports news sites. Microsoft today announced that it is ending Internet Explorer after nearly 27 years. The image stated that Woody was “so far partner,” and it added “Goodbyes Are Never Easy.” Microsoft officially shuts down Internet Explorer on Wednesday after 27 years. Morning Brew, the official twitter account for fin-tech news site Morning Brew posted a picture of Woody from Pixar. Some people felt it as if they were losing a dear friend. Around 100,000 tweets were dedicated to the browser. Social media marked Wednesday’s end to official support of IE. The ride was fascinating with what would once have seemed a very unlikely end. King explained that the story of IE’s rise to prominence and subsequent decline to irrelevance is similar to other activities. King stated that although Microsoft avoided being dismantled, the victory it achieved in the Browser Wars’ wasn’t lasting and IE started losing ground to its competitors like Firefox and Google Chrome.
Charles King, a technology analyst at Pund-IT, said that Microsoft’s actions around IE (including bundling it together with Windows) led to Microsoft being charged with violating Sherman Antitrust Act. “The demise of IE signifies a kind of formal end to early Internet days when more traffic was generated by accessing and aggregating content than advertisements.
Microsoft realized this and created Edge, an updated browser with more security and functionality that was launched in 2015. But, perhaps Sir Winston Churchill would have said that it was just the end. Firefox’s 2002 release led to open-source browsers like Google Chrome. Microsoft’s market dominance didn’t last long. The browser quickly won the “Browser Wars”, a late 1990s competition against Netscape. Internet Explorer launched officially on August 16, 1995. On Wednesday, tech giant Microsoft officially ended support for Internet Explorer (IE), the web browser that once dominated the market – and even led to an antitrust case that brought on by the United States government. Microsoft, the tech giant that owns Microsoft, has officially discontinued support for Internet Explorer (IE), a web browser which was once used by many. What do you think about Microsoft’s move to kill Internet Explorer? Comment below or let us know on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook. This announcement officially marked the end of the process. Microsoft had been slowly moving its users to the Edge browser delivering better facilities and services and cutting down the support on IE. Microsoft seems to have been planning to sunset Internet Explorer for years, since the launch of the Edge browser in 2015.
This mode will allow users to access all the sites that are built just for Internet Explorer until Microsoft drops them completely. To help users move gradually to the new browser and get accustomed to the changes, Microsoft has deployed a new Internet Explorer legacy mode in the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge.
Post this date, the company will not release any security updates for the browser. Haunting the OS and the IE compat in Edge.Īlong with this, Microsoft also made the announcement to drop support for its legacy version of Microsoft Edge on March 9, 2021. Wes Miller, an ex-employee of Microsoft and a research Analyst, says that IE will continue to be around as the underlying support for the new face (Edge). Although Microsoft holds the power to auto-upgrade its users to the new Edge, it does not seem to be doing it just yet and is giving users time to shift before IE 11 ceases to exist. Users trying to access the apps and services post these dates may experience a glitch because the browser will no longer support a lot of features. However, Microsoft is encouraging users to switch to the new Microsoft Edge which allows access to an Internet Explorer mode to maintain compatibility. Mike Sherov (he/him) BLM August 18, 2020īecause a lot of businesses still rely on legacy IE 11 apps, Microsoft isn’t fully pulling the plug on the browser just yet. MSFT is renowned for legacy support IE wont die for a while.
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Yes, MSFT will drop IE on some of their sites next year, but they hold the power to auto-upgrade IE11 to Edge on Windows and aren't doing so. We all want IE to go away, but misleading headlines won't make it be true.
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