Microsoft's Internet Explorer is about to end its 27-year history
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As of June 16, 2022, support for Internet Explorer, an Internet browser provided by Microsoft, will end. Internet Explorer was a popular browser from the early 1990s to the 2000s, and at one point it was widely used all over the world as ' Internet Explorer is the web browser .'
Microsoft is shutting down Internet Explorer after 27 years; 90s users get nostalgic
https://www.timesnownews.com/viral/microsoft-is-shutting-down-internet-explorer-after-27-years-90s-users-get-nostalgic-article-92155226
Internet Explorer was the first browser to appear as part of Microsoft Plus! Released by Microsoft in 1995. Since then, Microsoft has provided Internet Explorer for each version of Windows by default or in the form of a service pack, and has been widely pre-installed on OEM branded PCs running Windows 95 or later.
The market share of Internet Explorer reached its peak in 2003, and its usage rate was astonishingly about 95%. However, with the rise of competing browsers such as Google's Chrome and Mozilla's Firefox, its share will gradually decline.
Development of new features in Internet Explorer was completely discontinued in 2016, prioritizing Microsoft's next-generation browser, Edge. Therefore, it is from this time that Microsoft planned to phase out Internet Explorer.
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After that, Microsoft 365 ended support for Internet Explorer on August 18, 2021, and Microsoft Teams also ended support for Internet Explorer on November 31, 2020. Finally, on June 16, 2022, support for Internet Explorer on Windows 10 will end.
'The future of Internet Explorer in Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge,' said Sean Lyndersay, Program Manager for Edge. 'Microsoft Edge not only gives you a faster and more secure modern browser experience than Internet Explorer.' We can also address an important concern, 'Compatibility with older legacy websites and applications.'
Microsoft Edge has a built-in Internet Explorer (IE) mode that allows it to be compatible with legacy websites and applications. 'IE mode allows Microsoft Edge to retain access to legacy websites and applications, so Windows 10 will end support for Internet Explorer 11 on June 16, 2022,' Lyndersay said. I did.
Times Now , a foreign media outlet, said, 'People who used computers at home, school, or office in the 1990s and early 2000s should have memories of Internet Explorer. Millions of people around the world. For the first time, they set foot on the worldwide web through Internet Explorer. '
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