Internet Explorer

2022 - 6 - 15

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Microsoft's Internet Explorer is dead (The Washington Post)

Some online grew nostalgic about the web browser that launched in 1995. Others lamented its lack of speed and wished it good riddance.

The Japan Times also cited a poll that found 49 percent of 350 Japanese companies surveyed in March said they were still using Internet Explorer. The decision went into effect Wednesday but was announced by Microsoft in a memo last year. Others lamented its lack of speed and said good riddance.

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Internet Explorer, star of Windows, dies at 26 (The Verge)

After 27 years, Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer. Support ends today, but IE mode will live on in Edge to provide compatibility for ...

While Microsoft has moved to its Chromium-powered Edge as the default browser on Windows 11, the MSHTML engine that powers Internet Explorer is still part of Windows 11. You can read more about how Microsoft is handling the removal of Internet Explorer in Windows right here. The aging web browser is being sunset in favor of Microsoft Edge, with support being officially withdrawn for IE 11 today.

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Microsoft retires Internet Explorer browser after 26 years (CNBC)

Security flaws, antitrust memories and slower speed dragged down Internet Explorer as Google Chrome came to rule. Now Microsoft is promoting its Edge ...

When the U.S. Justice Department filed its landmark antitrust case against Microsoft in 1998, the federal agency described the bundling of Internet Explorer in Windows 95 as an "illegal tie-in." Edge is, he said, "the best browser for Windows." Internet Explorer took a commanding lead in browser market share thanks to its inclusion in Windows, the world's most widely used PC operating system. Microsoft bundled Internet Explorer in the Windows 95 operating system free of charge. "Over the next few months, opening Internet Explorer will progressively redirect users to our new modern browser, Microsoft Edge with IE mode," Sean Lyndersay, a general manager at the company, wrote in a blog post. "Microsoft Edge will also check in with the user every 30 days to make sure they still need IE mode for the site," he wrote.

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Goodbye Internet Explorer: Microsoft retires web browser after 27 ... (Sky News)

For some the browser inspires nostalgia, and for many more it provokes memories of slow-loading pages, bugs, crashes and frustrations.

Partially this is due to mobile browsing dominating the web. It is a long-delayed retirement. For some the browser inspires nostalgia, and for many more it provokes memories of slow-loading pages, bugs, crashes and frustrations.

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Microsoft retires Internet Explorer after 27 years (Redditch Advertiser)

Microsoft has officially sent Internet Explorer into retirement. As of Wednesday, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that legions of ...

IE’s market share, which in the early 2000s was more than 90%, began to fade as users found more appealing alternatives. It also tangled with European regulators who said that tying Internet Explorer to Windows gave it an unfair advantage over rivals such as Mozilla’s Firefox, Opera and Google’s Chrome. Its demise was not a surprise.

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Internet Explorer officially dies today (TrustedReviews)

Microsoft's once-huge web browser, Internet Explorer, is being put out to pasture today, with all attention now being diverted to Edge.

Internet Explorer arrived on August 16, 1995, at a time when the internet was just starting to blow up as a mainstream concern. Now that final day of operation has arrived. From tomorrow, any remaining IE users will be redirected to the company’s newer Edge browser.

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Internet Explorer is finally dead as Microsoft tells users to move on (The Independent)

The software giant is cutting off support for the product from Wednesday 15 June. Internet Explorer (IE) has a clear but contested part in internet history. It ...

It also tangled with European regulators who said that tying Internet Explorer to Windows gave it an unfair advantage over rivals such as Mozilla’s Firefox, Opera and Google’s Chrome. Microsoft is officially telling users to move on from the 27-year-old application and switch to its newer Edge browser instead. The software giant is cutting off support for the product from Wednesday 15 June. Internet Explorer (IE) has a clear but contested part in internet history.

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Internet Explorer Is Shutting Down in a Burst of Nostalgia (The New York Times)

Microsoft will be disabling IE and directing Windows users to its modern Edge web browser in coming months. The news inspired jokes, memes and even some ...

He called Edge a “faster, more secure and more modern browser.” In the years since, many Internet Explorer users switched to Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari, finding them faster, safer and less likely to crash. “It did the job but nobody got excited about a really low-performance, unlovable browser.” Bill Clinton was in the White House. And Microsoft introduced a new way to surf the web: Internet Explorer. But it was always there. “Waterfalls” by TLC was the No. 1 song in the country.

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Browser History: Twitter Reacts To Microsoft Ending Support For ... (Forbes)

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 ...

After 27 years, Microsoft will officially be shutting down Internet Explorer starting Wednesday of this week." "The tale of IE's rise to dominance and then eventual decline to irrelevance parallels the evolution of ecommerce and other activities. That wasn't the end for IE, but perhaps to quote the late Sir Winston Churchill it was the "end of the beginning." Among those who are in the 27 club are blues musician Robert Johnson, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse. For some it was like the passing of an old friend. Microsoft's activities around IE, including bundling it with Windows, also led to the company being charged with violating the Sherman Antitrust Act," said technology industry analyst Charles King of Pund-IT.

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The end of Internet Explorer has been a long time coming (Yahoo News UK)

Internet Explorer is no more. On Wednesday, Microsoft (MSFT) officially ended support for its OG web browser, Internet Explorer.

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Goodbye Internet Explorer: Microsoft retires browser after 27-year run (ITV News)

The 27-year-old application now joins BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots in the dustbin of tech history. | ITV National News.

IE's market share, which in the early 2000s was over 90%, began to fade as users found more appealing alternatives. But IE's end was not a surprise. Wednesday marked the demise of Internet Explorer, once the monopoly of the world wide web, the 27-year-old browser will soon cease to exist and will join BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and VHS in the dustbin of tech history.

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Internet Explorer reaches the end of the line (InfoWorld)

Microsoft has ended support for its legacy Internet Explorer web browser, though IE mode lives on in Microsoft Edge.

Microsoft is committed to supporting IE mode on Edge through at least 2029. Edge will prompt users every 30 days to see if they still need IE mode for a site. Although Users will continue to see the IE icon on their devices, clicking on it will open Edge instead.

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Microsoft is retiring its once-dominant browser Internet Explorer (West Virginia Public Broadcasting)

Microsoft says starting Wednesday it will no longer support Internet Explorer. Resources and tech support will go to Microsoft Edge — an internet portal ...

Resources and tech support will go to Microsoft Edge, an internet portal the company calls new and improved, and the browser that some called Internet Exploder will go the way of Netscape and Ask Jeeves. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. This morning, Microsoft is officially retiring its old web interface. Microsoft is retiring its once-dominant browser Internet Explorer

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End of Internet Explorer Spells Trouble for Japan Businesses (Bloomberg)

Microsoft Corp. retired its Internet Explorer on Wednesday, putting an end to a quarter-century-old app while also sparking a small panic among businesses ...

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Internet explorer is shutting down - 21 best memes and reactions (The indy100)

Microsoft confirmed Internet Explorer would longer be supported on their platform. Instead they would be focusing on Microsoft Edge which it described as "a ...

Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings. Microsoft confirmed Internet Explorer would longer be supported on their platform.

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Goodbye Internet Explorer. You won't be missed (but your legacy ... (The Conversation AU)

As of June 15, Microsoft ended support for Explorer on several versions of Windows 10 – meaning no more productivity, reliability or security updates. Explorer ...

Microsoft’s Edge browser is using the same Chromium open-source code that Chrome has used since its inception. So ultimately, the browser that can most effectively balance security and ease of use will win users. Individuals can even contribute to the source code, thereby enhancing the software’s productivity, reliability and security. What has given Chrome such a leg-up in the browser market? Being open source means the software is publicly available, and anyone can inspect the source code that runs behind it. After all, it was only in 1993 that Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the web, released the first public web browser (aptly called WorldWideWeb).

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Internet Explorer: Netizens react to web browser shutting down with ... (Evening Standard)

RIP to the #1 Chrome installer of all time,” said one Twitter user.

A Twitter account dedicated to Internet Explorer said: “the internet has changed” and shared a meme of web browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox at Internet Explorer’s grave. Marques Brownlee said: “Today marks the official end of Microsoft’s support for Internet Explorer. RIP to the #1 Chrome installer of all time.” Tom Warren said “is Internet Explorer ever truly dead?” and shared a comic strip of Internet Explorer “not responding” to the Grim Reaper.

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How did you mourn Internet Explorer's passing? (The Register)

Tombstones, memes, Clippy, and probably a cat or two. The web pays its respects. Richard Speed Thu 16 Jun 2022 // 16:00 UTC.

- Windows Server Engineers forced to work around the browser's many, many foibles were doubtless dancing on its grave even if in recent years the vast majority of users only ever fired it up for one thing: PCs of similar design emerged over the years, but it can't be... Microsoft's Edge team chimed in, although to our eyes that beige box looks for all the world like an Amiga 1000, discontinued long before Internet Explorer troubled the desktop. The Deadpool sequel was Deadpool 2. Reynolds does, however, play the Deadpool character that is notable for his ability to not die.

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Internet explorer is shutting down - 21 best memes and reactions (The indy100)

Microsoft confirmed Internet Explorer would longer be supported on their platform. Instead they would be focusing on Microsoft Edge which it described as "a ...

Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings. Microsoft confirmed Internet Explorer would longer be supported on their platform.

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Microsoft retires Internet Explorer browser after 27 years (E&T Magazine)

Microsoft has disabled its legacy internet browser Internet Explorer and is redirecting users to Microsoft Edge.

Despite the gradual demise of Internet Explorer, it still has strong brand recognition. The company will however retain an inbuilt “IE mode” for Internet Explorer that will allow developers to access legacy applications. Instead, the company is now redirecting users to Microsoft Edge, launched in 2015, alongside Windows 10.

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