Posted on 05/21/2021 11:15:30 AM PDT by Red Badger
Microsoft said it is retiring Internet Explorer, the browser it created more than 25 years and which is now largely abandoned as people instead use competitors like Google's Chrome or Apple's Safari.
"We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge," the company said in a blog post Wednesday, referring to its other browser.
"Not only is Microsoft Edge a faster, more secure and more modern browsing experience than Internet Explorer, but it is also able to address a key concern: compatibility for older, legacy websites and applications," Microsoft said.
People ribbed Internet Explorer in tweets on Thursday.
"RIP Internet Explorer, I never used it, but after it dies we can't make fun of it anymore," wrote someone with the handle Arcader UwU.
"I still fondly remember how I used it to download Chrome on every new Windows system," said Hrishikesh Pardeshi.
"This browser might seem old and outdated nowadays, but back in the day, everyone needed it. RIP Internet Explorer 1995-2022," said someone called TheCool_ColdMan.
Microsoft said that as of June 15, 2022 Internet Explorer will be retired and no longer be supported by the company.
But Internet Explorer-based websites and applications will work with Edge at least until 2029, Microsoft said, because many organizations have websites based on the now-doomed browser.
Chrome, Google's browser, controls 65 percent of the market, said Statscounter. Safari, created by Apple and available on Apple computers and devices, is second with nearly a 19 percent market share as of April of this year.
Firefox and Edge are in third and fourth place with 3.59 percent and 3.39 percent respectively.
RI-PING!..............
Thank goodness.
Why? Did it cheat on it’s wife, too?
About damned time!
Internet Explorer (resentfully referred to as IE, pronounced “AIEEEEEE!”), now available EXCLUSIVELY on Zune!
Microsoft said it is retiring Internet Explorer,
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Oh, Has Internet Explorer been caught fooling around with the help?
Will it want a divorce settlement?
Clippy be dead.....................
Severance pkg, retirement bennies?
ooooooooooooooh sh1t!!! /snort
yea, it was exploring other venues
Edge is being asked for child support payments to end to IE.
I recently went with Win10 staying with the Brave browser but MS sure is pushing Edge.
That made me laugh.
LOL. They lost an anti-trust suit over it 25 or so years ago, and now they discontinue it.
Now if only the DOJ would go after Google, Apple, Amazon, Facebook and ATT. Maybe a few others. Absolutely predatory, anti-competitive companies. So is Starbucks fwiw and imho, but they have already pretty much won. Still, wouldn’t mind at all if they broke them up too.
Netscape was first.
Bu-By!
Never use it, use Microsoft Edge even LESS!
Brave & Chrome.
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