Try and remember the moment you first surfed the internet. Chances are you did it on the browser that¡¯s mocked the most on the internet for being extremely slow -- the Internet Explorer.?
This Internet Explorer browser bundled along with a copy of Windows was our gateway to the vast open-world of the world wide web. That is until Google Chrome took over.?Chrome was surely a game-changer by not just with the way it looked, but also how snappy and fast it was. There were many who also switched to Mozilla Firefox, and that¡¯s what eventually became the fate of the Internet Explorer -- a browser to download other browsers.?
Even today, as Windows 10 shines and thrives with its new Edge browser, the OS still comes clubbed with the Internet Explorer. Sadly, now its days are numbered, as Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer, as well as the legacy version of Edge, will be put to sleep in the year 2021.
Microsoft has announced that IE 11 -- the last Internet Explorer version to be launched will no longer be supported by Microsoft¡¯s online services like OneDrive, Office 365, Outlook etc after August 17th, 2021 -- exactly a year from now.??
The legacy version of Edge -- the first version that came with Windows 10 when it first launched in 2015 will also cease to exist by March 9th 2021.?
Even though we¡¯re in 2020, there are several internet sites, used either by government agencies or enterprises, that are still stuck to running on Internet Explorer. Microsoft isn¡¯t leaving those users hanging. Legacy Edge and Internet Explorer are now succeeded by Edge Chromium -- a faster and newer alternative that is already being rolled into devices with the most recent Windows 10 update.?
This browser comes with an Internet-explorer mode that allows older websites that only support IE to run seamlessly on Edge Chromium. In case your PC hasn¡¯t gotten the browser yet you can download it directly from Microsoft¡¯s website too.
So long Internet Explorer: Even though we stopped using many years ago, we still remember the good old days, and we won't ever forget you!