Microsoft Will Finally Bid Goodbye To The Internet Explorer In 2022

Microsoft has announced that it is finally going to put the iconic Internet Explorer to sleep in 2022 as it pushes its users towards the Edge (get it?).

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The browser will finally be put to sleep after being a part of the Windows operating system for over 25 years. It was first introduced as an add-on on Windows 1995 and since then it has been a part of every Windows OS, even Windows 10.

Sean Lyndersay, a Microsoft Edge program manager said in a statement, ¡°We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge. The Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10.¡±

Internet Explorer will still be seen on LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) of Windows 10 next year, other consumer variants of the operating system are going to end support by June next year.

This move was sort of expected, since Microsoft had announced (reported by The Verge) that it was killing support for online services like Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook on the Internet Explorer this year.

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What about people who still use Internet Explorer?

In case you work on websites that only support Internet Explorer and are worried about those being inaccessible, you¡¯d be happy to note that Microsoft Edge has an Internet Explorer mode inside it, which when enabled would make the site feel that it¡¯s being browsed on Internet Explorer.

The mode supports legacy sites that use ActiveX. And what¡¯s cool is that Microsoft promises to include this feature in Edge at least till 2029, so you should be pretty much covered.

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While initially, it was our gateway into the world that we know today as the internet, over the few years, it easily got replaced with competing browsers offering a more responsive and fresh user experience, making the Internet Explorer nothing more than a meme or as a browser that let you download other, better browsers, such as Mozilla Firefox or Chrome.

Despite the issues it was riddled with throughout its lifecycle, the Internet Explorer, for many of us, was the way we got to experience the internet for the very first time. And for that, we¡¯re forever grateful. Goodbye Internet Explorer, you¡¯ll be missed.