After 27 Years Of Service, Microsoft To Retire Internet Explorer For Good On June 15
On August 17, 2021, Microsoft 356 ended support for Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Team ended support for the browser on November 30, 2020. According to reports, Internet Explorer is all set to be discontinued on June 15, 2022.
It is time to bid farewell to our deal old friend, the Internet Explorer. First introduced to the world in 1995 as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year, the Internet Explorer was a significant part of our lives while growing up.
Later versions of the browser were available as free downloads, or in-service packs, and included in the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) service releases of Windows 95 and later versions of Windows.
However, by 2003, the browser reached saturation point with around 95 percent usage share, but new browsers came in from other companies which eventually led to the Internet Explorer's user base falling in the following years.
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In fact, there were no more feature developments for Internet Explorer from 2016 since Microsoft came up with a new browser - Microsoft Edge. This was the company's plan to slowly phase out Internet Explorer.
Sean Lyndersay, Microsoft Edge program manager, said "the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge."
"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," he said.
"Microsoft Edge has Internet Explorer mode ('IE mode') built in, so you can access those legacy Internet Explorer-based websites and applications straight from Microsoft Edge. With Microsoft Edge capable of assuming this responsibility and more, the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10," he added.
On August 17, 2021, Microsoft 356 ended support for Internet Explorer, and Microsoft Team ended support for the browser on November 30, 2020. According to reports, Internet Explorer is all set to be discontinued on June 15, 2022.
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People on the internet, especially us '90s kids, are feeling super nostalgic after learning of the latest development with IE. Of course, there were also lots of jokes about how slow it is.
Rest in peace to one of the greatest to ever do it ?#internetexplorer pic.twitter.com/sBktdWTarN
¡ª Champ Phoenix (@ashDOITZ) June 11, 2022
Did you know? Internet Explorer's support will end in just 9 days. The end of an era?
¡ª Enderman (@endermanch) June 5, 2022
Internet Explorer is shutting down in three days. I haven't used IE in a decades but it was the browser I had used for the majority if my childhood.
¡ª Caes¨¢r (@CnaVD) June 11, 2022
Whether you loved or hated Internet Explorer, it'll be the end if an era ?
Was this IE good browser? @elonmusk #InternetExplorer pic.twitter.com/W595al63I8
¡ª ??¡á?m.eth (@ricky_0r) June 9, 2022
nobody¡¯s talking about how internet explorer is dying in 5 days pic.twitter.com/4oMfn4tG9Z
¡ª ¡ï ??????????? ¡ï (@officialmsmojo) June 10, 2022
v*Internet explorer 11 desktop application will be retired on June 15, 2022*
¡ª Tams. (@tahreemkhann) June 11, 2022
Me: pic.twitter.com/9aydmRXLIa
So internet explorer is really no more soon?
¡ª Rhosewen | GREY SUIT- SUH2O (@Rhosewen1) June 12, 2022
Windows 7 now internet explorer . pic.twitter.com/814qIykHat
¡ª Hard-Meg (@HardMeg) June 11, 2022
On June 15th, 2022 the Microsoft search engine ¡°Internet Explorer¡± will be unplugged for good. I¡¯ve been using that software for over 25 years! Makes me sad. Lol
¡ª J. Evans (@Bourbon_IL) June 10, 2022
Goodbyes to the best browser downloader. #InternetExplorer pic.twitter.com/AV0quxQuNI
¡ª Mak Drakos (@devcrafter91) June 11, 2022
@Microsoft shutting down Internet Explorer on June 15.
¡ª Arsh Saxena (@arshsaxena02) June 11, 2022
You'll be remebered?
I always used you...
to download @googlechrome #Microsoft #InternetExplorer pic.twitter.com/HMe8si9oR6
You guys, isn¡¯t it kind of wild that Internet Explorer is going to disintegrate into nothing like it never existed next week?
¡ª wordle mommy (@callie_quinlan) June 10, 2022
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