Perhaps that is why the current Edge browser is based on Chromium rather than in-house tech.

It was also reputable for its poor security and its over slow pace of that turnaround only helped browsers like Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox rise to prominence. Microsoft even had a US’ 2001 antitrust case against them due to accusations that the company abused IE restrictions to maintain Windows’ market dominance. But we haven’t forgotten that some parts of the web still rely on Internet Explorer’s specific behaviors and features, which is why Microsoft Edge comes with Internet Explorer mode (IE mode),” he added.Īlthough bundling IE with Windows helped web newcomers, it also stifled competition. Microsoft Edge is a faster, more secure and modern browser-the best browser for Windows-designed for today’s internet. “Incremental improvements to Internet Explorer couldn’t match the general improvements to the web at large, so we started fresh.

In a blog posting on June 15, 2022, Microsoft Edge Enterprise general manager Sean Lyndersay admitted how the web has evolved and so have browsers. Microsoft saw as much of what was in the market and eventually developed Edge, a more secure and modern browser that launched in 2015. The truth is, Microsoft Internet Explorer died many deaths in between - with the emergence of Firefox in 2002 and Google Chrome in 2008. “The Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10 ,” the company said, adding separately that it will continue to support some forms of Explorer. Microsoft actually informed this in a memo last year, before making it official. The web browser, launched in 1995, was dominant for many years during the days of dial-up internet but its dominance in the browser market didn’t last too long. The final version of the browser, Internet Explorer 11, has stopped receiving support or security updates since June 15, 2022.

Japan is still largely dependent on Internet Explorer.Īfter almost three decades of service, Microsoft retired its oldest browser, Internet Explorer, at long last.Microsoft reckons the future of Internet Explorer is in Microsoft Edge, giving users “a faster, more secure and more modern browser.”.Microsoft Internet Explorer, after having died many deaths, finally came to its end on June 15, 2022.

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