Internet Explorer

MICROSOFT is finally retiring its Internet Explorer on Wednesday (Jun 15), putting an end to a quarter-century-old app while also sparking a small panic ...

IE's demise was not a surprise. A year ago, Microsoft said that it was putting an end to Internet Explorer on June 15, 2022, pushing users to its Edge browser, ...

It also tangled with European regulators who said that tying Internet Explorer to Windows gave it an unfair advantage over rivals such as Mozilla’s Firefox, Opera and Google’s Chrome. IE’s market share, which in the early 2000s was over 90%, began to fade as users found more appealing alternatives. IE’s demise was not a surprise.

TOKYO -- Microsoft bids farewell to Internet Explorer on Thursday, stirring a sense of panic among many businesses and government agencies in Japan th.

Once the world's most widely used web browser, Internet Explorer will be laid to rest on June 15, 2022.

Internet Explorer’s market share fell below 50 percent in 2010, and in 2012, Google Chrome overtook Internet Explorer as the world’s most used web browser. For those wishing to hold onto Internet Explorer a bit longer, in a technical FAQ, Microsoft noted that it will only phase out Internet Explorer on Windows 10 20H2 and later. Some businesses might use legacy apps or websites that are only compatible with Internet Explorer. While Edge has an IE mode, these apps and sites might not work as expected.

Microsoft released the first version of Internet Explorer in 1995, the antediluvian era of web surfing dominated by the first widely popular browser,.

It also tangled with European regulators who said that tying Internet Explorer to Windows gave it an unfair advantage over rivals such as Mozilla's Firefox, Opera and Google's Chrome. Users marked Explorer's passing on Twitter, with some referring to it as a bug-ridden, insecure POS or the top browser for installing other browsers. The 27-year-old application now joins BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots in the dustbin of tech history.

FILE - The Microsoft Internet Explorer logo is projected on a screen during a Microsoft Xbox E3 media briefing in Los Angeles, June 4, 2012.

IE’s market share, which in the early 2000s was over 90%, began to fade as users found more appealing alternatives. It also tangled with European regulators who said that tying Internet Explorer to Windows gave it an unfair advantage over rivals such as Mozilla’s Firefox, Opera and Google’s Chrome. The 27-year-old application now joins BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots in the dustbin of tech history.

From finding love through dating platform Orkut to chatting through the night, Explorer knew it all!

Search for "Microsoft Edge" using the Windows 10 search box or look for the icon. Lyndersay quoted Microsoft Edge as a faster, more secure and more modern browsing experience than Internet Explorer. "It is also able to address a key concern: compatibility for older, legacy websites and applications. Growing up in the 90s with the oversized desktops and dial-up Internet connection, Internet Explorer, Microsoft's search engine, bore testimony to our inquisitive brains.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Internet Explorer is finally headed out to pasture. As of Wednesday, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that ...

IE’s market share, which in the early 2000s was over 90%, began to fade as users found more appealing alternatives. It also tangled with European regulators who said that tying Internet Explorer to Windows gave it an unfair advantage over rivals such as Mozilla’s Firefox, Opera and Google’s Chrome. The 27-year-old application now joins BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots in the dustbin of tech history.

Microsoft retires Internet Explorer after 27 years and fans are flooding social media to pay their respects to the fallen browser giant.

Internet Explorer was first released in 1995 as part of an add-on package for Windows 95 and in eight years became the most widely used web browser in the world with a 95% usage share in 2003. But others are still deeply attached to the browser that first introduced them to the web. “It’s crazy,” he adds.

Some online grew nostalgic about the web browser that launched in 1995. Others lamented its lack of speed and wished it good riddance.

The Japan Times also cited a poll that found 49 percent of 350 Japanese companies surveyed in March said they were still using Internet Explorer. The decision went into effect Wednesday but was announced by Microsoft in a memo last year. Others lamented its lack of speed and said good riddance.

Microsoft has pulled the plug on support for the IE desktop app. Finally!

Edge offers a feature called IE mode, which uses the Chromium engine for modern websites and the Trident MSHTML engine from IE11 for legacy sites built to work with Internet Explorer. But the real reason we’re saying goodbye to IE only today, long after Netscape became history, is that Microsoft exploited its illegal PC/Windows monopoly to block Netscape from computers. Someday, though, you’ll get a Windows Update that wipes out IE once and for all. Its quick-fix answer was to adopt Spyglass, a commercial version of the successful Mosaic web browser. JavaScript, for example, is arguably the most popular programming language globally, and JavaScript was a Netscape creation. But neither he nor Microsoft was the first to release a web browser. That honor goes to ViolaWWW, a Unix browser, while Cello was the first Windows graphical web browser. By 1995, Gates had realized that Microsoft needed something to offer all the users who desperately wanted a web browser. Netscape CEO James Barksdale would later testify that in a June 1995 meeting, Microsoft proposed that the two companies split the browser market, with Internet Explorer being the only Windows browser. IE 1 was a flop. It was no contest: Mosaic won the first and earliest browser war. Back in 1993 when I wrote the first story about this newfangled thing called the WEB, I knew it would be big.

After 27 years, Microsoft is finally retiring Internet Explorer. Support ends today, but IE mode will live on in Edge to provide compatibility for ...

While Microsoft has moved to its Chromium-powered Edge as the default browser on Windows 11, the MSHTML engine that powers Internet Explorer is still part of Windows 11. You can read more about how Microsoft is handling the removal of Internet Explorer in Windows right here. The aging web browser is being sunset in favor of Microsoft Edge, with support being officially withdrawn for IE 11 today.

Security flaws, antitrust memories and slower speed dragged down Internet Explorer as Google Chrome came to rule. Now Microsoft is promoting its Edge ...

When the U.S. Justice Department filed its landmark antitrust case against Microsoft in 1998, the federal agency described the bundling of Internet Explorer in Windows 95 as an "illegal tie-in." Edge is, he said, "the best browser for Windows." Internet Explorer took a commanding lead in browser market share thanks to its inclusion in Windows, the world's most widely used PC operating system. Microsoft bundled Internet Explorer in the Windows 95 operating system free of charge. "Over the next few months, opening Internet Explorer will progressively redirect users to our new modern browser, Microsoft Edge with IE mode," Sean Lyndersay, a general manager at the company, wrote in a blog post. "Microsoft Edge will also check in with the user every 30 days to make sure they still need IE mode for the site," he wrote.

After nearly 27 years, an iconic Microsoft product is finally being put to rest.

IE soon became known for its bugs, security issues and slow tech, and its share of the browser market fell below the 50% threshold in 2010. At its 2002 peak, Internet Explorer commanded 95% of the browser market. IE mode allows users to access older, Internet Explorer-based websites and applications from Edge. Eventually, Microsoft plans on releasing a Windows Update that will remove all IE icons from devices.

Microsoft is starting to redirect Internet Explorer users to Edge. It's part of the end of support for IE, after nearly 27 years.

All currently supported versions of Windows 10 Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education, and IoT will be impacted by the Internet Explorer retirement today. Microsoft is also planning to support IE mode in Microsoft Edge “through at least 2029.” Microsoft will start automatically redirecting Internet Explorer users to its Edge browser over the next few months.

Explorer, preceded in death by similarly reviled Microsoft icons Hotmail and Clippy, is survived by Microsoft Edge, the next-generation browser Microsoft first ...

In 2012, it launched a playful ad campaign rebranding Explorer as "the browser you loved to hate." Frustrated users had already had flocked to Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome. When Edge came online in 2015, AdWeek's Kristina Monllos told NPR that an departure date for the embattled Explorer was overdue. At the time on social media, people familiar with Explorer paid tribute to the flawed browser.

'Now a Relic of the Past': Microsoft Sunsets 'Nostalgic' Browser after Nearly 30 Years · Is Internet Explorer Shutting Down For Good? · What is Microsoft Edge and ...

Microsoft Edge is a faster, more secure, and modern browser—the best browser for Windows—designed for today's internet," Microsoft explained. "Incremental improvements to Internet Explorer couldn't match the general improvements to the web at large, so we started fresh. Microsoft is shutting down its Internet Explorer Browser TODAY!— Patrick Oyulu (@OyuluPatrick) Microsoft said that the process of redirection from Internet Explorer to Edge will continue for "a few months." Internet Explorer is retiring on Wednesday after 27 years of service.— Lady G (@gabsmashh) pic.twitter.com/ItNmJ4RJ1v June 13, 2022 "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)."

Microsoft will be disabling IE and directing Windows users to its modern Edge web browser in coming months. The news inspired jokes, memes and even some ...

He called Edge a “faster, more secure and more modern browser.” In the years since, many Internet Explorer users switched to Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari, finding them faster, safer and less likely to crash. “It did the job but nobody got excited about a really low-performance, unlovable browser.” Bill Clinton was in the White House. And Microsoft introduced a new way to surf the web: Internet Explorer. But it was always there. “Waterfalls” by TLC was the No. 1 song in the country.

On Wednesday, tech giant Microsoft officially ended support for Internet Explorer (IE), the web browser that once dominated the market – and even led to an ...

After 27 years, Microsoft will officially be shutting down Internet Explorer starting Wednesday of this week." "The tale of IE's rise to dominance and then eventual decline to irrelevance parallels the evolution of ecommerce and other activities. That wasn't the end for IE, but perhaps to quote the late Sir Winston Churchill it was the "end of the beginning." Among those who are in the 27 club are blues musician Robert Johnson, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse. For some it was like the passing of an old friend. Microsoft's activities around IE, including bundling it with Windows, also led to the company being charged with violating the Sherman Antitrust Act," said technology industry analyst Charles King of Pund-IT.

The 27-year-old browser now joins other kinds of technology products that are no longer used: BlackBerry phones, Palm Pilots and dial-up modems. IE's end was ...

The internet research company Statcounter said the Chrome browser controls roughly 65 percent of the worldwide browser market today. Internet Explorer’s launch signaled the beginning of the end of Navigator. Microsoft released the first version of Internet Explorer in 1995. Microsoft announced the move last year. Microsoft Edge has about four percent, just ahead of Firefox. IE’s end was not a surprise.

Microsoft says starting Wednesday it will no longer support Internet Explorer. Resources and tech support will go to Microsoft Edge — an internet portal ...

Resources and tech support will go to Microsoft Edge, an internet portal the company calls new and improved, and the browser that some called Internet Exploder will go the way of Netscape and Ask Jeeves. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. This morning, Microsoft is officially retiring its old web interface. Microsoft is retiring its once-dominant browser Internet Explorer

Microsoft has ended support for its legacy Internet Explorer web browser, though IE mode lives on in Microsoft Edge.

Microsoft is committed to supporting IE mode on Edge through at least 2029. Edge will prompt users every 30 days to see if they still need IE mode for a site. Although Users will continue to see the IE icon on their devices, clicking on it will open Edge instead.

SAN FRANCISCO: Internet Explorer is finally headed out to pasture. As of Wednesday (Jun 15), Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that ...

IE's market share, which in the early 2000s was over 90 per cent, began to fade as users found more appealing alternatives. It also tangled with European regulators who said that tying Internet Explorer to Windows gave it an unfair advantage over rivals such as Mozilla’s Firefox, Opera and Google’s Chrome. The 27-year-old application now joins BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots in the dustbin of tech history.

Microsoft Corp. retired its Internet Explorer on Wednesday, putting an end to a quarter-century-old app while also sparking a small panic among businesses ...

As of June 15, Microsoft ended support for Explorer on several versions of Windows 10 – meaning no more productivity, reliability or security updates. Explorer ...

Microsoft’s Edge browser is using the same Chromium open-source code that Chrome has used since its inception. So ultimately, the browser that can most effectively balance security and ease of use will win users. Individuals can even contribute to the source code, thereby enhancing the software’s productivity, reliability and security. What has given Chrome such a leg-up in the browser market? Being open source means the software is publicly available, and anyone can inspect the source code that runs behind it. After all, it was only in 1993 that Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the web, released the first public web browser (aptly called WorldWideWeb).

Internet Explorer officially retires Thursday. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Margaret O'Mara, professor at the University of Washington, about the embattled ...

So I think we just appreciate it for what it was and we look forward to the next thing. Is there anything you can say for Internet Explorer that is a tribute to the way it's shaped our online experience? You know, part of this is the kind of longer legacy of big institutions using Microsoft operating systems and software and baking those into their operations. If you were using a web browser, you were using Netscape. And Microsoft is trying to try to come and get part of that market. At the time, Microsoft software was running - you know, upwards of 90% of the computers on the planet had Microsoft operating systems and apps on them. O'MARA: Yeah. But no, it tells us - it's a reminder that the tech world moves fast. SHAPIRO: Why was it so successful back in the day? Now, look; Internet Explorer appears in the summer of 1995 when the dominant browser is Netscape. And that is the superstar. For many of us, it was an early online relationship, kind of like a starter marriage. And so when everyone opened up their computer, there it was. Thank you for joining us to remember this giant of the early internet. I'm like a lot of people.