Microsoft reminds all that Internet Explorer dies in June, details IE mode end of life

[MMT]

Back in May of 2021, Microsoft announced that it is retiring Internet Explorer (IE) in June 2022. With only a couple of months left for that, the company has decided to issue a reminder about the event in general, plus information about Internet Explorer mode (IE mode) that provides legacy support.

The new announcement says:

As previously announced, the future of Internet Explorer on Windows is in Microsoft Edge. Internet Explorer mode (IE mode) provides legacy browser support within Microsoft Edge. Because of this, the Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) desktop application will be retired on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10. This means that the IE11 desktop application will no longer be supported and afterward will redirect to Microsoft Edge if a user tries to access it.

While most of it was already known since the previous announcement, Microsoft has also added some new details more recently. For example, in November last year, the company has clarified that a Windows 10 cumulative update will disable the IE desktop app and users will redirected to Edge instead. IE mode, however, will still be accessible as the underlying MSHTML (Trident) engine will keep functioning.

 

Speaking of IE mode, Microsoft has also revealed IE mode end of support timeframe for various Windows versions, which you can see below.

 

 

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[koolkat]

When I got my first PC, the main choice was between IE and Netscape, the IE having the better performance, so I opted for that. Soon after that, Netscape was scrapped.

Then I realized that IE was attracting far too much malware, being targeted by hackers due to its popularity. So I switched over to the new Opera and found my peace. I stayed on Opera since then.

Nevertheless, I can't help feeling a little nostalgic depression at the news.

[MMT]

At work we had both. I liked Netscape but the IE at that time was becoming far better. I cannot remember how far Netscape got - was it V5?

 

Since then I have gone through a multitude of browsers at home (always IE in work). Opera, currently, seems to be the best. I am awaiting DuckDuckGo to bring on their PC browser - I enjoy the phone version I have.