{"id":51244,"date":"2022-06-15T03:42:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T03:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/so-long-internet-explorer-the-browser-is-finally-retiring\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T03:42:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T03:42:19","slug":"so-long-internet-explorer-the-browser-is-finally-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/so-long-internet-explorer-the-browser-is-finally-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"So long, Internet Explorer. The browser is finally retiring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Internet Explorer is finally headed out to pasture.<\/p>\n
As of Wednesday, Microsoft will no longer support the once-dominant browser that legions of web surfers loved to hate – and a few still claim to adore. The 27-year-old application now joins BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots in the dustbin of tech history.<\/p>\n
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, which was launched in 2015. <\/p>\n
The company made clear then it was time to move on.<\/p>\n
“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,” Sean Lyndersay, general manager of Microsoft Edge Enterprise , wrote in a May 2021 blog post. <\/p>\n