At Microsoft, it is now time to reach the last nail in the coffin of the desktop version of the browser.
Although very few people use it today, turning off Internet Explorer is not an easy task. One of the reasons for this is that many of the enterprise applications currently in use are specifically designed for this environment, so the umbilical cord cannot be cut overnight. Accordingly, Redmond also has to go through a relatively long dance before they can finally pull off one of the most famous, but perhaps least well-known, browsers in Internet history.
time is over
Microsoft set a tipping point at the end of its desktop career at Internet Explorer this week, as most versions of Windows 10 ceased support for the 1995 browser on June 15, 2021. As a company Registration It states that the future of Internet Explorer is Microsoft Edge. Although Redmond provides support for a longer period of time than the LTSC version normally used on target devices (such as medical devices) and in a server environment, the current traffic is actually eliminating IE.
Internet Explorer Exit Table (Source: Microsoft)
The Extended process As a previous item, the Teams web app, which was hugely popular due to restrictions last fall, has been discontinued with IE11 support, and as of August 21 this year, Microsoft 365 web apps and services will no longer work with the software as well.
Head over to the edge
In parallel, the company is able to convert everyone to Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, which, thanks to the built-in compatibility module, can handle HTML pages and plugins developed under IE11. Hence, companies do not have to abruptly eliminate or redevelop these customized apps and websites. However, sooner or later, that option will also be closed by Microsoft, but according to the company, this will not happen before 2029.
Redmond said The Edge, which was released in 2015, also represents a quantum leap in other areas compared to the ancient explorer. For example, for security reasons, it doesn’t really matter whether you receive update packages every month (this is how Internet Explorer 11 works), or if you need to get a security-enhanced update for devices in days or even hours, like you can by using Edge.).
