Microsoft announced today it will retire Internet Explorer, the company’s first browser released in August 1995 with the Microsoft Plus! pack for Windows 95.
In a blog post titled “The future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge” by Sean Lyndersay, Program Manager for Microsoft Edge at Microsoft, he says Microsoft Edge already offers “compatibility for older, legacy websites and applications,” aka “IE mode.” Active X controls are also included in compatibility mode.
Many institutions and public schools still rely on old computers and may only have IE. However, Edge is faster and more secure and can be added into those computers.
Microsoft has stated it will retire and desktop browser and end support for it on June 15, 2022, “for certain versions of Windows 10.”
Lyndersay recommends all users of IE to start using Microsoft Edge, which will have IE mode available until at least 2029.
For web designers, it has been time-consuming to work on with the original browser. With the end of support for IE11, they’ll be able to focus on development for modern browsers.
As part of the process, Microsoft 365 and other apps will end their support for Internet Explorer 11 on August 17.
WordPress, the most popular CMS for blogging, also announced today it will drop support for IE11 starting with WordPress 5.8. In other words, “new features are no longer tested on those browsers and are not guaranteed to function optimally.”
[Source]: Microsoft: The future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge.
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