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Microsoft to retire Internet Explorer after 27 years, push users to Edge browser

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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.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.The company made clear then it was time to move on.

Internet Explorer will soon be overshadowed by Microsoft’s new browser “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.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.” For others it was a moment for 90?s nostalgia memes, while The Wall Street Journal quoted a 22-year-old who was sad to see IE go.Microsoft released the first version of Internet Explorer in 1995, the antediluvian era of web surfing dominated by the first widely popular browser, Netscape Navigator.

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