MICROSOFT'S INTERNET EXPLORER WILL BE RETIRED THIS WEEK IN FAVOUR OF EDGE
0Microsoft's Internet Explorer will be retired this week in favour of Edge
The former king of web browsing will be retired on June 15. marking the end of an era. Microsoft Corp announced last year that the Internet Explorer would be 'retired' and have its support ended on several versions of Windows 10. Launched in 1995. Internet Explorer became the dominant browser for over a decade as it was bundled with Microsoft's Windows operating system that came pre installed on billions of computers. Microsoft ended support for Internet Explorer for its Teams web app in 2020 and followed up with access ending for Microsoft 365 services like OneDrive. Outlook and Word from August. 'Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of support on June 15. 2022. for certain versions of Windows 10.' the company said in a blog post last year. Microsoft launched Edge in 2015 to compete with more popular browsers like Google Chrome. which has now dominated the market. In 2021 the company said the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 was in its faster and more secure Microsoft Edge. Explorer does still enable users to access websites and applications built on technology too old and obsolete to be supported by modern browsers. but Edge had that covered with a built in 'Internet Explorer mode'. making the older browser unnecessary even for those extreme cases. ABC/Reuters
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