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2020-08-21 Cyber

InternetExplorer Is Dead as Microsoft Kills Off 25-Year-Old Browser

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Posted by Fred 2020-08-21 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Good. It was a security nightmare.

Posted by Marilyn Tojo7566 2020-08-21 00:43|| 2020-08-21 00:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Lived to see the day - Bucket List.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2020-08-21 02:06|| 2020-08-21 02:06|| Front Page Top

#3 IE has been dead for years, it just didn't know it.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-08-21 02:11|| 2020-08-21 02:11|| Front Page Top

#4 While I agree with the stated IT Security concerns of IE. There are a lot of websites out there that seem to only work in IE is used.

Example: GA C-19V website can be viewed using IE, and Opera, but no data is displayed using FF.

Posted by NN2N1 2020-08-21 06:41|| 2020-08-21 06:41|| Front Page Top

#5 It went the way of the blink tag. Is mosaic still around?

Posted by CrazyFool 2020-08-21 06:52|| 2020-08-21 06:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, you can still get to it from the taskbar search and it still opens, though it's a billboard for the "new" Edge browser now.

There's certainly been plenty of time for companies to migrate any proprietary sites or web apps they have that are based on IE, but anyone who has ever worked in corporate IT knows that doesn't mean it's been done.

Edge (based on Chromium) has an "IE mode." I have no idea how compatible it is, I have no exposure to the sorts of sites I described above.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-21 08:00|| 2020-08-21 08:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Finally put the wheezing, asthmatic piece of security vulnerability shit out of its misery.

Posted by DarthVader 2020-08-21 08:51|| 2020-08-21 08:51|| Front Page Top

#8 I paid for Netscape back in the day (before it was 'free') as it was SO much better than Exploder.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-08-21 09:55|| 2020-08-21 09:55|| Front Page Top

#9 No more AIIIIEEEE! but now there's MSFT Edge - swapping cat shit for dog shit.

Posted by Raj 2020-08-21 10:05|| 2020-08-21 10:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Yeah!

Posted by Guillibaldo Snolulet7225 2020-08-21 11:31|| 2020-08-21 11:31|| Front Page Top

#11 The only time I used IE was to download a better browser after a clean install ... once.

Posted by magpie 2020-08-21 12:38|| 2020-08-21 12:38|| Front Page Top

#12 Suspicious. Anyone seen Clippy?

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-08-21 14:59|| 2020-08-21 14:59|| Front Page Top

#13 Anyone seen Clippy?

There's that story about an AI fighter pilot beating a human...

Posted by SteveS 2020-08-21 18:27|| 2020-08-21 18:27|| Front Page Top

#14 It's only one data point, but I switched from Firefox to Edge about two weeks ago and couldn't be happier. It just works.

Posted by Jay-Dubya 2020-08-21 18:34|| technochitlins.com 2020-08-21 18:34|| Front Page Top

#15 I'm a Windows Insider, been involved in every Windows beta program since ver 2.11 Ebge based on Chromium is 99% like Chrome less the gurgle tracking. I daily drive the dev channel builds and I have no problems with it. Haven't had to drop back to FF because of a site incompatibility in some time.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-21 18:48|| 2020-08-21 18:48|| Front Page Top

#16 Now MS should reach into their user’s computers and delete it. Otherwise, many will just continue to use it.

Posted by KBK 2020-08-21 19:41|| 2020-08-21 19:41|| Front Page Top

#17 For multiple reasons:

Posted by Clem 2020-08-21 20:19|| 2020-08-21 20:19|| Front Page Top

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