Neville Hobson

Microsoft is issuing an update to permanently kill Internet Explorer 11 tomorrow Feb 14 https://betanews.com/2023/02/13/microsoft-is-issuing-an-update-to-permanently-kill-internet-explorer-11-tomorrow/

Launched in 1995, IE played a huge role in getting people onto the world wide web. It won the first Browser War in the late 1990s, beating Netscape, and had over 90% market share in the early 2000s. But it was time up over 5 years ago when Edge appeared and now it's done. RIP!

Microsoft is issuing an update to permanently kill Internet Explorer 11 tomorrow

Tomorrow, February 14, is Valentine's Day and this is the day Microsoft has chosen to finally break up with Internet Explorer 11.

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Feb 13, 2023 at 6:14pmWeb
Show threadNeville HobsonFeb 15, 2023
@jangles update KB5022845 for Windows 11 landed overnight. No mention of Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge, though https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/february-14-2023-kb5022845-os-build-22621-1265-90a807f4-d2e8-486e-8a43-d09e66319f38
February 14, 2023—KB5022845 (OS Build 22621.1265) - Microsoft Support

Show threadDavidFeb 13, 2023
@jangles Can proudly say I never used it. Not even by accident on someone elses machine. Haven't used Edge yet. Is it any good?
Show threadMemereFeb 13, 2023
@jangles @stalane Work makes us use Edge and let’s just say it’s the browser that 365 deserves.
Show threadNeville HobsonFeb 13, 2023
@stalane I like Edge. Nice UI and latest versions seem faster and use less memory than Chrome. But it's not enough yet to make me switch completely from Chrome. Will Bing AI search make a difference, I wonder.
Show threadOriel Jutty Mar 27, 2023
@stalane @jangles It's another reskinned Chrome.
Show threadtarasisFeb 13, 2023
@jangles about time. I raise a glass to its end, but time to go.
Show threadclaasFeb 14, 2023
@jangles "Fun" fact: IE will still be used in Office 2019. At least until 2025.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/concepts/browsers-used-by-office-web-add-ins
Browsers used by Office Add-ins - Office Add-ins

Specifies how the operating system and Office version determine what browser is used by Office Add-ins.

Show threadjquilty3Feb 14, 2023
@jangles next day, someone uses Bing Chat GDP to make an even worse Explorer 12
Show threadMike FraserMar 27, 2023
@jangles RIP Internet Exploder..
Show threadRev. GothAliceMar 27, 2023

@jangles RIP.

It wasn't good, but it was competition. For the wrong reasons, but still. Competition leads—and led—to innovation that we have all benefitted from today.

I can joke at length about how awful it truly was, but I still appreciate that it existed.

Thank you, IE.

Fifteen years ago I never imagined I might be writing that.