Goodbye Internet Explorer ☹️

Microsoft is finally shutting Internet Explorer down



Since developing Edge, Microsoft desperately wants you to forget Internet Explorer. The more popular Google Chrome effectively turned Internet Explorer into a Chrome downloader. To move past the troubling era, Microsoft developed a fresher logo and even adopted a Chromium engine. Now, the rebranding process is going further. Microsoft is finally shutting Internet Explorer down.
In an official blog post, Microsoft has announced the end of support for Internet Explorer 11, the last update available to users. Starting November 30, Microsoft Teams, the company’s collaboration platform, will stop support for the browser. Further, starting August 17 next year, the rest of the Microsoft 365 suite will also stop supporting Internet Explorer.

Of course, if you’re still one of the rare few still using Internet Explorer, you can still use the browser for what it was intended to do. However, it will no longer receive any support, resulting in a degraded experience.
Further, Microsoft is also stopping support for Microsoft Edge Legacy, the old version of the browser. Starting March 10 next year, the old browser will not receive any new security updates anymore. Microsoft Edge’s older iteration is inherently different from the current version. Most importantly, the browser still didn’t have the much faster Chromium engine.
Though both Microsoft Edge Legacy and Internet Explorer 11 will still technically live after their respective deadlines, Microsoft really wants users to switch over to the latest version as fast as possible.
As of late, Microsoft has also planned new strategies to seamlessly centralize the entire Microsoft 365 suite of apps and services. The company has also announced a new way to approach Microsoft Office in the future.

Thank you for the boring days