At Microsoft, we don’t do feelings. For this Valentine’s Day, the American group has decided to put an end to its historic browser, Internet Explorer, launched in 1995 and permanently deactivated on February 14. In practice, the last die-hards trying to launch Internet Explorer will be inexorably sent to Edge, Microsoft’s current browser.
But Microsoft did not take anyone as a traitor. The company had announced the stab at removing its browser from Windows 11. This time, it is Windows 10, which is still widely used in the world, that will no longer allow the browser to launch.
Marginal
Having become marginal compared to Chrome, Safari or Firefox, Internet Explorer was nonetheless the main browser for Internet users until the early 2010s before literally collapsing within a decade. Meanwhile, Microsoft has developed its Edge browser, along with the Bing search engine, now associated with ChatGPT.
Over time, Internet Explorer has become synonymous with internet ridicule for being slow compared to the competition.
Still, Microsoft will keep the code used for Internet Explorer, which is still important for certain business networks, alive until 2029.
Source: BFM TV
