Microsoft Announces Upcoming Demise of Internet Explorer
(Dreamstime) It has been 25 years since Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser came on the scene, and soon it will leave the technological stage, ending an era. "With Microsoft Edge capable of assuming this responsibility and more, the 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 announced this week. According to Microsoft, some functionality will remain within its Edge browser with an "Internet Explorer mode." "Not only is Microsoft Edge a faster, more secure, and more modern browsing experience than Internet Explorer, but it is also able to address a key concern: compatibility for older, legacy websites and applications," the statement said. Coming with the various incarnations of Windows since its debut 1995, the web browser rose to a 95% share of the market by 2000, overtaking Netscape Navigator's 90% position in 1995 as the number one brow