Internet Explorer says goodbye and we won’t miss it. You certainly haven’t used this web browser in years, and if you’re one of the youngest in the area, you may have never used it. Yes, as a computer application is insignificant today, you should know that it marked the era of world technology.

Microsoft will shut down the Internet Explorer 11 desktop application tomorrow. Although it will still remain in some enterprise versions and can be used through the IE mode included in Edge Chromium, June 15 is the official and final farewell date web browser.

Internet Explorer today is absolutely unnecessary in world technology: slow; contrary to standards; The software giant, which is uncertain by default and without the capabilities of the new Edge, which is Microsoft’s reference when browsing the Web, has long been trying to get rid of the ballast and completely eliminate IE.

A year ago, Microsoft announced a plan to close the browser, although it had previously discouraged its use in favor of Edge and other modern browsers. He even stripped him of the title of “navigator,” leaving him alone “compatibility fix”. The head of cybersecurity at Microsoft further stressed that it should not be used in everyday work, and published an article on the official Microsoft blog, the headline of which spoke for itself: “Dangers of using Internet Explorer as your default browser”.

Nevertheless, Microsoft retained it due to enterprise compatibility and the need to support older standards for web access and application operation. Once the deployment of Edge Chromium (the best browser in Microsoft’s history, in terms of performance, compatibility, security and features of any other modern browser) is complete, there is no point in keeping Internet Explorer running.

In addition, Edge has IE mode, which allows you to use a second engine (MSHTML) specifically designed to run those applications that have not yet been migrated to other modern browsers. It runs in the Edge tab without the need for additional software and, of course, without the need to use outdated Internet Explorer. Microsoft has guaranteed support until 2029, so companies that still need it have enough time to migrate.

In consumption … what I said, completely useless. Every modern web browser has better features and, in our opinion, removing it will not be a problem for any user.

Internet Explorer says goodbye to the technological age

Internet Explorer has hit the market more than 26 years ago. It was created based on the Spyglass Mosaic code and came as part of the “plus” package released for Windows 95. It was a time of almost absolute dominance of Netscape Navigator, the first commercial browser, but this release and subsequent “browser wars” changed everything.

Microsoft didn’t have to work hard to popularize its browser. It didn’t matter if he was better or worse than the competition, just with include it as part of your operating systems managed to defenestrate Netscape and consolidate a monopoly that lasted 20 years (no less).

Microsoft’s strategy has been controversial and there have been several lawsuits and lawsuits before regulators arguing that illegal use of Windows quotawhich ultimately harmed the rest of the competitors by not offering alternatives to use. Its default installation on Windows was a real defender of IE, because Mozilla (later Mozilla Firefox), an open development that emerged from the Netscape release, was a better browser than Internet Explorer during those two decades.

Nothing lasts forever. The obligation to include alternatives to Windows in some regions, such as Europe (remember the browser selection screen imposed on Microsoft by the European Union?) Was the beginning of the end, even though without it Microsoft was already losing ground.

Finally, in 2016, the global web browsing market turned upside down, though Google Chrome has overtaken Internet Explorer in market share. Since then, the decline has been sharp and Microsoft has lost its presence in this important market, which opens the way for search engines and Internet advertising. In 2016 alone, IE lost 350 million users and was subsequently overtaken by Mozilla’s Firefox.

You know recent history: ‘Great ailments for major ailments’. Microsoft decided on something unthinkable, to use the competing Google Chromium open source base in the new development to try to reverse the situation. Chrome still largely dominates the market, but at least the new Edge browser is worthy of a company like Microsoft. Internet Explorer was long dead at the consumer level and now comes the announcement of a late but expected end.