As Channel 24 reported, the developers shared the photo on his twitter. There is a corresponding inscription on the cake You were IE6 on the cake – “You were the icing on the cake” playing the shortened name of the sixth version of Internet Explorer.

Microsoft thanked the Firefox team for their interest in Internet Explorer and the gift.

good tradition

It should be noted that the exchange of cakes between browser development teams from Microsoft and Mozilla has long been a good tradition. There were also not only cakes, but also festive cakes and muffins.

And it all started with the Internet Explorer development team, who sent a cake to the creators of Firefox in 2006. Sometimes the authors of the Google Chrome browser also join the initiative.

We remind you that on June 15, 2022, the legendary Internet Explorer browser has ceased to be supported by developers. After 27 years of operation and the emergence of several competitors, Microsoft no longer saw the feasibility of supporting legacy technologies. In 2015, the company itself launched a new browser, Edge, and has since worked hard to popularize it and encourage users to switch to it.

It has a built-in “IE Mode” that provides access to legacy Internet Explorer-based sites and applications. The feature will be supported until at least 2029, giving developers who haven’t yet migrated to new technologies up to eight years to upgrade legacy apps.