Internet Explorer downloads are approaching, and Microsoft has issued a final warning to users and companies that still use it to create their own mechanisms “Disable IE” until June 15, 2022the date set for the final goodbye to this web browser.

Internet Explorer has been nearly dead at the consumer level for years, but is still used in certain business environments. Slow; contrary to standards; IE, by default unsecured and lacking the capabilities of modern web browsers, is completely useless in today’s technological world.

Microsoft does not recommend its use and change to Edge, and has retained it for compatibility reasons only in companies and the need to support previous standards for web access and application operation. A few years ago, she announced the end of her support and withdrawal, which will take place on June 15.

The elimination of Internet Explorer: the end of another era

Internet Explorer has hit the market 25 years ago as part of the “plus” package released for Windows 95 and based on Spyglass Mosaic code. It was a time of almost absolute dominance of Netscape Navigator, the first commercial browser, but this release and the ensuing “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). Its default installation on Windows was a real value because Mozilla (later Mozilla Firefox), an open development that emerged from the Netscape release, was a better browser.

Microsoft’s strategy has been controversial and there have been several lawsuits and lawsuits before regulators arguing that illegal use of Windows quota which ultimately harmed the rest of the competitors by not offering alternatives to use. Thus came the “browser war” and the browser selection screen imposed on Microsoft by the European Union.

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.

Internet Explorer: I live in IE mode

Since announcing the download of Internet Explorer, Microsoft has implemented an interim system that detects when a page is incompatible with new technologies, checks to see if Microsoft Edge is installed on the system, and opens the page there, alerting users to the problem. user and quits Internet Explorer.

This will end with the termination of her support, although it must be said that this browser will live on thanks to “IE Mode”. This is a special system that allows, in addition to one Chromium (MSHTML), a second engine that is specifically designed to run applications that have not yet been migrated to other modern browsers.

It launches in the tab of the new Edge Chromium browser without the need for any other type of software and without having to directly use outdated Internet Explorer. Microsoft warns that most websites will work better in Edge and offers the ability to quickly return to the new browser by clicking “Open in Microsoft Edge”.

This IE mode will be useful for those who still need to use Internet Explorer. Well designed to include a second engine for use compatible with IE, but within Edge and Chromium technologies, recommended only occasionally to run web applications that do not work in another browser. The general recommendation is to opt out of Internet Explorer, ending the era in web browsing history.