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<p>People of certain age were introduced to facinating Worldwide Web in times when Internet Explorer was the undisputed king of web browsers. Though Netscape Navigator did create some stir but it was soon crushed by the good ol' Internet Explorer, a Microsoft software in an era the company was at the very top of all things tech. These&nbsp;were&nbsp;pre-Chrome and even pre-Google times.</p>

<p>The much loved 'IE' could not keep up with the competition however, and was soon overtaken by Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and more. Internet Explorer even came to symbolise all things slow, a far cry from times of its undisputed reign.</p>

<p>Microsoft is now killing off the browser completely. This is happening&nbsp;after 30 years of its initial release. Currently, desktop users can see Internet Explorer sitting nicely in the 'Start' menu. But now Microsoft is releasing an update that will redirect users to Edge, the new browser from Microsoft stables.</p>

<p>“The change to use Microsoft Edge update to disable IE [Internet Explorer] is intended to provide a better user experience and help organisations transition their last remaining IE11 users to Microsoft Edge,” the firm has said as quoted by The Guardian.</p>

<p>The IE icon will disappear from the 'Start' menu in June. And before that, users clicking on the icon will be redirected to Microsoft Edge.</p>

<p>It appears to be final nail in coffin for Internet Explorer which evokes nostalgia of chatrooms, messengers and much much more.</p>

<p>Asking 'ASL?' to someone would definitely raise eybrows now. But in pre-Tinder era, that's how things rolled. And Internet Explorer was a loyal wingman just standing by.</p>

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People of certain age were introduced to facinating Worldwide Web in times when Internet Explorer was the undisputed king of web browsers. Though Netscape Navigator did create some stir but it was soon crushed by the good ol' Internet Explorer, a Microsoft software in an era the company was at the very top of all things tech.

People of certain age were introduced to facinating Worldwide Web in times when Internet Explorer was the undisputed king of web browsers. Though Netscape Navigator did create some stir but it was soon crushed by the good ol' Internet Explorer, a Microsoft software in an era the company was at the very top of all things tech. These were pre-Chrome and even pre-Google times. The much loved 'IE' could not keep up with the competition however, and was soon overtaken by Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and more. Internet Explorer even came to symbolise all things slow, a far cry from times of its undisputed reign. Microsoft is now killing off the browser completely. This is happening after 30 years of its initial release. Currently, desktop users can see Internet Explorer sitting nicely in the 'Start' menu. But now Microsoft is releasing an update that will redirect users to Edge, the new browser from Microsoft stables. “The change to use Microsoft Edge update to disable IE [Internet Explorer] is intended to provide a better user experience and help organisations transition their last remaining IE11 users to Microsoft Edge,” the firm has said as quoted by The Guardian. The IE icon will disappear from the 'Start' menu in June. And before that, users clicking on the icon will be redirected to Microsoft Edge. It appears to be final nail in coffin for Internet Explorer which evokes nostalgia of chatrooms, messengers and much much more. Asking 'ASL?' to someone would definitely raise eybrows now. But in pre-Tinder era, that's how things rolled. And Internet Explorer was a loyal wingman just standing by. You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here. WATCH WION LIVE HERE ×

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<p>After the internet explorer browser was recently shut down by Microsoft, a South Korean engineer built a grave for it, photos of which quickly went viral. In honour of the browser's "death", a gravestone marked with its signature "e" logo was set up on the rooftop of a cafe in South Korea's southern city of Gyeongju by engineer Kiyoung Jung, 38.</p>

<p>South Korea, which has some of the world's fastest average internet speeds, remained bizarrely wedded to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which was retired by the company earlier this week after 27 years.</p>

<p>"He was a good tool to use to download other browsers," the gravestone's inscription reads.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Images of Jung's joke tombstone quickly spread online, with users of social media site Reddit upvoting it tens of thousands of times. Once dominant globally, Internet Explorer was widely reviled in recent years due to its slowness and glitches.&nbsp;</p>

<p>But in South Korea, it was mandatory for online banking and shopping until about 2014, as all such online activities required sites to use ActiveX -- a plugin created by Microsoft. &nbsp;It remained the default browser for many Seoul government sites until very recently, local reports said.</p>

<p>The websites of the Korea Water Resources Corporation and the Korea Expressway Corporation only functioned properly in IE until at least June 10, according to a report by the Maeil Economic Daily. As a software engineer and web developer, Jung says he constantly "suffered" at work because of compatibility issues involving the now-defunct browser.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>"In South Korea, when you are doing web development work, the expectation was always that it should look good in Internet Explorer, rather than Chrome," he said.</p>

<p>Websites that look good in other browsers, such as Safari or Chrome, can look very wrong in IE, which often forced him to spend many extra hours working to ensure compatibility. Jung said that he was "overjoyed" by IE's retirement.</p>

<p>But he also said he felt genuinely nostalgic and emotional about the browser's demise, as he remembers its heyday -- one of the reasons he was inspired to erect the gravestone.</p>

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After the internet explorer browser was recently shut down by Microsoft, a South Korean engineer built a grave for it, photos of which quickly went viral. In honour of the browser's "death", a gravestone marked with its signature "e" logo was set up on the rooftop of a cafe in South Korea's southern city of Gyeongju by engineer Kiyoung Jung, 38.

After the internet explorer browser was recently shut down by Microsoft, a South Korean engineer built a grave for it, photos of which quickly went viral. In honour of the browser's "death", a gravestone marked with its signature "e" logo was set up on the rooftop of a cafe in South Korea's southern city of Gyeongju by engineer Kiyoung Jung, 38. South Korea, which has some of the world's fastest average internet speeds, remained bizarrely wedded to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which was retired by the company earlier this week after 27 years. "He was a good tool to use to download other browsers," the gravestone's inscription reads. Images of Jung's joke tombstone quickly spread online, with users of social media site Reddit upvoting it tens of thousands of times. Once dominant globally, Internet Explorer was widely reviled in recent years due to its slowness and glitches. But in South Korea, it was mandatory for online banking and shopping until about 2014, as all such online activities required sites to use ActiveX -- a plugin created by Microsoft. It remained the default browser for many Seoul government sites until very recently, local reports said. The websites of the Korea Water Resources Corporation and the Korea Expressway Corporation only functioned properly in IE until at least June 10, according to a report by the Maeil Economic Daily. As a software engineer and web developer, Jung says he constantly "suffered" at work because of compatibility issues involving the now-defunct browser. Also Read: Dutch company Lightyear to launch world’s first solar car by the end of 2022 "In South Korea, when you are doing web development work, the expectation was always that it should look good in Internet Explorer, rather than Chrome," he said. Websites that look good in other browsers, such as Safari or Chrome, can look very wrong in IE, which often forced him to spend many extra hours working to ensure compatibility. Jung said that he was "overjoyed" by IE's retirement. But he also said he felt genuinely nostalgic and emotional about the browser's demise, as he remembers its heyday -- one of the reasons he was inspired to erect the gravestone. (with inputs from agencies) WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

South Korean man builds grave for internet explorer, says it was a good tool to ‘download other browsers’

The once touted king of web browsers, Internet Explorer is retiring today. Microsoft is pulling the plug on the browser that introduced the generations to the internet.

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<p>End of an era as after 27 years of service, Microsoft plans to retire the oldest browser, Internet Explorer. It is a discontinued series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft, a report by Mashable stated.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Earlier, it was included in the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems and later was provided for free as part of the package. It was first released in 1995. As per a report by Mashable, Internet Explorer will be rendered inoperable from June 15.&nbsp;</p>

<p>At the start, the browser was popular and it reached a peak of 95 per cent usage in 2003. However, the user base started to decline dramatically and it was unable to maintain its top position.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Faster internet speeds and better user interfaces offered by other competitors caused Internet Explorer's popularity to decline. It was unable to keep up with the competition.&nbsp;</p>

<p>As quoted by Mashable, Sean Lyndersay Microsoft Edge program manager stated that "the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 lies in Microsoft Edge."&nbsp;</p>

<p>The company said: "We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge. 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.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"Microsoft Edge has Internet Explorer mode ("IE mode") built in, so you can access those legacy Internet Explorer-based websites and applications straight from Microsoft Edge," as per the company release," it added.&nbsp;</p>

<p>"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 release said.</p>

<p>Netizens especially 90s kids were nostalgic. See some of the reactions here:&nbsp;</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Microsoft is retiring Internet Explorer after 27 years <a href="https://t.co/81gMrJoS3v">pic.twitter.com/81gMrJoS3v</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Internet Explorer is shutting down in three days. I haven't used IE in a decades but it was the browser I had used for the majority if my childhood.<br />
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Whether you loved or hated Internet Explorer, it'll be the end if an era 💛</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">ProductHunt: After 27 years of service, Microsoft is going to retire Internet Explorer for good on June 15th. <a href="https://t.co/EEpvrx34FQ">pic.twitter.com/EEpvrx34FQ</a></p>
— ProductGram (@ProductGrams) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProductGrams/status/1535979057430642695?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Support for Internet Explorer 11 will end in a week. ☠️<a href="https://t.co/tj93eLLlHq">https://t.co/tj93eLLlHq</a> <a href="https://t.co/wgnXqt9Mzo">pic.twitter.com/wgnXqt9Mzo</a></p>
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End of an era as after 27 years of service, Microsoft plans to retire the oldest browser, Internet Explorer. It is a discontinued series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft, a report by Mashable stated.

End of an era as after 27 years of service, Microsoft plans to retire the oldest browser, Internet Explorer. It is a discontinued series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft, a report by Mashable stated. Earlier, it was included in the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems and later was provided for free as part of the package. It was first released in 1995. As per a report by Mashable, Internet Explorer will be rendered inoperable from June 15. At the start, the browser was popular and it reached a peak of 95 per cent usage in 2003. However, the user base started to decline dramatically and it was unable to maintain its top position. Faster internet speeds and better user interfaces offered by other competitors caused Internet Explorer's popularity to decline. It was unable to keep up with the competition. As quoted by Mashable, Sean Lyndersay Microsoft Edge program manager stated that "the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 lies in Microsoft Edge." The company said: "We are announcing that the future of Internet Explorer on Windows 10 is in Microsoft Edge. 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. "Microsoft Edge has Internet Explorer mode ("IE mode") built in, so you can access those legacy Internet Explorer-based websites and applications straight from Microsoft Edge," as per the company release," it added. "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 release said. Netizens especially 90s kids were nostalgic. See some of the reactions here: Microsoft is retiring Internet Explorer after 27 years pic.twitter.com/81gMrJoS3v — Techie Aman (@TechieAman) June 12, 2022 × Internet Explorer is shutting down in three days. I haven't used IE in a decades but it was the browser I had used for the majority if my childhood. Whether you loved or hated Internet Explorer, it'll be the end if an era 💛 — Caesár (@CnaVD) June 11, 2022 × ProductHunt: After 27 years of service, Microsoft is going to retire Internet Explorer for good on June 15th. pic.twitter.com/EEpvrx34FQ — ProductGram (@ProductGrams) June 12, 2022 × Support for Internet Explorer 11 will end in a week. ☠️https://t.co/tj93eLLlHq pic.twitter.com/wgnXqt9Mzo — AlternativeTo (@AlternativeTo) June 8, 2022 × WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

After 27 years, Microsoft to shut down Internet Explorer; 90s kids get nostalgic

By 2021 Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer. The tech giant is bidding farewell to IE 11 as well as Microsoft Edge Legacy. Watch report.

End of an Era: Microsoft to phase out internet explorer

<p>Tech giant Microsoft has confirmed it will kill off defunct web browsers Internet Explorer and Edge Legacy next year, as plans for a phased termination are brought to a close.<br />
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<p>Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On August 17, 2021, Internet Explorer 11 will no longer be supported for Microsoft’s online services like Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, and more.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Microsoft is also ending support for Internet Explorer 11 with the Microsoft Teams web app later this year, with support ending on November 30.</p>

<p>It is also ending support for the Microsoft Edge Legacy desktop app on March 9, 2021. After this date, the desktop app will no longer receive new security updates.</p>

<p>"Apps and sites created for Microsoft Edge Legacy will continue to work in the new Microsoft Edge, but if a compatibility issue does arise, we have our App Assure promise to provide support," said Microsoft.</p>

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Tech giant Microsoft has confirmed it will kill off defunct web browsers Internet Explorer and Edge Legacy next year, as plans for a phased termination are brought to a close.

Tech giant Microsoft has confirmed it will kill off defunct web browsers Internet Explorer and Edge Legacy next year, as plans for a phased termination are brought to a close. Also read: Microsoft planning to buy TikTok's global business Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support Internet Explorer. On August 17, 2021, Internet Explorer 11 will no longer be supported for Microsoft’s online services like Office 365, OneDrive, Outlook, and more. Microsoft is also ending support for Internet Explorer 11 with the Microsoft Teams web app later this year, with support ending on November 30. It is also ending support for the Microsoft Edge Legacy desktop app on March 9, 2021. After this date, the desktop app will no longer receive new security updates. "Apps and sites created for Microsoft Edge Legacy will continue to work in the new Microsoft Edge, but if a compatibility issue does arise, we have our App Assure promise to provide support," said Microsoft. (With inputs from agencies)

Microsoft to bid goodbye to Internet Explorer and Edge Legacy after 25 years

Microsoft has announced that its apps and services will stop supporting Internet Explorer 11 on August 17, 2021. It will be dropping support for its existing legacy version of Microsoft Edge on March 9, 2021.

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