Microsoft retires IE

2 weeks ago

I fondly remember sitting up all night to download IE5 or maybe 6 (the first real makeover of the browser). I was wowed by the new features and speed. Maybe I was biased because I've always been a Microsoft guy. IE was a big deal back in the day.

Then it got clunky. so, i went to the dark side.
Then Edge one came along, and I was actually embarrassed they put that out. .
Now I use Edge/Chromium and I'm happy again.

Mark

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GioAds

2 weeks ago

Originally Posted by Mark Singletary

I remember fondly sitting up all night to download IE5 or maybe 6 (the first real makeover of the browser). I was wowed by the new features and speed. Maybe I was biased because I've always been a Microsoft guy. IE was a big deal back in the day.

Then it got clunky. so, i went to the dark side.
Then came Edge one came along, and I was actually embarrassed they put that out. .
Now I use Edge/Chromium and I'm happy again.

Mark

Haha you must be in your 60s now ... some of us never used IE or know what it is... Chrome generation

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anton433

2 weeks ago

Originally Posted by GioAds

Haha you must be in your 60s now ... some of us never used IE or know what it is... Chrome generation

Lol, you don't have to be in your 60s. I just turned 40 and I remember when the choices were IE or Netscape Navigator. I remember I preferred NN but honestly it was probably just because it sounded cooler.

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Claire Koch

2 weeks ago

seriously how young were you when you started? I'm 62 and i remember netscape in my 30's.

Originally Posted by anton433

Lol, you don't have to be in your 60s. I just turned 40 and I remember when the choices were IE or Netscape Navigator. I remember I preferred NN but honestly it was probably just because it sounded cooler.

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wizman888 2 weeks ago

LOL I used to use Netscape Navigator as well back in the day... I remember those days very fondly. Then IE came along -- like a half developed after thought of a project-- and muscled NN out of the way. Thanks to Bill Gate's ruthlessness, we ended up with a third rate search engine imposed upon us... until Firefox and Chrome came on the scene.
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WF- Enzo Administrator 2 weeks ago

Ignorance I suppose

Originally Posted by GioAds

some of us never used IE or know what it is... Chrome generation
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Randall Magwood

2 weeks ago

IE 7 was my favorite, despite the security flaws. At my old job as an IT Technician, all the users in the building used IE 6 because some programs weren't compatible with IE 7. But i still used it down in IT Support office on my own computer because it was so great. I think every Microsoft browser after that fell by the wayside.

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Claire Koch

2 weeks ago

I thought it was retired years ago? I still have it on my machine and it pops up sometimes when I look at a SVG because i never changed that from IE. And my virus software go nuts with "This is insecure". Honestly people still use it? I've been on edge for like years

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WF- Enzo

Administrator 2 weeks ago

It was technically retired, but still continued receiving security updates until June 15.

Originally Posted by Claire Koch

I thought it was retired years ago? I still have it on my machine and it pops up sometimes when I look at a SVG because i never changed that from IE. And my virus software go nuts with "This is insecure". Honestly people still use it? I've been on edge for like years