[American Number 181269513]

I used IE until I learned about Brave here on FR and have been using that on all my devices ever since. I won't miss IE.

[dfwgator]

Good Riddance to Internet Exploder.

[Luke21]

Edge won’t let you remove it, and it runs in the background unless you turn it off in settings.

[Tell It Right]

Remember when the gubment threatened to break up Microsoft into two companies: an operating system company and an application company? Remember one of the stated reasons for it being that Microsoft had the audacity, the audacity I tell you, to package a free web browser (IE) with the OS (Windows)?

It's ridiculous to think about getting a device of any size today (desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone) with only an OS but no web browser. LOL

[sauropod]

Yep.

[Right_Wing_Madman]

[ShadowAce]

Windows ping

[MercyFlush]

I use Brave, too. Awesome browser.

While the front end of IE is going away the fact remains that it is still going to be an inseparable part of Windows until such time as the OS is completely replaced.

The innovation of IE in the first place was that it was an internal OS functionality that was turned outward to perform the same navigation function on the net as File Explorer does on your PC.

And for now File Explorer isn’t going anywhere.

https://www.windowscentral.com/whats-new-file-explorer-windows-11

[Ex gun maker.]

I have several PC’s to run obsolete but very useful programs and this MAC for the ‘Web.
My PC’s NEVER touch the ‘Web, so whatever OS they are running should remain forever.

[qam1]

Palemoon was a good replacement for awhile, now I think even IE works better.

[Dr. Sivana]

When I went to Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, AZ, Microsoft placed a CD of IE 2.0 on my seat cushion. I was already using Netscape and the browser that came with OS/2 Warp.

[T.B. Yoits]

From the article: Internet Explorer is also not available on Windows 11, where the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge is the default web browser.

Microsoft quit, switching instead to Chromium based. Edge has interface deficiencies. It's like the Windows 8 click-for-everything-and-few-key-commansp; in other words, for amateurs.

Edge also opens multiple iterations at the same time. When you try to close them out with the task manager, they keep opening new iterations. It takes five or six "end task" commands to finally get it to shut down.

Between that and Teams, I have to do it at least once a day to keep the machine from bogging down. (That's with 32GB of RAM).

[Boogieman]

Pre-10 versions of Windows can’t remove it, because IE is an integral part of the operating system.

[caver]

Internet Explorer = Edge with a different name.

[Faith65]

bkmk

[roving]

I tried a lot of browsers. Edge runs the fastest for me.

[Falconspeed]

Netscape was always better than Explorer.

[bitt]

p

[Myrddin]

I've worked on multiple government/military websites that were explicitly coded to work with Internet Explorer. Nothing else would work correctly. The website owners are going to have sad puppy faces tomorrow. They were warned to upgrade for portability to other browsers. I'm expecting a flurry of frantic website operators hoping for a quick fix. As with supply chain problems, there is also a finite number of people with the skills and clearance to fix their problems.

[martin_fierro]