MSoft NO MORE SUPPORT/UPDATEs For IE >12 JAN 2016 >READ
 

http://ts1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.607...ndows-8%2F1279


A commonly held belief among heavy web users is that it's only acceptable to use Internet Explorer for the purpose of downloading Firefox or Chrome.

Snarky as this sentiment may seem, for many who have purchased a computer running Windows in recent years it’s also painfully rooted in the fact that Internet Explorer can no longer keep up with its competitors.

Once a market leader with a whopping 95 per cent usage share when it peaked in 2002, Microsoft’s flagship browser has experienced a steady decline in its user base since Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome hit the scene in 2004 and 2008, respectively.

Today Internet Explorer holds just eight per cent of global internet traffic — and a reputation for being the “most-hated web browser” in existence.

Microsoft had been hinting for years that Internet Explorer would eventually be phased out, but frustrated web developers were never told exactly when its “twilight years” would be over.

This changed Monday when, at long last, the company announced that it would finally be “retiring” Internet Explorer to replace it with a new browser codenamed Project Spartan.

“We’re now researching what the new brand, or the new name, for our browser should be in Windows 10," said Microsoft's marketing chief Chris Capossela at the Microsoft Convergence conference Monday. "We’ll continue to have Internet Explorer, but we’ll also have a new browser called Project Spartan, which is codenamed Project Spartan. We have to name the thing."

Whatever the new browser is called, it will likely have “Microsoft” in the name according to Capossela, as research in the U.K. found the company's name to have a positive impact on consumer perceptions.

Microsoft has yet to reveal the launch date for its upcoming Windows 10 operating system, but many online are already celebrating the end of Internet Explorer’s 20-year-long reign of "error."

For those currently using Internet Explorer, fear not — your browser won't spontaneously delete itself when Windows 10 is released.

The Verge's Tom Warren reports that Internet Explorer "will still exist in some versions of Windows 10 mainly for enterprise compatibility."

That said, the browser resulting from Project Spartan "will be the primary way for Windows 10 users to access the web."

Rest in peace, Internet Explorer brand. Give our best to Netscape Navigator, and thanks for all the jokes.

re: MSoft NO LONGER WILL SUPPORT/UPDATEs For Internet Explorer >12 JAN 2016 >READ
 

Support for older versions of Internet Explorer ends on January 12, 2016

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Wind...-of-IE-support

Re: MSoft NO MORE SUPPORT/UPDATEs For IE >12 JAN 2016 >READ
 

WHY am I not so surprised online24...

My family bought me a high spec laptop for Christmas with ...W10 > PRE-INSTALLED..

I researched, & found that 99% of NEW Laptops with such a high capacity/performance... =
Have W10 > PRE-INSTALLED...


The US have been paying MS for years to control the INTERNET...

Appears another of the US 'Varying/Different'/ tactics to do so...


Thank YOU online24, for the UPDATE...


FreaknDavid's thread /WARNING was correct when he posted it nearly a year ago..


+ jenkin4 threads about W10 & learning about LINUX were correct...


MSoft. W7/8/10 SPYING On Pirates =FIX/ RESOLUTION


Learn About LINUX



I have changed the TITLE of this thread, and moved it into Site Announcements, as I consider it important info..


FreaknDavid
is an ELITE Member of staff and can move it back if he decides to..


Again thank YOU online24, for the UPDATE.... :clapper:

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Re: MSoft NO MORE SUPPORT/UPDATEs For IE >12 JAN 2016 >READ
 

which is why i refuse to even use Windows 10