Aww- Bye, bye Internet Explorer - Opened a lot of Windows for me -- good times

[packman]

Microsoft is finally pulling the plug on the iconic Internet Explorer.

The web browser was first released in 1995 as part of the add-on package Plus! for Windows 95 that year.
Later versions were available as free downloads, or in-service packs, and included in the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) service releases of Windows 95 and later versions of Windows.

https://www.timesnownews.com/viral/microsoft-is-shutting-down-internet-explorer-after-27-years-90s-users-get-nostalgic-article-92155226

[brooklynite]

1. Meh...

Not clear what difference people will see between IE and Edge (which has been available for years).

[ornotna]

2. That sucks

I have work related stuff that only allows me to use IE.

Hopefully they update the site.

[TheBlackAdder]

4. We're going through that. Edge seems to work, you just have to set it in Compatibility Mode.

[ornotna]

5. Bah! Humbug

I hate edge.

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Or as it was lovingly named, Internet Exploder

[NutmegYankee]

18. +1.

[kentuck]

6. My favorite was the Netscape Navigator.

We thought they would be here forever,,,

[Archae]

7. Netscrape?

I started with AOL 20+ years ago, now I use Edge.

[crickets]

17. Netscape was great back in the day. My absolute fave browser was what came after: Mozilla.

Oh, I loved Mozilla. I clung to Seamonkey for a little while after Mozilla was no more, and finally had to let it go. *snif*

[LeftInTX]

8. I haven't touched it in over 12 years!

[jaysunb]

9. I hate Edge 😒 nt

[Silent3]

11. The current version of Edge is simply a variant of Chrome

Edge was born as yet another new browser (now referred to as "Legacy Edge" ), but now it's built on the same Chromium core as Google Chrome itself, and many other variants, like Opera and a number of Android browsers.

[Silent3]

10. As someone who has had to deal with all the bugs and quirks and missing features of IE...

...GOOD RIDDANCE!

Internet Explorer has made many web developers lives (my life included) hell for far too long already. I've been wishing for the death of IE for at least a decade now.

[Lithos]

12. many many memories

Many not good...



Today I use Chrome only for work and for sites incompatible with FF or Safari.

[Xolodno]

13. My first PC while in my University days...

...I got rid of Internet Explorer and used Netscape. Think I had to use IE for a bit after that, but as soon as Firefox came out, went straight to it. Now I use Chrome.

Before I had a PC, I used the University computer lab....there was always a long line for the MS-DOS computers. I never had to wait for one, I used the Apple computers which were always empty. I knew how to use them because back in high school I attended ROP for graphic arts (printing).

But for the life of me, I never understood the aversion to Apple computers, Word, Excel, etc. worked exactly the same, just a very slight different keyboard arrangement. With that said, I've never bought an Apple product, always saw them as overpriced hype. For the longest time, I had Windows phone, thought it was a better system (but of course, my needs were small). Now, I use Droid...I really don't understand the price and need for an iPhone, but again, my needs are small.

[nuxvomica]

19. I went Netscape, IE, then Firefox to this day

I sometimes have to use Chrome for work stuff but I never trusted it. I miss Lycos. It made you feel searching was serious business.

[madinmaryland]

14. Anyone use Firefox? Used it for 15 years and still have it on a laptop,

But have used my iPad for four years and use safari.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. I imagine that there will be moments of gloom and doom for those who still needed it for

our security cameras.

[NCLefty]

16. Microsoft's failed attempt to be everyone's window to the Internet.

Monopoly sad!

[ecstatic]

20. I liked the first iteration of Edge. Now it's wayyy too agressive.

I don't recall syncing it with my chrome browser and that capability supposedly doesn't exist, yet it's syncing somehow--all my passwords and real-time history. So it's not just a 1-time import. I like the convenience, but it's still a wtf moment for me.

[hunter]

21. As I recall I went from Lynx to Opera. Skipped Internet Explorer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_%28web_browser%29

The upgrade to Opera coincided with an upgrade to my home internet speeds.

Opera cost $35 then and fit on one floppy disk which they sent by mail.

I had a legal copy of Netscape someone had given me, but graphics were mostly pointless at the highest home internet speed I could get at home then.

In Opera I could turn the automatic graphic downloads off and only download graphics that looked potentially interesting.

When I first logged onto DU I was using a highly modified version of Windows 98SE and Opera.

I've been on the internet for a long time, since the late 'seventies. When I first signed onto the internet as a university student the entire university was served by the equivalent of a 56k modem connection. Of that I was only allowed a limited 300 Baud at-home connection, mostly in the wee hours of the morning. I didn't do much from home and basically lived in the computer lab as an undergraduate fool encouraged to fool around with supposedly foolproof software.

[Wounded Bear]

22. Haven't used it in years...nt