Microsoft pulls the plug on Internet Explorer.

[Daikun]

Announced today at Microsoft's Build conference: Spartan's official name is Edge.

 

[RandomMe]

Announced today at Microsoft's Build conference: Spartan's official name is Edge.

To say the least, I really like the new name of the new browser.

 

[Dodokoce]

Announced today at Microsoft's Build conference: Spartan's official name is Edge.

Too bad people will still use chrome and talk rubbish about IE(now Edge)
I have Win10 and i like thre look of spartan!(tho its extremely buggy)

 

[Golden Geek]

I must say I like the 'preview site's content by hovering over a tab' feature. Might stop the nasty spread of shock sites/pictures for good (then again, you've still gotta look at it...)

 

[RegularCapital]

To me calling it Edge would be confusing (for the time being at least as people are reluctant to update or change their browsers), because of this line of HTML.

<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />

"Edge" basically means to use the latest rendering engine (Trident) of Internet Explorer.

Well at least it's an edgy name. XD

 

[Francisque]

IE is so incredibly slow and useless.. it's so shameful from a big company such as Windows to have it

 

[Goldstar!]

Microsoft Edge isn't a bad name (Edge also starts with an 'E', so I wonder if that means Microsoft will still use the 'E' logo or if they'll go with a new one?), although I personally liked Spartan a little more.

I plan to get a new laptop this year. If it comes bundled with Windows 10, I'm willing to give ME a shot to see if it's truly an improvement over Internet Explorer, but I'll still have Google Chrome on my laptop anyway. IE admittedly plays videos a little better than Chrome does.

 

[TheKaBlammer]

From what I know, this issue is related to Windows 95 and 98.

THOSE had an excuse. They were respectively released in 1995 and 1998.

 

[Daikun]

End-of-life date: January 12

 

[jaylop97]

End-of-life date: January 12

That was a lot faster than I expected, I'm surprised they are pulling the plug in a month from now.

 

[ToonamiSalami]

I'm glad they finally decided to drop IE. It's just not up to par compared to every other browser. I've already given up on Microsoft though. They lost me awhile back.

 

[jaylop97]

Well like any Browser I didn't like it for always bring outdated, but this one was the toughest in my opinion to keep updating, and for that I'm glad it is done.

 

[Golfkid]

So what will take it's place? I know for pictures, it says open with and IE is the first one that comes up for me. I have Windows 10.

 

[Daikun]

So what will take it's place? I know for pictures, it says open with and IE is the first one that comes up for me. I have Windows 10.

Microsoft Edge

If you want to change the program to open your pictures, click the Windows icon and go to Settings -> System -> Default apps.