Microsoft recommends not to use Internet Explorer anymore by calling it as a compatibility solution, not a browser.
Internet Explorer has been one of the most popular browser since beginning of Windows operating system. IE has given tough competition to beat the market and remain one of the top browsers.
Windows OS has evolved at great pace towards cloud based architecture, and it required its peripherals also to evolve. But this hasn't been the case with IE as its architecture has very limited options to improve further. IE was improved in the direction considering Silverlight to be the future technology, but this technology was not lightweight and didn't follow new web standards. On the other hand Chrome is modernising its browser by focusing on Material Design framework.
Internet Explorer has been one of the most popular browser since beginning of Windows operating system. IE has given tough competition to beat the market and remain one of the top browsers.
Windows OS has evolved at great pace towards cloud based architecture, and it required its peripherals also to evolve. But this hasn't been the case with IE as its architecture has very limited options to improve further. IE was improved in the direction considering Silverlight to be the future technology, but this technology was not lightweight and didn't follow new web standards. On the other hand Chrome is modernising its browser by focusing on Material Design framework.
Since Windows 10, Microsoft has shifted their focus from Internet Explorer to new browser named Microsoft Edge. Internet Explorer 11 is considered to the last upgrade and planning to stop its support it by 2025.
Microsoft Edge is also tightly coupled with Microsoft OS and so isn't installable on Windows 7 or Windows 8 and so it also fell far behind its strong competitors like Chrome and Firefox. Microsoft has finally announced that they are adopting Chromium open source project for development of Edge. As it will be decoupled from Windows 10, so users of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Mac will also be able to install this new version of Edge.
Microsoft Edge is also tightly coupled with Microsoft OS and so isn't installable on Windows 7 or Windows 8 and so it also fell far behind its strong competitors like Chrome and Firefox. Microsoft has finally announced that they are adopting Chromium open source project for development of Edge. As it will be decoupled from Windows 10, so users of Windows 7, Windows 8 and Mac will also be able to install this new version of Edge.
Chris Jackson, a cybersecurity expert from Microsoft has outlined not to use Internet Explorer as your default browser. Hence Internet Explorer should not be used as a browser but as a compatibility solution for legacy applications. This is because several legacy application were developed to solely support Internet Explorer considering Microsoft's reliability and its powerful customer support.
