[wonderbore]

Is this Groundhog Day? How many more times will IE be declared dead? Official support is irrelevant if the browser is still stubbornly used by users. Most websites have moved on more than 5 years ago.

This news is meaningless. This confirms it:

> For supported operating systems, Internet Explorer 11 will continue receiving security updates and technical support for the lifecycle of the Windows version on which it is installed.

From https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/faq/internet-expl...

[snarkyturtle]

There are two things that differentiate this from other announcements: They're disabling certain versions of IE and redirecting users to Edge [1] and the global usage of IE is far, far, lower than it was even a couple of years ago.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jun/15/microsoft...

[oaiey]

In conservative IT businesses like hospitals this date is a deal breaker: No more security updates. In consequence IT will switch it off immediately. Guess why edge has an IE Mode.

[yread]

That's not what conservative means. My conservative hospital client recently downgraded to Windows 7! If you pay MS enough you get security updates no problem. Not to mention that even the less conservative are probably on Windows 10 LTSC where IE11 will keep running

[wonderbore]

Microsoft made the mistake of letting users keep IE11 next to Edge. Egregious.

Having a IE mode for whitelisted websites would have killed IE11 on public internet a long time ago.

“Website broken? Click here to try IE11 mode.”

But no, IE is still on the desktop and people will use it for both intranet and internet