{"id":3399,"date":"2021-05-21T12:25:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/?p=3399"},"modified":"2021-06-05T10:19:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T14:19:46","slug":"microsoft-internet-explorer-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.timeoff.org\/rick\/2021\/05\/21\/microsoft-internet-explorer-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Internet Explorer in the news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Someone pointed me at an article appearing on ZD-Net’s Extreme Tech site – “Microsoft Will Put Internet Explorer Out of Its Misery Next Year<\/a>“<\/em> – which states that IE will be sunset for good June 15, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The article is focused on the aging browser itself but then these sentence appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s clear Internet Explorer doesn’t have a place in Microsoft’s online efforts with its clunky old rendering engine. After the shutdown, Internet Explorer will no longer be available on any consumer version of Windows 10.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Isn’t that “clunky old rendering engine” what Eudora’s using when Microsoft’s viewer is selected for viewing messages? As it happens, the answer is yes<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, what will happen in 2022? Only Microsoft knows for sure. I suppose it comes down to whether or not Microsoft will actively remove the files that make up the rendering engine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I raised the topic this morning on the Eudora for Windows list and some discussion is beginning to take shape. As someone there said, it’s not time to panic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edited to add a link to another article that may be related to this topic: Saying goodbye to Internet Explorer might be more complicated than you realise<\/a><\/em> [sic].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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