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IE 8/9/10 support ends

Rogue Valley

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Beginning today (12 January 2016) Microsoft will no longer support Internet Explorer browser versions 8/9/10.

No updates, no patches, no fixes, and no support options if things go wrong. It is estimated that ~340 million people still rely on older versions of the IE browser.

Microsoft will continue to support IE 11 and Edge which is the new default browser for Windows 10. The older versions of IE will become increasingly vulnerable to malware etc.


Workaround options include:

  • Download and install the IE 11 browser (the last IE browser w/Trident rendering engine)

  • Upgrade to Windows 10 (the new MS Edge browser included)

  • Download and install other free web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc)
 
Go with Chrome and all will be well, even with some of the odd content in the EULA.
 
Is there any good reason to use IE anymore? I can't think of one.
 
OrphanSlug said:
Go with Chrome and all will be well, even with some of the odd content in the EULA.
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I cant trust Chrome- there's plenty of people saying its google spyware. Ive been using FF and Opera. FF has been a bit screwy lately but Ive solved the problem by deleting the plugincontainer.exe file, damn thing is buggy.
 
Simpleχity;1065452692 said:
Beginning today (12 January 2016) Microsoft will no longer support Internet Explorer browser versions 8/9/10.

No updates, no patches, no fixes, and no support options if things go wrong. It is estimated that ~340 million people still rely on older versions of the IE browser.

Microsoft will continue to support IE 11 and Edge which is the new default browser for Windows 10. The older versions of IE will become increasingly vulnerable to malware etc.


Workaround options include:

  • Download and install the IE 11 browser (the last IE browser w/Trident rendering engine)

  • Upgrade to Windows 10 (the new MS Edge browser included)

  • Download and install other free web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc)
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There ya' go!

/hates MS
 
Simpleχity;1065452692 said:
Beginning today (12 January 2016) Microsoft will no longer support Internet Explorer browser versions 8/9/10.

No updates, no patches, no fixes, and no support options if things go wrong. It is estimated that ~340 million people still rely on older versions of the IE browser.

Microsoft will continue to support IE 11 and Edge which is the new default browser for Windows 10. The older versions of IE will become increasingly vulnerable to malware etc.


Workaround options include:

  • Download and install the IE 11 browser (the last IE browser w/Trident rendering engine)

  • Upgrade to Windows 10 (the new MS Edge browser included)

  • Download and install other free web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc)
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First off... about time.
Secondly stick with the old IE version instead of getting Safari... Apple has not updated that on the Windows platform for almost a decade.
 
Simpleχity;1065452692 said:
Beginning today (12 January 2016) Microsoft will no longer support Internet Explorer browser versions 8/9/10.

No updates, no patches, no fixes, and no support options if things go wrong. It is estimated that ~340 million people still rely on older versions of the IE browser.

Microsoft will continue to support IE 11 and Edge which is the new default browser for Windows 10. The older versions of IE will become increasingly vulnerable to malware etc.


Workaround options include:

  • Download and install the IE 11 browser (the last IE browser w/Trident rendering engine)

  • Upgrade to Windows 10 (the new MS Edge browser included)

  • Download and install other free web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc)
Click to expand...

next year microsoft is ending support for windows 8 etc ...
they are forcing people to windows 10 along with anyone else.

I have 10 I happen to like it but I need a better computer in general.
 
Northern Light said:
Is there any good reason to use IE anymore? I can't think of one.
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Some of my on line applications don't work well or at all with Firefox so I use IE for them. An example is my bulk emailing system. It hangs up every time in Firefox and runs like a dream in IE
 
Simpleχity;1065452692 said:
Beginning today (12 January 2016) Microsoft will no longer support Internet Explorer browser versions 8/9/10.

No updates, no patches, no fixes, and no support options if things go wrong. It is estimated that ~340 million people still rely on older versions of the IE browser.

Microsoft will continue to support IE 11 and Edge which is the new default browser for Windows 10. The older versions of IE will become increasingly vulnerable to malware etc.


Workaround options include:

  • Download and install the IE 11 browser (the last IE browser w/Trident rendering engine)

  • Upgrade to Windows 10 (the new MS Edge browser included)

  • Download and install other free web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc)
Click to expand...

Not that this will effect too many people around here but if you deal with the IRS you really need to hang on to IE as that's the only browser their web site is fully functional with.
 
Northern Light said:
Is there any good reason to use IE anymore? I can't think of one.
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it's the only choice i'm given at work. other than that, no. not since 2005 or so.
 
Helix said:
it's the only choice i'm given at work. other than that, no. not since 2005 or so.
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There are some apps that will only work with IE. but yea its a work environment thing.
Then again there are some apps that have problems with EDGE and IE.
Was going to say something regarding this that I'm sure you would laugh a lot about .. but I'm at work so maybe I will do so another time when I'm at home.
 
Northern Light said:
Is there any good reason to use IE anymore? I can't think of one.
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Not with MS busy trying to kill it.

Sucks really, used to be the most customizable browser. Also, I hate tabs, they interfere with how I use the browser, how I work. Absolutely no upside. IE was the last browser where I could turn that crap off.
 
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