IE: Not (Quite) Dead Yet

When Microsoft’s brand new web browser – currently codenamed Project Spartan – was announced this month, the prospect of the oft-critiqued Internet Explorer being killed off inevitably brought glee to thousands on Twitter. Like Netscape Navigator before it, it interestingly also conjured up a semi-nostalgia amongst some web surfers – obviously those who had spent many an hour indoors firing up the noisy modem, occasionally living life on the edge by having a few browser windows open, the fear of a 404 error escaping their minds… If only for a moment.

What this means for Internet Explorer

So what are they doing with Internet Explorer, exactly, if Windows 10 will include a shiny new program by which to search the web? Internet Explorer will come second to the yet unnamed Windows 10 browser, which will overtake the ageing web browser as the primary one for Microsoft in future. Internet Explorer will still be around, existing for some users in the form of enterprise compatibility and for consumers who require legacy browser support.

Translated, that means it is going to kind of work like the plumbing for Windows 10. For example, if you’re a Microsoft user and you want to take advantage of all that Project Spartan has to offer, you can use that aforementioned legacy browser support to switch between the two. This is handy if you need to access older websites and apps that require Internet Explorer.

So in summary, yes, Microsoft is unveiling a brand new browser with the release of Windows 10. And it isn’t quite leaving Internet Explorer out in the cold. Yet.

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