Ultimately, you're better off using the right tool for the job. You could make a command line tool that is called from Excel, and returns results to a file, like CSV. If you make an office addin solution in VB.NET or C# then you can use this new WebView. The new web browser in Windows (Edge) is found in an object called 2 or which are not COM visible. You want to have a plan B in the works before you suddenly need it. Running EOL libraries like this opens you up to potential security and reliability concerns.
If you rely on this code you will need to find a way to install IE on machines where it isn't installed. It might also be absent from future versions of Windows, like you have noticed. That page does not announce the end of Internet Explorer.
In case your PC hasn’t gotten the browser yet you can download it directly from Microsoft’s website too.It won't magically disappear but it won't ever be updated again. Beginning January 12, 2016, only the most current version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system receives technical support and security updates. This browser comes with an Internet-explorer mode that allows older websites that only support IE to run seamlessly on Edge Chromium. In the beginning, there was a love for Internet Explorer, a deep and passionate love for the browser that was simply faster, better and more capable than anything the competition brought to the market.
Legacy Edge and Internet Explorer are now succeeded by Edge Chromium - a faster and newer alternative that is already being rolled into devices with the most recent Windows 10 update. The End of Life of Internet Explorer 11 Let me tell you the story about a little browser. Microsoft isn’t leaving those users hanging. What about websites that only run on Internet Explorer?Įven though we’re in 2020, there are several internet sites, used either by government agencies or enterprises, that are still stuck to running on Internet Explorer. The legacy version of Edge - the first version that came with Windows 10 when it first launched in 2015 will also cease to exist by March 9th 2021. Microsoft has announced that IE 11 - the last Internet Explorer version to be launched will no longer be supported by Microsoft’s online services like OneDrive, Office 365, Outlook etc after August 17th, 2021 - exactly a year from now. Sadly, now its days are numbered, as Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer, as well as the legacy version of Edge, will be put to sleep in the year 2021. There were many who also switched to Mozilla Firefox, and that’s what eventually became the fate of the Internet Explorer - a browser to download other browsers.Įven today, as Windows 10 shines and thrives with its new Edge browser, the OS still comes clubbed with the Internet Explorer.
That is until Google Chrome took over. Chrome was surely a game-changer by not just with the way it looked, but also how snappy and fast it was. This Internet Explorer browser bundled along with a copy of Windows was our gateway to the vast open-world of the world wide web.
Chances are you did it on the browser that’s mocked the most on the internet for being extremely slow - the Internet Explorer. Try and remember the moment you first surfed the internet.