Internet Explorer Is Dead—It’s the End of an Era

Though the browser itself is officially dead, remnants of Internet Explorer will live on through this decade. As The Verge reports, the Trident MSHTML engine powering IE will exist within “IE mode” in Microsoft Edge, a feature that lets users and companies access legacy sites through the new Edge browser. For a hit of nostalgia, when a site loads in IE mode, the now-retired logo still appears in the left-side navigation bar. Microsoft says it will support IE mode in Edge at least through 2029.

So, today we say goodbye to another key remnant of the web’s past. RIP, IE—thank you for shaping the web into what it is today.