Microsoft has a plan to end Internet Explorer: you won't be able to use it to access more than a thousand web pages
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With the arrival of the new Chromium-based Edge, Microsoft is convincing users of the classic version of Edge to make the jump to the new browserThe new engine comes through an update. A change that does not affect Internet Explorer, which can still be used.
It is not surprising, since there are many efforts, especially before official organizations, that require the use of Internet Explorer... in 2020. And despite the fact that its use is already residual, Microsoft wants to kill IE once and for all and plans to limit its use by preventing certain websites from being accessed with this browser.
Goodbye Internet Explorer
Among the methods used to convince us to use the new Edge, Microsoft plans to limit the use of Internet Explorer This is what they say to via ZDNet by stating that when the American company launches the next version of its Edge browser, it will limit access via IE to some 1,156 web pages.
Apparently, the update that will make it possible should arrive throughout the month of November and among the affected pages you will see sites As common as YouTube, Twitter, Instagram... When trying to access one of these sites, the system will redirect the user to use Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft has been gradually rolling out the feature on a trial basis with some Windows Edge users since the release of version 84 this summer.A change that is based on the use of a DLL file that Microsoft has been integrating into Edge. The DLL file, named ie to edge_bho.dll, is a BHO browser helper object (BHO files are add-ons for Internet Explorer that are installed in the path:
- C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Edge\Application\BHO\
- C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application\BHO\
The BHO file monitors which websites a user tries to access regardless of the way they accessed that page. At that point, the file determines if the URL we're trying to access is on a list of sites with known IE incompatibilities. At that point, a message like this will appear on the screen:
However, they warn that if necessary, this website can be loaded in Internet Explorer mode as one of the options offered by the new Edge , a process that we already reviewed in your day.
