{"id":9597,"date":"2022-06-01T15:49:01","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T03:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=9597"},"modified":"2022-06-01T15:49:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T03:49:01","slug":"happy-retirement-internet-explorer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=9597","title":{"rendered":"Happy Retirement Internet Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;3_5,2_5&#8243;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;3_5&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>Dear Internet Explorer<\/p>\n<p>15th of June is your last day. No more support and you\u2019ll effectively stop working. You\u2019ll fade from our desktops and in time, Windows Update will clean up and even remove your icon from our screens.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, most of us won\u2019t notice. You\u2019ve been upstaged by Firefox, Safari, Chrome and more. In fact, even your own family member, Edge, has pushed you aside. They pushed past you because you were slow and unreliable.<\/p>\n<p>But there were good times, and you did have some party tricks that others couldn\u2019t do \u2013 especially being able to map and open file folders in the older SharePoint interface, or operate some clunky old websites. Hopefully they\u2019ve all seen this day coming and have moved on too.<a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/windows-it-pro-blog\/internet-explorer-11-desktop-app-retirement-faq\/ba-p\/2366549\"><\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;2_5&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/RetireIE.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; title_text=&#8221;RetireIE&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<p>So dear Internet Explorer. Thanks for your service. For a time, you were the icon most of us used most often, but that\u2019s not been the case for a while. Have a happy retirement. You\u2019ll fade away and I doubt we\u2019ll miss you.<\/p>\n<p>FAQ Reference &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/t5\/windows-it-pro-blog\/internet-explorer-11-desktop-app-retirement-faq\/ba-p\/2366549\">Internet Explorer 11 desktop app retirement FAQ &#8211; Microsoft Tech Community<\/a><\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Internet Explorer 15th of June is your last day. No more support and you\u2019ll effectively stop working. You\u2019ll fade from our desktops and in time, Windows Update will clean up and even remove your icon from our screens. To be fair, most of us won\u2019t notice. 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