IE, especially older versions, are notorious for displaying websites differently than other browsers. Web designers try to account for this, but it often means adding special coding, just for IE users. Just look at what at what it did to our website. You know when you try to open a web page, and it just thinks… and thinks… and thinks? So frustrating. According to most benchmarks, Internet Explorer, even the latest version, is still significantly slower than its competitors.
TopTenReviews reported that IE took 9. Thankfully, you have a lot more choices for web browsers today than just Internet Explorer. Plus, it supports a ton of different extensions and customizations like ad blockers, password manager, and productivity tools. The trade-off is that it can be more resource-heavy than other browsers. Download Chrome. Starting today, Microsoft will stop supporting Internet Explorer versions 7, 8, 9 and 10 on most operating systems, its biggest step yet toward phasing out one of the most contentious pieces of software ever written.
Microsoft has been distancing itself from the Internet Explorer brand since March, when it launched the Microsoft Edge browser, but it isn't quite dead. Edge runs only on Windows 10, so Redmond will continue backing a few versions of Internet Explorer on older operating systems it still supports. But it's still a big departure. Historically, Microsoft has kept several versions of Internet Explorer current each supported version of Windows.
Starting today, it will support only the latest version of IE that an operating system can run. It will not create new security patches for the older versions, leaving anyone who doesn't upgrade vulnerable to new hacks or attacks. That could be a huge hassle for organizations that use custom-built applications that run correctly only on older browsers. But it could be a boon to web developers and designers still trying to find ways to make websites good on older browsers.
Newer web browser still have their quirks, and sites might look different from one browser to the next. But these differences are small compared to how Internet Explorer mangled web pages in the late s and early s. By insisting on following its own path with IE rather than follow generally accepted standards, Microsoft dictated web design by years. That probably drove many aspiring web developers careers that didn't require trying to figure out why the margins between images looked different from one browser to another.
Keeping too many old browsers in circulation contributed to that mess. Thankfully, the time has come to move on. Because Internet Explorer didn't stick to the guidelines established by World Wide Web Consortium the organization that establishes standards for web technologies, it often would display web pages in ways that made them look entirely different from other browsers, such as Netscape, Opera or, later, Firefox.
There is no portable version of Internet Explorer. A portable application is totally self-contained, which lets you have multiple installed copies that are totally independent of each other. In terms of browsers, you could use one copy of a portable browser to test new extensions. Or, since extensions can potentially spy on you , have a copy of your browser with no extensions at all for online banking. Or, kick the tires on a new version of your browser, while still having the old version available.
Or, multiple people sharing the computer can have their own copy of the browser with their own favorite extensions and modifications. And, of course, you can move or copy a portable browser to a USB flash drive or another Windows machine. When you do, your favorite extensions come along, as do any tweaks you may have made to the user interface.
Perhaps the best thing about portable applications is that you can back them up before making changes. Backing up an application is something Windows has never offered. If Internet Explorer starts acting funny, you've got a hassle ahead, potentially a big one. If a portable browser breaks, just delete the folder where its stored and fall back to the last backup. All that's involved is copying a folder. Anyone running a 64 bit version of Windows 7 may have to deal with the confusion over 32 and 64 bit versions of Internet Explorer.
There is no such confusion with Chrome and Firefox. The main competition to Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome, are free. So too is Opera. More than once I have nudged a non-techie Windows user away from Internet Explorer by removing its icon from the Windows desktop, installing Chrome, changing the Chrome icon to IE's blue "E" and changing the name under the icon to "Internet".
Some may consider this lying, I consider it good Defensive Computing. Finally, anyone using Windows 7 can do more than just ignore Internet Explorer, they can actually turn it off. But then they go on to say. Some programs that depend on Internet Explorer might not function properly.
Update: July 3, Thanks to some of the comments below, I came to realize there are two more reasons to avoid Internet Explorer. One of the effects of this however, is that, as a rule, you can't install or update software as a restricted user.
Chrome however, can be updated with bug fixes and new releases while logged on as a restricted Windows user. A normally installed copy of Firefox requires the user to be an administrator to update the browser. Fortunately, this is not the case with the portable version of Firefox , one of many reasons I shifted exclusively to the portable version. Both Mozilla and Google pay anyone who finds a bug in their browser and brings it their attention.
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