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Internet Explorer has retired

Postby [violet] » Wed Jun 15, 2022 5:59 pm

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/downloa ... lorer.aspx

This doesn't affect anyone, I just wanted to mark the occasion, because in the early years of this site's life, it was just the worst. Everyone used it, it implemented every standard in a different way, and it didn't support anything new or useful. Bye bye IE, I always hated you.
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Postby The Orwell Society » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:03 pm

Chrome is 1000 times better anyways.
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Postby The Reformed American Republic » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:05 pm

I never liked Internet Explorer either. It's only through monopoly and it being free (at a time when most web browsers weren't) that allowed it to beat Netscape.
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Postby Dexterra » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:06 pm

It'll probably take a while for IE to realize
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Postby Hiram Land » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:07 pm

[violet] wrote:https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/internet-explorer.aspx

This doesn't affect anyone, I just wanted to mark the occasion, because in the early years of this site's life, it was just the worst. Everyone used it, it implemented every standard in a different way, and it didn't support anything new or useful. Bye bye IE, I always hated you.

Good riddance you horrid browser!
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Postby Karazicu » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:08 pm

Finally they pull the plug on that pile of rubbish, there's just many better browsers out there, always preferred Firefox and even Chrome.
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Postby Saint Kanye » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:09 pm

Good riddance

Sincerely, a person who has only used IE to search "firefox download" since like 2010
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Postby Karazicu » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:10 pm

Also this is probably to encourage the use of Edge, which also sucks. Only used that to search up "Firefox download" lol.
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Postby Honeydewistania » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:13 pm

I find it so funny that when I clicked on this it wasn’t some random NSG news post it’s just good old [violet] roasting it.
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Postby The Reformed American Republic » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:16 pm

Honeydewistania wrote:I find it so funny that when I clicked on this it wasn’t some random NSG news post it’s just good old [violet] roasting it.

For some reason, I actually thought "this has to be [violet]" before I clicked on it. NSG wouldn't care that much for a dead browser, even if they personally hated it. NSG mostly cares about RL politics and international events.
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Postby Gandoor » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:45 pm

Karazicu wrote:Also this is probably to encourage the use of Edge, which also sucks. Only used that to search up "Firefox download" lol.

Edge is literally the best modern browser tho.

Like it's literally just Google Chrome but with less memory usage, hell the only reason why I don't switch to it full-time is because of how integrated I am into Google's ecosystem.
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Postby The Reformed American Republic » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:46 pm

Gandoor wrote:
Karazicu wrote:Also this is probably to encourage the use of Edge, which also sucks. Only used that to search up "Firefox download" lol.

Edge is literally the best modern browser tho.

Like it's literally just Google Chrome but with less memory usage, hell the only reason why I don't switch to it full-time is because of how integrated I am into Google's ecosystem.

I have my doubts about Edge, but performance on low end hardware is impressive.
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Postby Meadowfields » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:47 pm

Gandoor wrote:
Karazicu wrote:Also this is probably to encourage the use of Edge, which also sucks. Only used that to search up "Firefox download" lol.

Edge is literally the best modern browser tho.

Like it's literally just Google Chrome but with less memory usage, hell the only reason why I don't switch to it full-time is because of how integrated I am into Google's ecosystem.

I mean, I am using Edge right now.
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Postby Costavozka » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:50 pm

[violet] wrote:https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/internet-explorer.aspx

This doesn't affect anyone, I just wanted to mark the occasion, because in the early years of this site's life, it was just the worst. Everyone used it, it implemented every standard in a different way, and it didn't support anything new or useful. Bye bye IE, I always hated you.

I see this as a cause for celebration! Goodbye IE! Sure, we had good times early on, but that's long before you became obsolete- oh wait...

...IE was always terrible.
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Postby The Hurricane » Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:52 pm

[violet] wrote:https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/internet-explorer.aspx

This doesn't affect anyone, I just wanted to mark the occasion, because in the early years of this site's life, it was just the worst. Everyone used it, it implemented every standard in a different way, and it didn't support anything new or useful. Bye bye IE, I always hated you.


Agreed.
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Postby Luziyca » Wed Jun 15, 2022 7:48 pm

Meadowfields wrote:
Gandoor wrote:Edge is literally the best modern browser tho.

Like it's literally just Google Chrome but with less memory usage, hell the only reason why I don't switch to it full-time is because of how integrated I am into Google's ecosystem.

I mean, I am using Edge right now.

I use Edge whenever I am on a public computer.

Anyway, I'm not sure if I have much to say about Internet Explorer. Maybe it's because I spent much of my childhood using some form of Safari, Firefox, or Chrome, with the only time I used Internet Explorer being if I was on a school computer or someone else's computer. I don't think it was too bad, but I won't say that Internet Explorer was the best thing since sliced bread or Betty White (may she rest in peace), and given there are a fuckton more up-to-date browsers available, Internet Explorer is most certainly obsolete.
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Postby Bears Armed » Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:03 pm

It was the browser installed on the library computers and workplace computers where I carried out much of my NS activity for years after joining the game, and I don't remember having any particular trouble with it.
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Postby Riemstagrad » Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:20 am

oh the memories...There was a time where removing the blue 'e' from the desktop brought panick to people because "The internet was gone!"
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Postby Idinist Imauggland » Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:24 am

IE was so much worse than Chrome and Edge.
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Postby -Astoria- » Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:30 am

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Karazicu wrote:Also this is probably to encourage the use of Edge, which also sucks. Only used that to search up "Firefox download" lol.

Edge is literally the best modern browser tho.

Like it's literally just Google Chrome but with less memory usage, hell the only reason why I don't switch to it full-time is because of how integrated I am into Google's ecosystem.

As a full-time user, the "less memory use" bit really doesn't hold up in my view; it freezes a bit too often.
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Postby Roavin » Thu Jun 16, 2022 2:47 am

Good Riddance.

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Postby Grishahakkaverchynot » Thu Jun 16, 2022 3:12 am

This wouldn't affect users like me for instance. I mainly use either Edge (this post was written from Edge) or Chrome to access this site. IE wasn't really good.
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Postby WayNeacTia » Thu Jun 16, 2022 7:04 am

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Just another piece of history lost to time. I was also sad when Navigator bit the dust was well….
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