Sites are lightning fast with the power of Internet Explorer’s improved performance and hardware acceleration. Internet Explorer beats Chrome and other leading browsers in a JavaScript performance test. 'In new version IE we have also added a number of APIs to enable new experiences, and we have changed or removed APIs to ensure that more sites work today and in the future'. Internet Explorer is compatible with existing sites, which just run faster and look better in IE. If any site you visit needs Internet Explorer 11, you can reload it with Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge.

Support for Internet Explorer 11 has ended on June 15, 2022. If you are looking for alternatives, we recommend you to download Edge, Opera or Brave Browser. ⚠ Note: This product is not developed anymore and might not function properly. It includes new capabilities to improve real-world Web site performance, support for the well-defined and commonly used features of the emerging ECMAScript 6 standard, support for WebGL, and high quality, power-efficient HTML5 video without plugins. According to Net Applications, Internet Explorer went from 58.21% in January 2014 to 48.57% in December 2015 while Google Chrome surged from 16.35% in January 2014 to 32.33% in December 2015.Internet Explorer for Windows7 is the web browser from Microsoft with improved performance, faster page load times, new standards support for next-generation sites, and completely revised F12 developer tools. In terms of desktop browser market share, Internet Explorer has been decreasing as The Internet Explorer team published a blog post on Augsaying “After January 12, 2016, only the most recent version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical support and security updates.” In March 2015, the Internet Explorer team published another blog post about how it was maintaining Internet Explorer 11 for “legacy scenarios and enterprise customers.” The drop in support for Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10 did not happen out of the blue. However, users with older browsers can turn on “Automatic Updates” by clicking on “Check for Updates” in the “Windows Update” section of the Control Panel. Many home PC users have “Automatic Updates” already turned on so they most likely upgraded to Internet Explorer 11 already. According to TheNextWeb, Microsoft is issuing a patch on January 12th known as KB3123303 - which will have a “nag box” asking Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users that are running old browsers to upgrade.

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