By the late 2010s, major platforms like and Google Search began dropping support, citing the high resource cost of maintaining compatibility for a shrinking user base. Official Retirement and Current Status (2026) Kirsty Burgoine - WordPress / Frontend Developer
Launched on October 17, 2013, alongside Windows 8.1, IE11 was faster, more secure, and more standards-compliant than any of its predecessors. Yet, despite its improvements, IE11 became infamous as the "compatibility browser"—the one you only opened when a legacy corporate website refused to work in Chrome. By the late 2010s, major platforms like and