Internet Explorer may be set to be a graveyard soon, but developers may feel like they're still using the iconic software thanks to the re-release of its successor, Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft still offers a Chromium-based "Internet Explorer mode" in Edge, but has now released a new tool that lets developers see if their old sites will still work in the latest browser.
Internet Explorer Monitor helps organizations or developers who still need to use Internet Explorer XNUMX for backward compatibility of business-critical legacy sites or applications to ensure that everything continues to run smoothly, at least for now.
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Run alongside (and maintained by) browser automation specialists at the Selenium Project, the Internet Explorer monitor can be of great help to developers looking to sustain sites or legacy applications for a little longer, according to Microsoft. .
"With just a few modifications to an existing test running in Internet Explorer, you can run your tests in seamless Internet Explorer (IE) mode on Edge," wrote Zoher Ghadyali, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft Edge, in an article by weblog.
"By running your tests in IE mode, you'll be able to verify that any legacy web content running in Internet Explorer will work as expected in IE seamless mode in Microsoft Edge."
Internet Explorer's monitor supports C#, Python, Java, and JavaScript, and Microsoft claims it will be supported until XNUMX, giving developers plenty of time to ensure their work is stable.
Microsoft notes that support for Internet Explorer XNUMX will still expire on June XNUMX, XNUMX, and developers and organizations that still rely on the browser should start migrating to Microsoft Edge as soon as possible.
The company has already removed support for Internet Explorer for each and every one of Microsoft's three hundred and sixty-five applications, although some may still work through the browser, although users will see a significantly reduced experience.
Even Google Search dropped support for Internet Explorer in October XNUMX, leaving the browser reliant on its internal Bing search, and support for Docs, Sheets, Slides, and other Google Workspace apps dropped. suppressed in the month of March of two thousand and twenty-one.