Build 2019: Microsoft Announced Internet Explorer Mode For Edge

If you have experienced the joy of looking for a fully functional computer without an update in the last ten years to file your expenses, or even if you haven’t, you may still find this news interesting. On Monday, during Microsoft Build 2019, the tech giant introduced the new Internet Explorer mode for its browser, Edge.

This minor feature is actually much more important than it sounds. For instance, if your employer has the software customized for specific missions written for NPAPI or ActiveX to use with core Microsoft products like SharePoint, which have both been deprecated in modern browsers due to security concerns.

Moreover, the company teased Edge for MacOS, but rather showing on stage, it released a YouTube video including this part.

Also that the Build conference, Microsoft announced more updates for the Edge, including more robust privacy tools. Users now can select among three levels: Strict, Balanced, and Unrestricted, to decide how third parties are allowed to track them.

In addition, Microsoft announced Collections for the browser where users can assemble content using a different pane for organizing, sharing and exporting it. And apparently, this move is meant for Office users.

Microsoft Edge is Microsoft's web browser, which the company first released in 2015 for Xbox One and Windows 10. Then in 2017, the tech giant rolled out this browser to iOS devices. Edge is integrated with Cortana and includes extensions that are hosted on the Microsoft Store, but it doesn't support ActiveX nor BHO technologies. While Microsoft initially built this browser with its Charka and EdgeHTML engines, it then rebuilt Edge based on Chromium.