On the heals of Dan's 'warning' e-mail, does anyone have more information on how Microsoft plans to revise Microsoft Edge?  So far, I have heard that the name will stay, and they may build the Edge replacement using "chromium", which I do not know.

Can we use Apple's "Safari" on a Windows 10 PC?  Hmm, I like the sound of that!

Thanks.

Jim H

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Subject: [VICUG-L] FW: Re: [bits] Article: Stop using Internet Explorer, warns Microsoft's own security chief

I'm sharing this information for people who are still using Internet Explorer.  I gave it up about a year ago and don't regret it.  Apologies for the > sign at the beginning of each line.  I used to know a command which would get rid of them all at once but can't remember.

Dan

Internet Explorer, warns Microsoft's own security chief  From the 
 Telegraph ...Stop using Internet Explorer, warns Microsoft's own 
 security chief By Hasan Chowdhury|Feb. 8th, 2019
 
 Microsoft's own security
 chief has warned millions of people who continue to use Internet 
 Explorer as a default web browser are placing themselves in "peril".
 
 The company, which first developed Internet Explorer in 1995, is no 
 longer supporting new development for the web browser. Continued use 
 of the software was potentially risky, according to Chris Jackson, 
 Microsoft’s worldwide lead for cyber security.
 
 Internet Explorer has
 increasingly fallen out of favour for both users and developers amid 
 the rise of alternatives like Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari, which 
 have grabbed an increasing share of the web browser market.
 
 Google Chrome overtook
 Internet Explorer as
 the world's most
 popular web browser
  in 2016.
 
 Microsoft has been looking at
 new business ventures in its bid to reinvent itself and compete with 
 Silicon Valley's incumbents. In November, Microsoft briefly overtook 
 Apple as the world's most valuable publicly-listed company as 
 investors have gained confidence in its push into cloud computing.
 
 “We’re
 not supporting new web standards for it and, while many sites work 
 fine, developers by and large just aren’t testing for Internet 
 Explorer these days,”
 Mr Jackson said.
 
 Microsoft
 has in recent years encouraged users to adopt its more modern web 
 browser, the Microsoft Edge, which was released in 2015.


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