The report, quoting data by analytics company ‘Net Applications’ said that in December 2015 alone, “42.5% of all IE users ran an outdated-in-eight days version of the browser."
“Nearly 340 million people who run Microsoft’s Internet Explorer have just a week to upgrade or switch browsers, or face a shut off of the security patch spigot." The move could affect the millions who run Internet Explorer, according to a report in tech magazine ComputerWorld. Microsoft encourages customers to upgrade and stay up-to-date on the latest browser for a faster, more secure browsing experience."
Making a strong case for its latest IE version, Microsoft said, “Internet Explorer 11 offers improved security, increased performance, better backward compatibility, and support for the web standards that power today’s websites and services. It said that after Tuesday (12 January 2016), “only the most recent version of Internet Explorer available for a supported operating system will receive technical support and security updates."
Microsoft’s move to phase out IE 8, 9 and 10, was announced in August 2014 in a blog post. Edge was part of Microsoft’s attempt to revamp its browser, in a project originally codenamed ‘Spartan’. Edge was released for public use in July 2015 and was later updated in November last year. Last year, Microsoft replaced Internet Explorer with a new default browser-Microsoft Edge, which initially debuted in March 2015 as a preview release.