Also, IE before version 6 had a history of being extremely innovative (DHTML, anyone?). That's part of how they won the first browser wars (that and pushing the browser through their OS).
> and exposing system vulnerabilities via ActiveX
Now that's just baseless fearmongering. Edge supports neither ActiveX nor Java Applets. That's why IE is still around: for legacy websites in corporate intranets that still require this junk. I'm not sure if IE is installed on non-Enterprise SKUs of Windows 10, but it would surprise me if it was.
They've catched up quite a bit on that front: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platfor...
Also, IE before version 6 had a history of being extremely innovative (DHTML, anyone?). That's part of how they won the first browser wars (that and pushing the browser through their OS).
> and exposing system vulnerabilities via ActiveX
Now that's just baseless fearmongering. Edge supports neither ActiveX nor Java Applets. That's why IE is still around: for legacy websites in corporate intranets that still require this junk. I'm not sure if IE is installed on non-Enterprise SKUs of Windows 10, but it would surprise me if it was.