The End of Exploration: Please Replace Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer, a once useful web browser of the early 2000s, made by one of the biggest tech corporations in the world, is now mostly useless.
Explorer is really slow. Even the Chromebooks are faster. If you on a desktop, you are able to test this.
Just open Chrome and Explorer and search something on both them. You can even give Explorer a head-start. Chrome will still be faster.
And according to Wikipedia, only 2.8% of people used Internet Explorer in November of 2018.
Now you may say ‘if that few people use Internet Explorer, why have you written this article?’
Very simple reason. At Tyrone Area High School, it’s the only alternative to Chrome.
If Chrome stops working on the desktops, you have to use Internet Explorer.
There is no other alternative on the desktops, and the Chromebooks are annoying.
It’s not like the school could add another faster, better alternative. Yeah, it’s not like Firefox is a thing.
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Taylor Laber • May 30, 2019 at 11:46 am
even though internet explorer is basically dead, microsoft edge still runs slower than chrome, despite microsoft themselves saying it does not. from experience, edge and explorer basically suck.
mozilla firefox would be a good alternative, as it has the same baseline features as chrome and can even import chrome settings and customization.
speaking of customization, i wish chrome themes were not blocked. looking at white when opening a tab already hurts my nonexistent eyes.
Brodie Myers • May 30, 2019 at 10:14 am
events in 2001: exist
internet explorer: hey have you guys seen this game? it’s called pikmin
Benedict L. DelBaggio • May 30, 2019 at 9:57 am
1. Internet Explorer is already phased out
2. The successor is now Microsoft Edge, with most of the features of Chrome
I use chrome still just due to having more stuff already on Chrome, but Edge is an acceptable modern browser.
Karlie McCoy • May 30, 2019 at 8:31 am
I completely agree. There’s only one problem to your Firefox statement. As annoying as the chromebooks can be– trust me, I know– the school district has (probably) already invested hundreds if not thousands of dollars into getting these chromebooks for us students. Not to mention that when we graduate, we get to keep them! Asking the school to consider another alternative is like asking them to flush thousands down the drain. I’m willing to bet that the apps and the security programs placed– like Impero Server and IBoss– took a LONG time to put into place and a lot of effort to keep them running smoothly. But other than that, I agree. Especially since I am one of those people who don’t usually have access to a chromebook. The school district as well as my teachers are SUPPOSED to provide hard copies of work and notes so I can stay on the same track as the rest of the class, but do they? No, of course not. If I’m being completely honest, I swear some of the teachers are only here for a paycheck with benefits. I’m not saying all of the teachers are like this. But there are a few that leave this attitude on display for everyone.