Has Micro$oft crippled IE (Or is it just me?)

[Orionaut]

Over the last couple of days IE seems to have slowed right down.

Other browsers seem just fine.

Has M$ crippled it to "Encourage" people to use Edge??

(I probably will in due course, but I resent being forced too )

(More to the point, how does one transfer ones "credentials" from IE to Edge?)

 

[Duke]

Thought I was back in 1995 when you said "Micro$oft" and "M$".

Tried disabling any addons?

 

[russell664]

IE has always been pants.

I think Edge uses your Microsoft account to create synergy between devices. I';m not 100% sure though.

 

[DJMK4]

IE has been like it for years, that's why I don't use it, unless I have to

 

[fiveub]

I've always used Chrome myself.

 

[Orionaut]

I am only using IE out of idleness (a number of saved passwords and all that)

It has always been fine for what I have wanted to use it for. It is just that in the last 48 hours I have suddenly found my self able to go off and make a cup of coffee while pages load.

Everything else still works fine. :/

Oh and PS

Thought I was back in 1995 when you said "Micro$oft" and "M$".

I am nearly 60! that was only a couple of years ago

 

[helpimcrap]

I still use IE. Only issue I've found is that on some PC's it won't play YouTube on IE but will on Chrome?

 

[Biz.Kid09]

Try reinstalling it or perhaps its some weird add-on thats enabled itself?

 

[Flack88]

Install another browser that is much better?

 

[T0pPredator]

I didn't know anyone used IE anymore..
I assumed Microsoft released "edge" because they finally decided to cut their losses on IE as it's name is too deeply soiled to ever recover it.
If I were you I'd change browsers, I've always been a Firefox fan. Never had any issues with their browser through the years.

 

[TheVoice]

It's IE being IE, as opposed to MS having sabotaged it for some bizarre reason.

Change browsers.

 

[Yaayuh!]

I use IE quite a lot at work, can't say that I can fault it really.

I used to swear by chrome but for some reason slowed down when using Google stuff (gmail, maps and youtube) and doesn't support silverlight. I now use Firefox, it seems to be the best all rounder.

 

[planty]

(I probably will in due course, but I resent being forced too )

You're sticking with IE to take a stand against Microsoft forcing a browser on you?

 

[5960xNvidiaGamer]

IE is and always has been crap, never use it, there should be an uninstallation option on every version of windows for the junk.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

What the above guy said ^^

Not used IE on a home PC since 2002, when Netscape got open-sourced as Mozilla/Firefox.

I don't understand why we still have to use IE at work I do like Windows as an OS though (except for Millennium lol). Just never liked IE or Windows Media Player.

 

[dowie]

erm hasn't it been like that for at least the past decade or so?

 

[A2Z]

People still use IE? Really?

Chrome/Firefox so much better.

 

[Haggisman]

Thought I was back in 1995 when you said "Micro$oft" and "M$".

Tried disabling any addons?

Yeah, that's around the same time as they crippled IE

I occasionally have to fire it up at work for compatibility issues and every time I'm instantly reminded why I avoid it like the plague!

 

[Maccapacca]

I bet Microsoft are really miffed that the first and only thing Googled through IE on a new machine is 'Google Chrome Download'

 

[Cosimo]

Yes it's an evil plan to make you use Edge but resist as it's still a long way off being a replacement.