Microsoft announced they will make no new versions of Internet Explorer or patches, security fixes or updates. This will go into effect at the beginning of 2006. On January 31st Microsoft will pull the downloadable IE from it’s web site.

Microsoft has been slowly phasing out Internet Explorer for Macintosh since Macintosh released it’s latest version of a web browser called Safari. Even though Internet Explorer is bundled with Mac OS X the mac users I’ve spoke withy prefered just about nay browser but Internet Explorer. Of course that’s hardly a scientific study. I only know 4 Mac Users.

This is of course great news for Web Designers, the internet and the public in general. Not as good as the next version (IE 7) is bad. But even one less computer using IE 7 is a great thing.