Microsoft's new Edge browser will discard two of the oldest browser technologies found in the aged Internet Explorer and replace them with add-ons based on HTML5 and JavaScript.

Many old technologies and APIs, including ActiveX controls, will no longer be supported by Microsoft's new Edge browser. Edge will replace Internet Explorer as the default browser in Windows 10.

Microsoft Edge, the browser formally known as Project Spartan to be bundled with Windows 10, will ditch ActiveX and Browser Helper Objects (BHO) in favour of HTML5 and JavaScript.

According to Microsoft, this issue occurs because, by design, ActiveX controls are not supported in Microsoft Edge. Edge is the default browser in Windows 10, with Internet Explorer provided to ...

Microsoft Edge to remove Wallet Hub, Image Editor, and more "Unfortunately, because many ActiveX controls aren't automatically updated, they can become outdated as new versions are released.

Microsoft said in a blog post, “The previous default setting, ‘Prompt me before enabling all controls with minimal restrictions,’ allowed you to enable potentially dangerous ActiveX controls ...