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.

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 ...

Microsoft Nixes Ancient ActiveX Support In Windows 10 ‘Edge’ Web Browser by Rob Williams — Sunday, May 10, 2015, 11:33 AM EDT Comments ...