

In the context of “IE Mode”, a Site List is a list of user defined websites whereby we can manipulate the rendering engine and compatibility mode within Edge Chromium.

We will cover this in more detail later but you can easily recognise if a website is being displayed in IE Mode by looking for the IE symbol in the address bar IE Mode is enabled for this website What is a Site List? ⏏ If Edge Chromium is their default browser, they can still open legacy websites in Chromium but we can force the website to use the IE engine to address compatibility issues. Microsoft have addressed this issue with “IE Mode”. If we don’t use IE Mode, and Edge Chromium is our default web browser, users could face issues when opening legacy websites that should open in IE. IE mode provides an integrated browsing experience in Microsoft Edge, using the integrated Chromium engine for modern sites and leveraging Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) for legacy sites that require the Trident MSHTML engine. IE mode on Microsoft Edge is a simplified experience that combines a modern rendering engine and compatibility with legacy sites that require Internet Explorer in a single browser.

