IE browser officially retired today, netizens have remembered online

Jimu News reporter Zhang Yang

The Internet Explorer (IE) browser is finally eliminated.

IE browser logo (picture source: Associated Press)

According to the Associated Press, starting from June 15, Microsoft will no longer support the update IE browser that once dominated. This 27 -year -old application is now entered with outdated technologies such as BlackBerry mobile phone, dial -up modem and other outdated technologies. The trash can of the history of science and technology.

The death of IE is not surprising. As early as a year ago, Microsoft stated that IE would be terminated on June 15, 2022, and recommended its users to the Edge browser launched in 2015.

The company clearly stated that it was time to continue.

Desai, the general manager of Microsoft responsible for the EDGE project, wrote in a blog post in May 2021: "EDGE can not only provide a faster, safer and more modern browsing experience than IE, but also to solve the old websites and applications with old websites and applications The compatibility of the program. "

Many foreign netizens commemorate the death of IE on Twitter, and most people call it "vulnerabilities, unsafe POS" or "browser installation of other browsers". But for some others, although IE is not good enough, it is a carrier full of memory and nostalgia, and they feel sad about IE's departure.

In 1995, in the era of ancient surfing, Microsoft released the first version of IE. As Microsoft tied up IE and its ubiquitous Windows operating system, many people used it by default.

In 1997, the US Department of Justice sued Microsoft, saying it violated the monopoly law.

In 2002, Microsoft finally agreed to reached a settlement for the use of Windows's monopoly position to suppress competitors' antitrust disputes. It was also sued by the European regulatory agency, and the latter stated that IE browsers were bundled with Windows, making it unfair in competition with Mozilla's Firefox, Opera and Google's Chrome.

At the same time, users complain that IE is slow, easy to collapse, and is susceptible to hackers. IE's market share exceeded 90%in the early 21st century, but as users find more attractive alternatives, their share has begun to fade sharply.

According to data from the Internet analysis company Statcounter, now, Chrome browser accounts for about 65%of the global browser market, followed by Apple's Safari, with a share of 19%, and the heir Edge of IE is about 4 %, Slightly higher than Firefox.

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