Microsoft no longer supports, since June 15, the former undisputed heavyweight champion of browsers that are dearly hated by millions of Internet users and still claimed by others to adore.
Starting this morning, when we connect to Internet Explorer, a message appears to warn us that the browser has retired and that the applications and sites we are using may open in Microsoft Edge with Internet Explorer mode. The title of the message is clear: The future of Internet Explorer lies with Microsoft Edge .
The application launched 27 years ago will integrate BlackBerry devices, modems connected to the telephone network and Palm Pilots in the catacombs of technology.
The loss of Explorer is not surprising. A year ago, Microsoft announced that its retirement would take place on June 15, 2022, encouraging Internet users to use the Edge browser launched in 2015.
The company clearly announced it was time to move on. Not only does Microsoft Edge offer a faster, more secure and more modern browsing experience than Internet Explorer, but it also solves an important problem: compatibility with older websites and applications. indicated in a blog, in May 2021, the general manager of Microsoft Edge Enterprise, Sean Lyndersay.
Internet users have praised the loss of Twitter Explorer, especially by remembering that it happened the best browser to install other browsers .
When Internet Explorer replaces Netscape
Microsoft launched the first version of Internet Explorer in 1995, a time when Netscape Navigator became a favorite of Internet users. Its appearance marked the beginning of the end of Navigator: Microsoft eventually tied Explorer and its Windows operating system so tightly that many began to use it as the default, rather than Navigator.
The Justice Department sued Microsoft in 1997, accusing it of imposing its browser as a condition for using Windows. An agreement was finally reached in 2002. Microsoft also quarreled with European authorities, claiming that the union between Explorer and Windows gave Explorer an unfair advantage against rivals such as Firefox from Mozilla, Opera and Chrome from Google. .
Users, meanwhile, have complained about Explorer’s slowness, tendency to crash, and vulnerability to cyberattacks. Its market share, which exceeded 90% in the early 2000s, began to decline as Internet users discovered more attractive alternatives.
Today, Chrome leads with approximately 65% of the global browser market, ahead of Apple’s Safari with 19%, according to Statcounter. Edge lags far behind at 4%, just ahead of Firefox.
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