Internet Explorer died, and netizens started to build a true tombstone

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Hey, fat friends , Today IE The browser officially withdrew from the stage of history .

Although you may have only used... 800 years earlier IE Come on Chrome 了 , However, as “ Childhood memories ”, Netizens are very impressed by this old comrade , The feeling is still very deep .

see , Geng Tu came in line .

A god of death ：IE, It's time to hit the road .

IE：Internet Explorer Has stopped working .

Some people think IE Still exist in the world by the Horcrux （ Manual formation ）.

But some people can't wait to give IE P Erected a tombstone .

According to South Korean netizens , In Gyeongju, Korea , And the physical version ……

The epitaph reads ：

It used to be a good tool for downloading other browsers .

from 96% To 0.64%

On the occasion of farewell , Let's review IE The once big brother of the browser had a fluctuating life .

IE The first version of Internet Explorer 1 Born in 1995 year 8 month .

The first web browser “ War ”, It also kicked off ：

at that time , netscape （Netscape） As a big brother in the browser industry , Market share exceeds 70%.

It is worth noting that , At that time, Apple's default browser was Netscape , And as a competitor , stay IE Microsoft didn't have its own default browser .

Through and with Windows System bundling ,IE It soon impacted Netscape .

Especially in 1996 year Internet Explorer 3—— The first supported programming language and CSS After the introduction of the commercial browser ,IE Its market share began to catch up with Netscape .

With the fierce competition between the two , At that time, web designers would put “ You can get the best effect with Netscape ”、“ use IE For the best results ” On the home page , It even triggered a trigger called Viewable With Any Brower（ You can browse in any browser ） The movement of .

1998 year , Backed by the rich and powerful Microsoft ,IE Officially cut off Netscape under the horse . The latter was accepted by AOL, an American Internet company, at the end of this year （AOL） Acquisition .

thereafter ,IE Sing all the way . here we are 2002 year , Its market share has reached an amazing 96%, It can be said that it has occupied the absolute dominant position in the browser field .

It's just IE succeed , But also slack off .

IE 6.0 edition 2001 Launched in 2013 , But the next generation version of it is not until 2005 I only met with the users in ,IE6 It has also become the longest life cycle version of this series of products .

And here for 5 Within a period of years ,IE6 Constantly criticized by users —— The running speed is slow , Security vulnerabilities are still emerging in endlessly ……

And Netscape failed , But still left a spark .

In the midst of defeat 1998 year , Supported by Netscape ,Mozilla Organization establishment .

you 're right , It's Firefox （Mozilla Firefox） The one in the name Mozilla.

That's why , Firefox is considered Netscape “ Spiritual sequel ”.

2004 year , Firefox launch 1.0 edition . here we are 2005 year ,IE The market share is under the impact of Firefox , Fell to 85%.

Under such competitive pressure , Microsoft has finally begun to regain the innovation momentum of the first round of browser war , To speed up the IE 7.0 Version development .

But stronger competitors soon emerged ——

2008 year , Google launched Google Chrome browser , At the same time, the corresponding open source version is launched Chromium.

Chromium The impact on today's browsers goes without saying ：

Now it replaces IE Windows The default browser of the system Microsoft Edge, stay 2020 The year has also been changed to be based on Chromium Development .

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Chrome It's a strong show , Become the last straw to crush the camel .

2015 year ,IE Its market share has fallen below 20%. Microsoft this year Build At the developer conference , Microsoft has also begun to abandon IE, Announced Microsoft Edge replace IE, Become the new Windows System default browser .

2016 year , Microsoft announced that it would stop publishing Internet Explorer 11 Security update for previous versions .

2020 year , Microsoft has announced that it will continue to stop IE Support for .

2021 year , Microsoft previews IE Of “ die in one's bed ”.

And now , It's time to say goodbye .

data display , In the last month ,IE The global market share is only 0.64%.

Reference link ：
[1]https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer
[2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_wars
[3]https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-15/end-of-internet-explorer-era-spells-trouble-for-japan-businesses