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[Gearbest News]On May 16, Microsoft officially announced that the IE browser will be officially retired on June 16, and its functions will be taken over by the Edge browser thereafter. At this point, the browser “overlord” born in 1995 has finally come to an end.
Internet Explorer
Gearbestunderstands that the success of IE browser is inseparable from Windows 95. As the default browser of one of the most successful operating systems in Microsoft history, IE has been in “Rome” since its birth. Under the strong performance of Windows 95, IE, the default browser of the system, successfully became the browser with the largest market share in the world in just three years. In 2003, its market share reached 95%, which was the golden age of IE browser.
Internet Explorer
Since then, with the development of the times, consumer needs have continued to change, but Microsoft's updates to IE browser have not kept pace with the times. Gradually, this once excellent browser has been criticized. Users often complain about its single function, slow response, poor compatibility, etc. At the same time, faster and more secure browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, and Safari came out one after another, taking away a large amount of market share from the underperforming IE browser.
Today, IE has become a browser that almost all computer users avoid, and its market share was once less than 2%. Microsoft may have chosen to retire this veteran to save its last trace of dignity. Microsoft has shifted its focus to the Edge browser, perhaps hoping to regain its former market dominance. However, the Edge browser, whose market share has only exceeded 10%, still has a long way to go.
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