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RIP Internet Explorer is the most Efficient (and most Ineffective) Internet Browser for many

Internet Explorer was a failure throughout its existence. RUNESCAPE SERVERS Today, it's like we have failed Internet Explorer.



Microsoft updated Windows and its website today in a tribute to Internet Explorer, which has been dead for 26 years. Microsoft will now ask users to use Edge instead of Internet Explorer every time you try to download the browser.



The demise of the browser isn't an issue or a major inconvenience for the vast majority of internet users in 2022. Microsoft started ringing the death knell of its old web portal last year. According to Statcounter, IE usage has decreased to less than one percent of the browser's total market share, according Web analytics site Statcounter. The world functionally decided it was dead long before Microsoft did.



However I am not here to dance on Internet Explorer’s grave. Yes, IE was a terrible browser for the majority of its existence. Based on the year and the activities you were using it for, certain websites wouldn't display properly or you'd be bombarded with a plethora of pop-ups, or expose your Windows XP machine to a torrent of viruses. PC users who are older may remember opening IE after a parent or grandparent used it to find seven illegitimate browser toolbars taking up the entire screen due to malware.



Having said all that but, it's worth mentioning IE as the primary gateway to the internet for a lot of people (if they didn't use Netscape Navigator first) because it was pre-installed on every Windows PC from 1995 to. I've done a some web surfing using the dreadful built-in AOL browser as a kid however, once my family migrated away from dial-up and the internet became more accessible, IE was how I jumped into it. Watching the early viral memes on eBaum's World before I realized that much of it was stolen without credit, playing RuneScape, or looking up cheat codes for video games (remember those?) were all experiences that shaped me that were made possible by IE.



Like many others (read as nerds) at the time, we all realized that the IE program was not a good one and switched to Firefox, Opera, and later Chrome. Internet users, in general, didn't have to pay IE anything. It was a victim of meritocracy, as even its parent company later released a more efficient browser, called Edge.



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Good memories aren't able to replace security and performance. They are a sign of Internet Explorer's cultural significance for people who grew up with it and have seen it change from a digital Wild West into the cyber-hell we love today.


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