Internet Explorer finally hangs up its hat, as today is the last day of the browser on the Windows desktop. Once it’s gone, its functions will be taken over by Microsoft Edge, the shiny new browser that comes with Windows 11, but this change should only affect PCs running older versions of Windows.
To combat compatibility, Microsoft Edge will have internet explorer a mode that can be activated in the browser settings. However, data from Statcounter shows that less than 2% of Internet users will care, as most people use Google Chrome as their daily Internet driver. Currently, 67% of internet devices worldwide use Chrome to browse the web, and just over 10% use Edge.
In some ways, Internet Explorer has been out of the browser game for a long time, mostly because it’s not included in Windows 11. That said, if you’ve been using a gaming PC or laptop for a while, chances are that the program has served as a portal to the world. Wide Web on one of his old machines.
Microsoft Internet Explorer may go down in computing history after today, but its memory will live on in memes and other old tech tales. After all, it was the first “free” browser, before its debut you had to pay for programs like Netscape Navigator.
Source : PC Gamesn
