Microsoft announced that IE browser officially retired in June for 27 years, bearing the memories of netizens.
Zhongxin Finance on May 17th (Reporter Wu Tao) "Microsoft IE browser officially retired on June 16th". Although Microsoft had hinted before, in the end, Microsoft officially announced the news on the 16th.
This topic once rushed to the hot search in Weibo, and many netizens said that IE browser witnessed the youth of several generations, and "e-net affection" became history and "Ye Qing knot".
Microsoft Edge browser Weibo screenshot.
"Looking back at the 27-year history of IE browser is like a person’s life. It has had a brilliant peak, and it has also become a laughing stock, bearing the memories of several generations, and finally it is not ‘ Goodbye ’ " . Some people feel.
Once brilliant
In August 1995, Microsoft released the operating system Windows 95, which introduced the concept of "window" into the PC market for the first time, and created the curtain of the era of visual PC. Today, PC visual operation is still the mainstream operation mode.
As the default browser of Windows 95, IE browser quickly occupied the market, which can be described as "the peak of debut" and became the browser with the largest market share in the world three years later.
In 2001, IE browser launched the most "classic" version 6.0, and reached its peak in 2003, and all versions of IE browser accounted for 95% of the global market. It was the golden age of IE browser.
But "success is also classic, failure is also classic". The version 6.0 of IE browser was used for five years. It was not until 2006 that Microsoft updated IE 7— — In fact, except for more cards, there is no difference in netizens’ perception.
In 2011, Microsoft introduced IE 9, which has made great changes, but the concept of "slow IE" has been deeply rooted in people’s hearts, and IE 9 is powerless. In 2015, Microsoft announced that it began to incubate its other browser, the "son" Edge browser.
During this period, various browsers have blossomed in the market, such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc. There are also 360, Baidu, sogou, QQ and other browsers in China, and even almost all websites that do website navigation have their own browsers.
However, in the face of fierce competitors, IE browser still maintained a moderate pace of development, until now it is about to retire, and IE 11 has become the terminator of Microsoft IE browser. With a history of 27 years, IE browser has only been updated for 11 generations.
Become a laughing stock
How is IE browser "abandoned" by users step by step?
In the process of using IE browser, the shortcomings of IE browser are constantly exposed, such as slow speed, slow response, poor compatibility, and easy to "crash". Of course, the emergence of competitors of IE browser like mushrooms after rain has also accelerated the "death" of IE browser.
Microsoft Edge browser Weibo screenshot.
Even a dramatic scene was staged, and some netizens joked, "God, changing skin on the basis of IE is better than IE."
Finally, in 2010, the first stable version of Google Chrome supporting three operating systems, such as Windows and Linux, was released, which kicked off the nightmare of IE browser. Previously, Chrome had been tested for more than a year.
Just two years after the launch of Chrome, some research company data show that in 2012, Chrome browser has become the world’s largest browser, accounting for about one-third of the market share, followed by IE browser, accounting for about 32% of the market. In 2015, the market share of IE browser fell below 20%.
Today, some survey data show that the global market share of IE browser has fallen below 2%. The Google browser Chrome has a market share of over 60%.
The comparison of these numbers has turned into users’ disappointment and spit on IE. As the official of Microsoft Edge browser said, "Now, compared with IE itself, it may be the meme of Black IE."
"As a developer, I hope that IE will retire quickly and be compatible with IE." "Please give IE a little respect, because without it, you can’t download other browsers." "The role of IE is to download other browsers. Does anyone object if I say this?" Spitting about IE browser on the Internet can be seen everywhere.
Some netizens even spoofed and selected the slowest things in the world, "sloths, turtles, starfish and IE." "Who gave IE the courage to ask whether to set it as the default browser?"
IE not only "blacked out", but also the official Microsoft browser "blacked out". On April 1st this year, on April Fool’s Day, Microsoft’s Edge browser issued a Weibo saying: Edge browser will quit the historical stage in 10 days. At the same time, IE browser will continue to provide services for all users, in the era of Welcome back to IE!
Derivative problems arise.
With the end of IE browser, a series of problems are also derived.
It is understood that at present, many online registration systems of examination websites still stipulate that IE browser must be used. How to solve this problem? Some netizens are worried, "The elders will definitely ask, the blue one ‘ e’ Where is it? "
Microsoft official website screenshot.
At present, some domestic browsers have maintained compatibility with IE kernel. The person in charge of 360 browser technology told Zhongxin Finance that 360 browser will continue to maintain the dual-core support capability for a long time, that is, it supports both Chrome kernel and IE kernel, and can automatically switch the more suitable kernel according to the adaptation of the website.
It is also known that even if IE browser retires, Microsoft will still bring continuous improvement to the "IE compatibility mode" of Edge browser. Even after IE browser is stopped, IE mode in Edge can still expand the use of old applications.
It is not difficult to see that Microsoft still has to play a game on the "cake" of the browser.
"IE’s 27-year journey, from now on, this route Edge will continue for IE. Not long ago, the market share of Edge browser desktop finally exceeded 10%. Looking at the glory of IE, Xiao E deeply felt that the road was long and Xiu Yuan was awkward, and I would go up and down. " Microsoft summed up IE and did not forget to pave the way for Edge.
However, it remains to be seen whether Edge can regain the glory of IE. (End)