Microsoft is pulling the plug on its once omnipresent browser, Internet
Explorer, next year as it prepares to battle market leader Chrome with its
new Edge browser.
Launched in 1995, Internet Explorer became the dominant browser for over a
decade as it was bundled with Microsoft's Windows operating system that came
pre-installed in billions of computers.
The browser, however, started losing out to Google's Chrome in the late
2000s and has become a subject of countless internet memes for its
sluggishness in comparison to its rivals.
To compete better, Microsoft launched the Edge browser in 2015 that runs on
the same technology as the Google browser.
As of April, Chrome has a 65% share of the global browser market, followed
by Apple's Safari, with an 18% share, according to web analytics firm
Statcounter.
Microsoft Edge has a 3% share, while Internet Explorer has a miniscule share
of the market it once dominated.
The Windows software maker said that the future of Internet Explorer on
Windows 10 was in its faster and more secure Microsoft Edge.
"Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and go out of
support on June 15, 2022, for certain versions of Windows 10," the company
said in a blog post.
The browser was at the heart of a competition case against Microsoft more
than two decades ago, with a US judge deciding that the software titan had
broken the law after it combined Internet Explorer and the Windows operating
system.
The most serious violations of the law were upheld on appeal, but the
company continued to bundle its operating system and browser.
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