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Microsoft has put an end to Internet Explorer on Wednesday pushing its users to Microsoft Edge.

Sean Lyndersay, General Manager of Microsoft Edge Enterprise, had written a blog post in May 2021 stating, “Not only is Microsoft Edge a faster, more secure and more modern browsing experience than Internet Explorer, but it is also able to address a key concern: compatibility for older, legacy websites and applications.”

Users marked Explorer’s ending on Twitter, with some referring to it as a “bug-ridden, insecure POS” or the “top browser for installing other browsers.” For others it was a moment for 90′s nostalgia memes, while The Wall Street Journal quoted a 22-year-old who was sad to see IE go.

The 27 years old internet explorer which was known as the dominant browser during 2001 and 2003 could not sustain at present with the competition from various other browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Brave, etc.

The introduction of new feature development for Internet Explorer called Microsoft Edge in 2016 was the plan to slowly phase out IE.