Internet Explorer, 1995-2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/15/internet-explorer-browser-microsoft-retired/
These articles are stupid. The only great IE was IE4, and that only lasted until Firefox (then Phoenix) released.
I actually switched off IE4 pretty quickly to an IE shell with tabs, but it was IE behind the scenes. I can’t remember the name of this shell. It was like Maxthon, but earlier-on.
Edit: Ahh found it-- NetCaptor - Wikipedia.
Netscape Navigator had the decency to die with dignity. Cooler loading logo too.
Safari’s done a great job picking up the mantle. Ignoring widely accepted standards, making baffling implementation decisions – they’ve been the new Internet Explorer for years
I had a friend who worked on the IE team and wanted to make it great in the mid-oughts. He was miserable. :)
