WTF?! Microsoft ended assist for Internet Explorer final week, calling time on the browser after a tremendous 27 years. It’s led to many memes populating the web, and one individual was so unhappy/relieved by the dying of IE that they paid over $300 for a gravestone marking its demise.
To commemorate the top of Internet Explorer on June 15, South Korean software program engineer Jung Ki-young paid 430,000 gained ($330) designing and ordering a gravestone bearing the well-known ‘e’ brand, the dates it existed, and the becoming epitaph “He was a great instrument to obtain different browsers.” The phrase will seemingly be acquainted to followers of Rick and Morty memes.
Jung informed Reuters that he had blended emotions towards the browser that performed such a giant half in his working life. “It was a ache within the ass, however I might name it a love-hate relationship as a result of Explorer itself as soon as dominated an period,” he mentioned.
Jung defined that it took him longer to make sure his web sites and apps have been appropriate with Explorer than with different browsers. But clients stored asking him if their websites regarded good on Microsoft’s software program, which was used extensively amongst South Korean companies for years.
The gravestone went on show on the rooftop of a café run by Jung’s brother within the southern metropolis of Gyeongju.
Not solely is Internet Explorer now not supported on sure variations of Windows 10, however Microsoft may even push out an replace that removes it from Win 10 units altogether, redirecting customers to Edge in the event that they attempt to entry the app. That’s unhealthy information for the close to 50% of companies that also use the browser.
IE will dwell on by means of Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge till 2029, or January 2023 for those who’re nonetheless on Windows 8.1 or Windows 7’s Extended Security Updates.
