• Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has a heartfelt farewell to the internet after nearly 27 years.
• Microsoft is now advising its users to adopt Microsoft Edge.
• A South Korean engineer, spent over $300 (around Rs 25,000) on a gravestone.

Internet Explorer has finally bid a sorrowful goodbye to the internet after nearly 27 years. Microsoft is now advising its users to adopt Microsoft Edge for a faster and more secure internet experience. Despite the fact that it was long destroyed by competitors such as Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and even Opera, the Explorer will live on in the minds of users from the 1990s and early 2000s. One such user, who was doubtless overjoyed by Internet Explorer’s demise, decided to erect a memorial to the browser’s extinction.

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In memory of Internet Explorer’s retirement, a South Korean engineer named Jung Ki-young built a gravestone worth $300 (around Rs 25,000).

Gravestone epitaphs read, “He was a good tool to download other browsers.”

Earlier, the general manager of Microsoft Edge Enterprise wrote in his blog post, “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.”

Many Twitter, users mourned Explorer’s demise, with some referring to it as a “bug-ridden, insecure POS” or the “top browser for installing other browsers.” Others saw it as an opportunity to share memes from the 1990s, while The Wall Street Journal quoted a 22-year-old who was disappointed to see IE go away.

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