As the world's largest desktop operating system to promote browsers, success seems to be taken for granted, but IE failed to do so.

In an article released last week, Microsoft referred to Internet Explorer as a "compatibility solution", not a browser. Chris Jackson, the network security expert of Microsoft, explained the risks of using IE as the default browser in this article, and suggested that people should not use IE for everything. Not only do users hate IE now, but even Microsoft doesn't want you to use it anymore.

When complaining about IE becomes a culture

There are many reasons why people hate Internet Explorer. "Slow" is the most talked about. Its only mission is to download Chrome, Firefox and other competitors. Internet Explorer has become a popular culture. The most popular is a spoof cartoon, which satirizes IE's slow response. Netizens also use various interesting metaphors to compare IE with other competitors. In 2004, someone launched a website called "No IE", listing the reasons why people should give up IE, introducing alternatives to IE, and calling on people to encourage their friends to change IE as well.

Someone on the domestic microblog platform has set up an Internet Explorer account, which is sent every day today in history, pretending to just know it, to satirize IE's slowness. One of the top tweets is: "Some people said that they pay attention to me to study history...??? Please respect me, thank you." There is also a Chrome Google browser account on the Weibo. Every day is to connect with Internet Explorer. One of the top tweets is: "Some people said that the biggest enemy of our products is @ Internet Explorer?? Please respect me, thank you."

Some people even created cute virtual images of Internet Explorer, and drew the love and hatred between Internet Explorer and Chrome, Firefox into comic books. The personified IE mother is no longer so annoying, but a little cute. Maybe this is "black to deep natural powder". In addition, Microsoft has also launched an official IE virtual image, called Lanzeqi, to promote Internet Explorer 11.

Cartoon author: Merryweatherey, translator: Zhou Xiaoxian

The problem of IE is not just "slow"

In fact, in the version of Internet Explorer 11, IE is not slow, but it is difficult to call back users. Other problems of IE still exist, such as insufficient plug-in support. The Spring Festival travel ticket grabbing function has made 360 browser and Cheetah browser emerge as a new force. Chrome and Firefox have long supported plug-ins, forming a virtuous circle and growing ecology. The design of IE is not beautiful enough, and the interaction is not humanized enough. IE's market share is getting lower and lower due to its insufficient ability and strong enemy.

Developers are also dissatisfied with IE. Since Internet Explorer 6, IE's support for web standards has gradually lagged behind. When the market share was the largest, people just complained. But with the growing competitors, this dissatisfaction turned into practical action, and developers gradually gave up their support for IE, except for those old websites. In fact, this has become a kind of slot. Many people do not need IE, but they still need to keep it, because online banking and other websites can only run on IE. Microsoft's blog also mentioned that it is not to let users abandon IE completely, but not to use it as the default browser for all things.

Later, IE improved a lot. Internet Explorer 11 supported the new web page standard and became faster. But the problem is that many people still use the previous version. Microsoft's response is to force updates. Just like promoting Windows 10, it keeps popping up update notices, and also makes special advertisements to publicize the advantages of the new version. This "compulsion" naturally becomes a slot.

It is the object of complaining, and also the "pot bearer"

There are many reasons why people hate Internet Explorer. What is more helpless is that it is not Microsoft's fault in many cases. Internet Explorer is just carrying the blame. For example, many rogue software forcibly locks the home page and forges an IE icon on the desktop, some of which cannot be deleted. In fact, this is not IE's fault, but because every Windows computer has IE, so criminals choose to forge IE icons. However, in the view of users, these websites are only available when Internet Explorer is opened, and the error will naturally be attributed to Internet Explorer. Because it is bound to Windows, the largest desktop system, IE has a lot of problems.

It is an indisputable fact that IE has been eliminated. Since Windows 10, Internet Explorer is no longer the default browser. Microsoft has replaced it with Microsoft Edge. When Microsoft Edge first appeared, it was quickly praised for running on Windows 10. Recently, Microsoft announced that it would change Microsoft Edge to Chromium kernel.

Using the competitor's kernel seems like a compromise, and you can also take it as a progress. Microsoft explained in a blog that the reason for this is to use the open source Chromium kernel to achieve better compatibility and reduce development costs for developers. Lenovo's decision to acquire GitHub by Microsoft is also logical.

IE was abandoned and became a "compatibility solution". In fact, the fate of Windows XP was the same when Windows 10 was promoted. What Microsoft wants to do is to let users update and promote new business, but the way it chooses is "forced", which will cause users' aversion, and problems left over from history will also make updating difficult. No matter whether you like IE, it is not the best choice. However, complaining about the culture of IE and the virtual image of IE mother will stay in the online world forever.