Why IE (Internet Explorer) faded out ?
IE (Internet Explorer) was one of the most popular web browsers from 2002 to 2003, with a market share of 95%; but through the launch of other browsers, Mozilla Firefox (2004) and Google Chrome (2008), by 2015 In the year, the IE browser’s market share was only 15.71%; and it gradually faded out of the mainstream browser market. During the entire decline of the IE browser, the YouTube engineers at the time broke the news that it was they who pushed IE6 (the IE browser version at the time) into the abyss. About 10 years ago, YouTube’s IE6 users accounted for about 18% of all YouTube traffic. But for web development engineers, the IE6 browser is too old, and UI compatibility needs to be increased, resulting in a doubled workload for engineers. So a group of YouTube engineers quietly launched a plan to weaken IE6. Former Google and YouTube engineer Chris Zacharias revealed, "We only display a simple banner ad on the YouTube page of IE6 users." And that banner ad is a warning mes