For example, Chrome has a built-in Flash video player and PDF viewer that eliminates the need to locate, install and manage plugins for Internet Explorer.

The Google Chrome Frame plug-in is a free, open-source download for Windows only, and works with IE6, 7, and 8. It's currently in its early stages, so expect an occasional bug or two.

Users marked Explorer's passing on Twitter, with some referring to it as a "bug-ridden, insecure POS" or the "top browser for installing other browsers." For others it was a moment for 90′s ...

Without Internet Explorer, the ActiveX applet will not load even if you "enable" ActiveX in Chrome (it was already enabled). Nothing seems to work.

Today, the Chrome browser dominates with roughly a 65% share of the worldwide browser market, followed by Apple's Safari with 19%, according to internet analytics company Statcounter. IE's heir ...

RIP to the #1 Chrome installer of all time" "Respect++ To Internet Explorer!," added @mn_google, which noted that you couldn't download another browser without IE! IE Joined The 27 Club – Or Did It?

Internet Explorer, we hardly knew ye. Actually, we got to know you well and for a long time. But you're so yesterday now. says Google Chrome has surpassed Internet Explorer Call it the passing of ...

The first version of Internet Explorer was included in a Windows 95 Plus upgrade pack in 1995. It was once the most popular web browser, reportedly having 95% of the market in 2003.

This left Internet Explorer 11 as the default browser on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, unless you decided to install a third-party browser like Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

That’s what StatCounter is reporting. It says Chrome topped Internet Explorer 8 in the last week of November, when Chrome took 23.6% of the global market and IE8 took 23.5%.