However, in 2019, Microsoft completely changed the infrastructure of Edge based on the open-source Chromium software project developed by Google. When Microsoft Edge was released alongside Windows 10 in 2015, it failed to make an impact and was criticized for being too sluggish, stuffy, and lacking in terms of browser extensions, which allowed the other web browsers to further increase their userbases. Therefore, Microsoft developed a new browser, called Microsoft Edge, as a the modern, cross-platform successor to Internet Explorer.

However, Internet Explorer, despite the improvements made by Microsoft, never regained its former position. Safari and Firefox were improved and came close to overtaking Chrome.

However, the release of Google Chrome in 2008 brought about a huge shift in the web browser landscape: its immaculate performance and sublime appearance took the world by a storm, and it soon overtook Internet Explorer and Firefox. For a while, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari were the most popular web browsers with the greatest number of users.

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