<s>
A	O
browser	B-Application
war	I-Application
is	O
competition	O
for	O
dominance	O
in	O
the	O
usage	B-Application
share	I-Application
of	I-Application
web	I-Application
browsers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
first	O
browser	B-Application
war	I-Application
,	O
"	O
(	O
1995-2001	O
)	O
pitted	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
against	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
's	O
Navigator	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Browser	B-Application
wars	I-Application
continued	O
with	O
the	O
decline	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
's	I-Application
market	O
share	O
and	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
other	O
browsers	B-Application
including	O
Firefox	B-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
(	O
and	O
other	O
Chromium-based	O
browsers	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Safari	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
and	O
Opera	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
HTML5	B-Application
and	O
CSS	B-Language
3	I-Language
,	O
a	O
new	O
generation	O
of	O
browser	B-Application
war	I-Application
began	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
adding	O
extensive	O
client-side	B-Operating_System
scripting	O
to	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
more	O
widespread	O
use	O
of	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
other	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
devices	I-Operating_System
for	O
browsing	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
newcomers	O
have	O
ensured	O
that	O
browser	B-Application
battles	O
continue	O
among	O
enthusiasts	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
average	O
web	O
user	O
is	O
less	O
affected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
further	O
led	O
to	O
creation	O
of	O
HyperText	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
would	O
set	O
the	O
protocols	O
for	O
the	O
client-server	B-Operating_System
communication	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
the	O
original	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
WorldWideWeb	B-Language
,	O
subsequently	O
known	O
as	O
Nexus	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
made	O
it	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
NeXTstep	B-Application
Operating	O
System	O
,	O
by	O
NeXT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
browsers	B-Application
had	O
started	O
to	O
surface	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1992	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
libwww	B-Protocol
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
included	O
MacWWW/Samba	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
and	O
Unix	B-Application
browsers	B-Application
including	O
Line	B-Protocol
Mode	I-Protocol
Browser	I-Protocol
,	O
ViolaWWW	B-Protocol
,	O
Erwise	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
MidasWWW	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
while	O
these	O
browsers	B-Application
tended	O
to	O
be	O
basic	O
HTML	O
viewers	O
that	O
needed	O
third-party	O
helpers	B-Protocol
to	O
display	O
multimedia	O
content	O
,	O
they	O
gave	O
consumers	O
a	O
selection	O
of	O
browsers	B-Application
and	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
browsers	B-Application
were	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
including	O
Cello	B-Application
,	O
Arena	B-Application
,	O
Lynx	B-Application
,	O
tkWWW	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mosaic	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
influential	O
of	O
these	O
was	O
Mosaic	B-Application
,	O
a	O
multi-platform	O
browser	B-Application
developed	O
at	O
National	B-General_Concept
Center	I-General_Concept
for	I-General_Concept
Supercomputing	I-General_Concept
Applications	I-General_Concept
(	O
NCSA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
October	O
1994	O
,	O
Mosaic	B-Application
was	O
"	O
well	O
on	O
its	O
way	O
to	O
becoming	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
standard	O
interface	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Gary	O
Wolfe	O
of	O
Wired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
companies	O
licensed	O
Mosaic	B-Application
to	O
create	O
their	O
commercial	O
browsers	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
AirMosaic	B-Application
,	O
Quarterdeck	B-Application
Mosaic	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Spyglass	B-Application
Mosaic	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
Mosaic	B-Application
developers	O
,	O
Marc	O
Andreessen	O
,	O
co-founded	O
the	O
Mosaic	B-Application
Communications	O
Corporation	O
and	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
named	O
Mosaic	B-Protocol
Netscape	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
resolve	O
legal	O
issues	O
with	O
NCSA	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
renamed	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communications	O
Corporation	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
browser	B-Application
improved	O
Mosaic	B-Application
's	O
usability	O
and	O
reliability	O
and	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
display	O
pages	O
as	O
they	O
loaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
1995	O
,	O
helped	O
by	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
free	O
for	O
non-commercial	O
use	O
,	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
dominated	O
the	O
emerging	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
browsers	B-Application
launched	O
during	O
1994	O
included	O
IBM	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
Navipress	B-Application
,	O
SlipKnot	B-Protocol
,	O
MacWeb	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Browse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1995	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
faced	O
new	O
competition	O
from	O
OmniWeb	B-Protocol
,	O
Eolas	O
WebRouser	O
,	O
UdiWWW	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
1.0	I-Application
,	O
but	O
continued	O
to	O
dominate	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
was	O
the	O
most	O
widely	O
used	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	O
had	O
licensed	O
Mosaic	B-Application
to	O
create	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
1.0	I-Application
,	O
which	O
it	O
had	O
released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
95	I-Application
Plus	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
2.0	I-Protocol
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
free	O
download	O
three	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
,	O
it	O
was	O
available	O
to	O
all	O
Windows	O
users	O
free	O
of	O
charge	O
,	O
this	O
also	O
applying	O
to	O
commercial	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
companies	O
later	O
followed	O
suit	O
and	O
released	O
their	O
browsers	B-Application
free	O
of	O
charge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
and	O
competitor	O
products	O
like	O
InternetWorks	B-Architecture
,	O
Quarterdeck	O
Browser	B-Application
,	O
InterAp	B-Application
,	O
and	O
WinTapestry	O
were	O
bundled	O
with	O
other	O
applications	O
to	O
full	O
Internet	B-Protocol
suites	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
versions	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
and	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
,	O
(	O
branded	O
as	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communicator	I-Protocol
)	O
,	O
were	O
released	O
at	O
a	O
rapid	O
pace	O
over	O
the	O
following	O
few	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
was	O
rapid	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
were	O
routinely	O
added	O
,	O
including	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
's	O
JavaScript	B-Language
(	O
subsequently	O
replicated	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
as	O
JScript	B-Language
)	O
and	O
proprietary	O
HTML	O
tags	O
such	O
as	O
<blink> (Navigator )  and <marquee>	O
(	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
began	O
to	O
approach	O
feature	O
parity	O
with	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
with	O
version	O
3.0	O
(	O
1996	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
offered	O
scripting	O
support	O
and	O
the	O
market	O
's	O
first	O
commercial	O
Cascading	B-Language
Style	I-Language
Sheets	I-Language
(	O
CSS	B-Language
)	O
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1997	O
,	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
4.0	I-Protocol
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
employees	O
showing	O
up	O
to	O
work	O
the	O
following	O
morning	O
found	O
the	O
logo	O
on	O
their	O
front	O
lawn	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
sign	O
attached	O
that	O
read	O
"	O
From	O
the	O
IE	O
team	O
We	O
...	O
Love	O
You.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
employees	O
promptly	O
knocked	O
it	O
over	O
and	O
set	O
a	O
giant	O
figure	O
of	O
their	O
Mozilla	B-Application
dinosaur	O
mascot	O
atop	O
it	O
,	O
holding	O
a	O
sign	O
reading	O
"	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
72	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
18	O
"	O
representing	O
the	O
market	O
distribution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
4	I-Protocol
changed	O
the	O
tides	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
wars	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
these	O
releases	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
common	O
for	O
web	O
designers	O
to	O
display	O
'	O
best	O
viewed	O
in	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
 '	O
or	O
'	O
best	O
viewed	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
 '	O
logos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
images	O
often	O
identified	O
a	O
specific	O
browser	B-Application
version	O
and	O
were	O
commonly	O
linked	O
to	O
a	O
source	O
from	O
which	O
the	O
stated	O
browser	B-Application
could	O
be	O
downloaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
logos	O
generally	O
recognized	O
the	O
divergence	O
between	O
the	O
standards	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
browsers	B-Application
and	O
signified	O
which	O
browser	B-Application
was	O
used	O
for	O
testing	O
the	O
pages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
,	O
supporters	O
of	O
the	O
principle	O
that	O
websites	O
should	O
be	O
compliant	O
with	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
Consortium	O
standards	O
and	O
hence	O
viewable	O
with	O
any	O
browser	B-Application
started	O
the	O
"	O
Viewable	O
With	O
Any	O
Browser	B-Application
"	O
campaign	O
,	O
which	O
employed	O
its	O
logo	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
partisan	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
mainstream	O
websites	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
specified	O
one	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
or	O
IE	O
as	O
their	O
preferred	O
browser	B-Application
while	O
making	O
some	O
attempt	O
to	O
support	O
minimal	O
functionality	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
began	O
with	O
about	O
80%	O
market	O
share	O
and	O
a	O
good	O
deal	O
of	O
public	O
goodwill	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
relatively	O
small	O
company	O
deriving	O
the	O
great	O
bulk	O
of	O
its	O
income	O
from	O
what	O
was	O
essentially	O
a	O
single	O
product	O
(	O
Navigator	B-Protocol
and	O
its	O
derivatives	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
financially	O
vulnerable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
's	O
resources	O
allowed	O
them	O
to	O
make	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
available	O
without	O
charge	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
revenues	O
from	O
Windows	O
were	O
used	O
to	O
fund	O
its	O
development	O
and	O
marketing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
was	O
provided	O
free	O
for	O
all	O
Windows	O
and	O
Macintosh	O
users	O
,	O
unlike	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
which	O
was	O
free	O
for	O
home	O
and	O
educational	O
use	O
but	O
would	O
require	O
a	O
paid	O
license	O
for	O
business	O
use	O
;	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
told	O
by	O
Jim	O
Barksdale	O
,	O
President	O
and	O
CEO	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Communications	O
:	O
"	O
Very	O
few	O
times	O
in	O
warfare	O
have	O
smaller	O
forces	O
overtaken	O
bigger	O
forces	O
...	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
bundled	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
with	O
every	O
copy	O
of	O
Windows	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
an	O
over	O
90%	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
desktop	O
operating	O
system	O
market	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
obtain	O
market	O
share	O
more	O
easily	O
than	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
,	O
as	O
customers	O
already	O
had	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
installed	O
as	O
the	O
default	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
many	O
new	O
computer	O
purchasers	O
had	O
never	O
extensively	O
used	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
before	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Consequently	O
,	O
the	O
buyer	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
anything	O
else	O
to	O
compare	O
with	O
and	O
little	O
motivation	O
to	O
consider	O
alternatives	O
;	O
the	O
set	O
of	O
abilities	O
they	O
had	O
gained	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
and	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
made	O
any	O
difference	O
in	O
browser	B-Application
features	O
or	O
ergonomics	O
pale	O
in	O
comparison	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Microsoft	O
antitrust	O
case	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
government	O
witness	O
and	O
Intel	O
vice	O
president	O
Steven	O
McGeady	O
testified	O
that	O
a	O
senior	O
executive	O
at	O
Microsoft	O
told	O
him	O
in	O
1995	O
of	O
his	O
company	O
's	O
intention	O
to	O
"	O
cut	O
off	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
's	O
air	O
supply	O
"	O
,	O
although	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
attorney	O
rejected	O
McGeady	O
's	O
testimony	O
as	O
not	O
credible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
,	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
America	O
Online	O
for	O
US	O
$4.2	O
billion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
became	O
the	O
new	O
dominant	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
attaining	O
a	O
peak	O
of	O
about	O
96%	O
of	O
the	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
usage	I-Application
share	I-Application
during	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
browser	B-Application
war	I-Application
ended	O
with	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
having	O
no	O
remaining	O
serious	O
competition	O
for	O
its	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
also	O
brought	O
an	O
end	O
to	O
the	O
rapid	O
innovation	O
in	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
;	O
until	O
2006	O
there	O
was	O
only	O
one	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
since	O
version	B-Application
6.0	I-Application
had	O
been	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
6.0	I-Application
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
Service	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
1	I-Application
and	O
was	O
also	O
integrated	O
into	O
Windows	B-Application
Server	I-Application
2003	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
enhancements	O
were	O
made	O
to	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
in	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
Service	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
)	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
pop-up	O
blocker	O
and	O
stronger	O
default	O
security	O
settings	O
regarding	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
ActiveX	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
's	O
decline	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
open-sourced	O
its	O
browser	B-Application
code	O
and	O
later	O
entrusted	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
newly	O
formed	O
non-profit	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Foundationa	O
primarily	O
community-driven	O
project	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
successor	O
to	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
continued	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
with	O
little	O
widespread	O
adoption	O
until	O
a	O
stripped-down	O
browser-only	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
full	O
suite	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
new	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
search	O
bar	O
(	O
which	O
had	O
previously	O
only	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
Opera	B-Application
browser	I-Application
)	O
,	O
was	O
created	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
browser-only	O
version	O
was	O
initially	O
named	O
Phoenix	B-Application
,	O
but	O
because	O
of	O
trademark	O
issues	O
that	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
,	O
first	O
to	O
Firebird	B-Application
,	O
then	O
to	O
Firefox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
browser	B-Application
became	O
the	O
focus	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Mozilla	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
's	O
development	O
efforts	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
November	O
9	O
,	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
then	O
continued	O
to	O
gain	O
an	O
increasing	O
share	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
market	O
until	O
a	O
peak	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
6	I-Application
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
last	O
standalone	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Future	O
enhancements	O
would	O
be	O
dependent	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
which	O
would	O
include	O
new	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
WPF	B-Device
and	O
XAML	B-Device
to	O
enable	O
developers	O
to	O
build	O
web	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
,	O
in	O
April	O
2004	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Mozilla	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
and	O
Opera	B-Application
Software	O
joined	O
efforts	O
to	O
develop	O
new	O
open-technology	O
standards	O
which	O
add	O
more	O
capability	O
while	O
remaining	O
backward-compatible	O
with	O
existing	O
technologies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
result	O
of	O
this	O
collaboration	O
was	O
the	O
WHATWG	B-Language
,	O
a	O
working	O
group	O
devoted	O
to	O
the	O
fast	O
creation	O
of	O
new	O
standard	O
definitions	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
W3C	O
for	O
approval	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
growing	O
number	O
of	O
device/browser	O
combinations	O
in	O
use	O
,	O
legally-mandated	O
web	O
accessibility	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
expansion	O
of	O
expected	O
web	O
functionality	O
to	O
essentially	O
require	O
DOM	B-General_Concept
and	O
scripting	O
abilities	O
,	O
including	O
AJAX	B-General_Concept
,	O
made	O
web	O
standards	O
of	O
increasing	O
importance	O
during	O
this	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
touting	O
their	O
proprietary	O
extensions	O
,	O
browser	B-Application
developers	O
began	O
to	O
market	O
their	O
software	O
based	O
on	O
how	O
closely	O
it	O
adhered	O
to	O
the	O
behavior	O
as	O
specified	O
by	O
the	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
would	O
be	O
available	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
SP2	O
and	O
later	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	O
by	O
mid-2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
introduced	O
the	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
as	O
a	O
major	O
upgrade	O
over	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
6	I-Application
SP1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opera	B-Application
had	O
been	O
a	O
long-time	O
small	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
wars	I-Application
,	O
known	O
for	O
introducing	O
innovative	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
tabbed	O
browsing	O
and	O
mouse	O
gestures	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
lightweight	O
but	O
feature-rich	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
was	O
commercial	O
,	O
which	O
hampered	O
its	O
adoption	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
free	O
rivals	O
until	O
2005	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
became	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
20	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Opera	B-Application
Software	O
released	O
Opera	B-Application
9	O
including	O
an	O
integrated	O
source	O
viewer	O
,	O
a	O
BitTorrent	B-Protocol
client	O
implementation	O
,	O
and	O
widgets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Windows	O
browser	B-Application
to	O
pass	O
the	O
Acid2	O
test	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opera	B-Protocol
Mini	I-Protocol
,	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
has	O
a	O
significant	O
mobile	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Editions	O
of	O
Opera	B-Application
are	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
DS	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Wii	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
released	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
on	O
October	O
18	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
included	O
tabbed	O
browsing	O
,	O
a	O
search	O
bar	O
,	O
a	O
phishing	O
filter	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
support	O
for	O
web	O
standards	O
(	O
including	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
PNG	O
)	O
—	O
all	O
features	O
already	O
long	O
familiar	O
to	O
Opera	B-Application
and	O
Firefox	B-Application
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
distributed	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
to	O
genuine	O
Windows	O
users	O
(	O
WGA	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
high-priority	O
update	O
through	O
Windows	O
Update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typical	O
market	O
share	O
analysis	O
showed	O
only	O
a	O
slow	O
uptake	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	O
decided	O
to	O
drop	O
the	O
requirement	O
for	O
WGA	O
and	O
made	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
available	O
to	O
all	O
Windows	O
users	O
in	O
October	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
two	O
following	O
years	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
worked	O
on	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
announced	O
that	O
an	O
internal	O
build	O
of	O
that	O
version	O
had	O
passed	O
the	O
Acid2	O
CSS	B-Language
test	O
in	O
"	O
IE8	B-Application
standards	O
mode	O
"	O
—	O
the	O
last	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
browsers	B-Application
to	O
do	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
19	O
,	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
included	O
accelerators	B-Application
,	O
improved	O
privacy	O
protection	O
,	O
a	O
compatibility	O
mode	O
for	O
pages	O
designed	O
for	O
older	O
browsers	B-Application
,	O
and	O
improved	O
support	O
for	O
various	O
web	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
to	O
be	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
scored	O
20/100	O
in	O
the	O
Acid3	O
test	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
much	O
worse	O
than	O
all	O
major	O
competitors	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
24	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Application
released	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mozilla	B-Application
released	O
Firefox	B-Language
3.0	I-Language
on	O
June	O
17	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
with	O
performance	O
improvements	O
and	O
other	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firefox	B-Language
3.5	I-Language
followed	O
on	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
with	O
further	O
performance	O
improvements	O
,	O
native	O
integration	O
of	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
privacy	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
created	O
forks	B-Application
of	O
the	O
open-source	O
KHTML	B-Language
and	O
KJS	B-Language
layout	O
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
engines	O
from	O
the	O
KDE	B-Application
Konqueror	B-Application
browser	B-Application
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
layout	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
became	O
known	O
as	O
WebKit	B-Language
and	O
it	O
was	O
incorporated	O
into	O
the	O
Safari	B-Application
browser	I-Application
that	O
first	O
shipped	O
with	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
v10.3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
13	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
discontinuing	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
platform	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
June	O
6	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Apple	O
released	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
Safari	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Steve	O
Jobs	O
wrote	O
an	O
open	O
letter	O
regarding	O
his	O
Thoughts	O
on	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
the	O
place	O
it	O
would	O
hold	O
on	O
Apple	O
's	O
iOS	B-Application
devices	O
and	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	B-Operating_System
developers	I-Operating_System
were	O
tasked	O
with	O
updating	O
their	O
web	O
sites	O
to	O
be	O
mobile-friendly	O
,	O
and	O
while	O
many	O
disagreed	O
with	O
Steve	O
Jobs	O
's	O
assessment	O
on	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
,	O
history	O
would	O
soon	O
prove	O
his	O
point	O
with	O
notable	O
mentions	O
of	O
poor	O
performance	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
on	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HTML4	O
and	O
CSS2	B-Language
were	O
the	O
standard	O
in	O
most	O
browsers	B-Application
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
new	O
features	O
being	O
added	O
to	O
browsers	B-Application
from	O
HTML5	B-Application
and	O
CSS3	O
specifications	O
were	O
quickly	O
making	O
their	O
mark	O
by	O
2010	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
the	O
emerging	O
mobile	B-Application
browser	I-Application
market	O
where	O
new	O
ways	O
of	O
animating	O
and	O
rendering	O
for	O
various	O
screen	O
sizes	O
were	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
norm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
28	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
announced	O
that	O
support	O
for	O
its	O
Mozilla-derived	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
would	O
be	O
discontinued	O
on	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
suggesting	O
its	O
users	O
migrate	O
to	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
on	O
January	O
28	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
announced	O
that	O
support	O
would	O
be	O
extended	O
to	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
mentioned	O
Flock	B-Protocol
alongside	O
Firefox	B-Application
as	O
alternatives	O
to	O
its	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
released	O
the	O
Chrome	B-Application
browser	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
on	O
December	O
11	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
WebKit	B-Language
rendering	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
as	O
Safari	B-Application
and	O
a	O
faster	O
JavaScript	B-Language
engine	O
called	O
V8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
,	O
an	O
open-sourced	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
,	O
and	O
Linux	O
platforms	O
was	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Chromium	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Net	O
Applications	O
,	O
Chrome	B-Application
had	O
gained	O
a	O
3.6	O
%	O
usage	O
share	O
by	O
October	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
beta	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	O
and	O
Linux	O
,	O
the	O
market	O
share	O
had	O
increased	O
rapidly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
December	O
2009	O
and	O
January	O
2010	O
,	O
StatCounter	O
reported	O
that	O
its	O
statistics	O
indicated	O
that	O
Firefox	B-Language
3.5	I-Language
was	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
browser	B-Application
when	O
counting	O
individual	O
browser	B-Application
versions	O
,	O
passing	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
and	O
8	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
margin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
a	O
global	O
statistic	O
has	O
reported	O
that	O
a	O
non-Internet	O
Explorer	O
browser	B-Application
version	O
had	O
exceeded	O
the	O
top	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
version	O
in	O
usage	O
share	O
since	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
this	O
feat	O
,	O
which	O
GeekSmack	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
dethroning	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
its	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
browser	B-Application
,	O
"	O
could	O
largely	O
be	O
attributed	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
it	O
came	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
version	O
8	O
was	O
replacing	O
version	O
7	O
as	O
the	O
dominant	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
version	O
;	O
no	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
months	O
later	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
had	O
established	O
itself	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
browser	B-Application
and	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
major	O
statistics	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Net	O
Applications	O
,	O
never	O
reported	O
any	O
non-Internet	O
Explorer	O
browser	B-Application
having	O
a	O
higher	O
usage	O
share	O
than	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
if	O
each	O
version	O
of	O
each	O
browser	B-Application
was	O
looked	O
at	O
individually	O
:	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
Firefox	B-Language
3.5	I-Language
was	O
reported	O
as	O
the	O
third	O
most	O
popular	O
browser	B-Application
version	O
from	O
December	O
2009	O
to	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
succeeded	O
by	O
Firefox	B-Protocol
3.6	I-Protocol
since	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
each	O
ahead	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
7	I-Application
but	O
behind	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
6	I-Application
and	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
21	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Application
released	O
Mozilla	B-Protocol
Firefox	I-Protocol
3.6	I-Protocol
,	O
which	O
allows	O
support	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
type	O
of	O
theme	O
display	O
,	O
'	O
Personas	O
 '	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
change	O
Firefox	B-Application
's	O
appearance	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
click	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
3.6	O
also	O
improved	O
JavaScript	B-Language
performance	O
,	O
overall	O
browser	B-Application
responsiveness	O
,	O
and	O
startup	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
StatCounter	O
reported	O
that	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
had	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
dropped	O
below	O
50%	O
market	O
share	O
to	O
49.87	O
%	O
in	O
their	O
figures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
StatCounter	O
reported	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
8	I-Application
's	O
first	O
drop	O
in	O
usage	O
share	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
released	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
9	O
on	O
February	O
3	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
introduced	O
included	O
support	O
for	O
WebGL	B-Library
,	O
Chrome	B-Application
Instant	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Chrome	B-Application
Web	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
created	O
another	O
seven	O
versions	O
of	O
Chrome	B-Application
that	O
year	O
,	O
finishing	O
with	O
Chrome	B-Application
16	O
on	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
17	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
15	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
(	O
Chrome	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
)	O
became	O
the	O
most	O
used	O
browsers	B-Application
on	O
Wikimedia	O
Foundation	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
May	O
21	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
StatCounter	O
reported	O
Chrome	B-Application
narrowly	O
overtaking	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
as	O
the	O
most	O
used	O
browser	B-Application
in	O
the	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
troughs	O
and	O
peaks	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
share	O
between	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
and	O
Chrome	B-Application
meant	O
that	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
was	O
slightly	O
ahead	O
of	O
Chrome	B-Application
on	O
weekdays	O
up	O
until	O
July	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
Net	O
Applications	O
reported	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
firmly	O
in	O
first	O
place	O
,	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
almost	O
overtaking	O
Firefox	B-Application
as	O
the	O
second	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
responding	O
to	O
Chrome	B-Application
's	O
popularity	O
,	O
Apple	O
discontinued	O
Safari	B-Application
for	I-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
released	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
9	I-Application
on	O
March	O
14	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
a	O
revamped	O
interface	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
basic	O
SVG	B-Application
feature	O
set	O
,	O
and	O
partial	O
HTML5	B-Application
video	O
support	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
only	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Windows	O
Phone	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
later	O
released	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
10	I-Application
along	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
and	O
Windows	O
Phone	O
8	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
update	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
followed	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
drops	O
Vista	B-Application
and	O
Phone	O
7	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
preview	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
11	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
rapid	O
releases	O
established	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
prompted	O
Mozilla	B-Application
to	O
do	O
the	O
same	O
for	O
its	O
Firefox	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
21	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
5.0	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
rapid	O
release	O
for	O
this	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
finished	O
a	O
mere	O
six	O
weeks	O
after	O
the	O
previous	O
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mozilla	B-Application
created	O
four	O
more	O
whole-number	O
versions	O
throughout	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
finishing	O
with	O
Firefox	B-Application
9	O
on	O
December	O
20	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
those	O
desiring	O
long-term	O
support	O
,	O
Mozilla	B-Application
made	O
an	O
Extended	O
Support	O
Release	O
(	O
ESR	O
)	O
version	O
of	O
Firefox	B-Application
10	O
on	O
January	O
31	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contrary	O
to	O
the	O
regular	O
version	O
,	O
a	O
Firefox	B-Application
ESR	O
receives	O
regular	O
security	O
updates	O
plus	O
occasional	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
performance	O
updates	O
for	O
approximately	O
one	O
year	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
a	O
12-week	O
grace	O
period	O
is	O
given	O
before	O
discontinuing	O
that	O
version	O
number	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
who	O
continued	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
rapid	O
releases	O
with	O
an	O
active	O
Internet	O
connection	O
were	O
automatically	O
updated	O
to	O
Firefox	B-Application
11	O
on	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
Chrome	B-Application
overtook	O
Firefox	B-Application
to	O
become	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
most	O
used	O
browser	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
competition	O
between	O
Chrome	B-Application
and	O
Firefox	B-Application
intensified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
era	O
,	O
all	O
major	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
implemented	O
support	O
for	O
HTML5	B-Application
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supported	O
codecs	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
varied	O
from	O
browser	B-Application
to	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
versions	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Chrome	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Firefox	B-Application
support	O
Theora	O
,	O
H.264	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
VP8	O
version	O
of	O
WebM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
versions	O
of	O
Firefox	B-Application
omitted	O
H.264	O
due	O
to	O
it	O
being	O
a	O
proprietary	O
codec	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
beginning	O
in	O
version	O
17	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
version	O
20	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
and	O
Safari	B-Application
support	O
H.264	O
exclusively	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
Theora	O
and	O
VP8	O
codecs	O
can	O
be	O
manually	O
installed	O
on	O
the	O
desktop	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
WebKit	B-Language
for	O
mobile	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
Opera	B-Application
Software	O
discontinued	O
its	O
Presto	O
engine	O
in	O
February	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Opera	B-Application
12	O
series	O
of	O
browsers	B-Application
were	O
the	O
last	O
to	O
use	O
Presto	O
with	O
its	O
successors	O
using	O
WebKit	B-Language
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
discontinued	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
Chrome	B-Application
overtook	O
all	O
other	O
browsers	B-Application
as	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
with	O
the	O
highest	O
usage	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
in	O
2015	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	O
shifted	O
from	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
browser	B-Application
had	O
failed	O
to	O
capture	O
much	O
popularity	O
by	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
switched	O
from	O
its	O
own	O
browser	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
,	O
EdgeHTML	B-Application
,	O
to	O
Chromium	B-Language
's	O
Blink	B-Language
engine	O
in	O
2020	O
for	O
all	O
platforms	O
except	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
where	O
it	O
uses	O
WebKit	B-Language
due	O
to	O
platform	O
restrictions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2017	O
usage	O
shares	O
of	O
Opera	B-Application
,	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
fell	O
well	O
below	O
5%	O
each	O
,	O
while	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
had	O
expanded	O
to	O
over	O
60%	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
Andreas	O
Gal	O
,	O
former	O
Mozilla	B-Application
CTO	O
,	O
publicly	O
stated	O
that	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
won	O
the	O
Second	O
Browser	B-Application
War	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
is	O
no	O
longer	O
the	O
default	O
browser	B-Application
as	O
of	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
it	O
continues	O
to	O
operate	O
due	O
to	O
organizations	O
needing	O
it	O
for	O
legacy	B-Device
applications	I-Device
,	O
and	O
–	O
despite	O
its	O
overall	O
decline	O
–	O
has	O
a	O
higher	O
usage	O
share	O
than	O
its	O
successor	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
's	O
success	O
,	O
in	O
December	O
2018	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
building	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Edge	O
based	O
on	O
Chromium	B-Language
and	O
powered	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
rendering	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
,	O
Blink	B-Language
,	O
rather	O
than	O
their	O
own	O
rendering	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
,	O
EdgeHTML	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
browser	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Firefox	B-Application
showed	O
a	O
slight	O
increase	O
in	O
usage	O
share	O
as	O
of	O
February	O
2019	O
,	O
it	O
continues	O
to	O
struggle	O
with	O
less	O
than	O
10%	O
usage	O
share	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
worldwide	O
Google	B-Application
Chrome	I-Application
usage	O
share	O
crossed	O
70%	O
across	O
personal	O
computers	O
and	O
remained	O
over	O
60%	O
combining	O
all	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
permanently	O
retired	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
as	O
their	O
sole	O
browser	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2023	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
based	O
on	O
Blink	B-Language
is	O
the	O
2nd	O
most	O
used	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
on	O
desktop	O
having	O
11.09	O
%	O
as	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
considering	O
all	O
platforms	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Edge	I-Application
is	O
the	O
3rd	O
most	O
used	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
having	O
4.46	O
%	O
as	O
market	O
share	O
.	O
</s>
