After a years-long, hard fought battle of the browsers, Internet Explorer, once the reigning king of the interwebz, is overthrown. First by its archrival, Firefox, of whom had risen from the ashes of a fallen ally, and then Chrome. Shunned and memed out of existence, there was no place anymore for the old browser. Even its parent corporation had succeeded it with a faster, Edge-ier browser.
And guess where the heck Internet Explorer ended up? 
Slightly modified to tie into MLP a bit more. I didn't mention the Mane Six by name enough times.
Chapters (1)
well....im not sure what happened but ok.
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Things.
Lolz
Much more readable than anything by Evictus. 🍆
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🥒 <== Rick
Would be great to see a sequel with Microsoft Sam and Microsoft Bob.
Also, I loved this.
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Yup.
Now this...
This is shitposting at the highest level
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This is hilarious and even more hilarious, I'm reading this on the winning browser, Firefox.
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I wrote this in Firefox, but I'm checking the stats in Chrome.
Nice
better then an average trollfic
A great somewhat nonsensical comedy!
Granted, my personal experience with Internet Explorer hasn't reached this level of bad (well, yet), but I still found this very entertaining!
But...
Out of curiosity, what does that one acronym stand for?
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Blue Screen of Death.
Holy shit. I never thought I'd see the day. Everyone told me I was crazy, but it was bound to happen sooner or later.
A good Displaced fic.
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Needs feature.
Personally I feel offended by this story, considering the fact that Inori-tan (Internet Explorer) never failed me, and I still use her on occasion, unlike the Edgeier version provided by Touko-tan (Windows 10)
Have your like and entry on my bookshelf you disgusting creature...!
Welp.
this was indeed a thing that happened.
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Yup.
I have questions.
"Whatever I don't care" is the most common answer to them.
Hey! I still use internet explorer lol
Oh god... We're doomed.
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Oh man, intentionally or not, this one brings back memories.
I know you said it's just a trollfic, but there are probably many of us hankering for a spiritual successor to My Little Websurfers. (Hint hint)
Holy crap. The last thing I expected to see from my alt's trollfic was that it got featured. Wow.
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I thought the answer to the majority of them is 4.
Wtf did I just read!?
Instant like and fave!
As a QA specialist, I can tell you this... prepare yourself for some real loud cursing...
I FUCKING HATE THIS PIECE OF TECHNOHERETICAL SHIT THAT MICROSOFT DARES TO CALL A BROWSER AND I WANT IT TO DIE!
I have never met a web-developer or a QA specialist that does not hate Internet Explorer. Trying to support even IE11 and Edge is a bitch and a half, and if we have to support previous versions too (IE10, 9, and/or 8), the number of curses increases exponentially with each version we have to support. I have to use virtual machines if IE10, 9 or 8 is required, and this is usually my reaction to, well, anything done in IE:
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Is it ironic that I'm currently replying using Internet Explorer on a Surface RT just because I don't have any other choice?
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I have a question - you have no choice but use Surface RT, or you have no choice but use IE on Surface RT? The distinction is important.
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No choice but internet explorer on the Surface RT. I wrote the story using my alt account on my main pc in Firefox, but my sister is currently using it, so I'm stuck on my surface for the time being. Microsoft is kinda like Apple when it comes to browsers being in their app stores. Apple forces browsers to use Safari's rendering engine, while Microsoft forces the handful of alternative browsers to use Internet Explorer's Trident engine.
It looks like you're trying to banish an obsolete browser with infected plug-ins and corrupted libraries. Would you like help? 📎
The fact this hasn't been featured is shocking to say the least
I can now knock 'read a fanfic about Internet Explorer' off my bucket list!
But seriously, as someone who has dealt with the 'fun' of compatibility and IE this was a joy to read.
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When I was first setting up my Surface RT and logging into Fimfiction, I had to go through a couple hundred updates in Windows Update just to get the login page to render correctly.
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Then yes, somewhat ironic, but this will not stop me from hating IE to hell and back.
Have you thought of ditching Surface RT and swithcing to something else?
God, I actually used Off-by-one once, for funsies.
I didn't think I'd ever see this fic exist, even in a troll/crackfic sense.
Kudos, nerd.
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TIL there is a paperclip emoji.
Also I love you.
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I have, but I just barely bought the Surface RT to serve more along the lines of a cheap e-reader that I can occasionally do some writing on. I got it for $99 used on EBay, and I knew what I was getting. If I had some more money I probably would've gotten a Surface Pro just because then I could download and install Chrome.
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Problem solved. It made the Featured section less than an hour after you posted this.
IEIE!
Cthulhu f'taghn!
So thanks for that.
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Good luck in getting Pro, then
In the meantime, I will be cursing IE again
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BE GLAD YOU DON'T HAVE A CHEAP ANDROID TABLET...!!!!! I love my cheap android tablet
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That's actually what I replaced when I bought my Surface RT. It was a cheapo $70 Walmart tablet with a nonfunctioning touch screen. I was using it at the time with a Bluetooth keyboard/mouse so I'd have a lighter alternative to my old laptop that I've had since third grade.
Yeah, yeah. I think this story could be considered canon, sounds about right. Especially with the pauses, reporting problems, crashes, etc. #chrome4life
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So happy someone made this comment.
This is the best thing I have read so far on this website.
Goodbye Internet Exploder. You truly were the greatest virus mankind ever created.
What even the what.....
And then xbox live for windows showed up...