{"id":464697,"date":"2022-06-17T20:53:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T17:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/330-gravestone-in-korea-goes-viral\/"},"modified":"2022-06-17T20:53:50","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T17:53:50","slug":"330-gravestone-in-korea-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/330-gravestone-in-korea-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"#$330 gravestone in Korea goes viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af37843a6db5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af37843a6db5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/330-gravestone-in-korea-goes-viral\/#%E2%80%9C330_gravestone_in_Korea_goes_viral%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;$330 gravestone in Korea goes viral&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C330_gravestone_in_Korea_goes_viral%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;$330 gravestone in Korea goes viral&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A Korean software engineer couldn\u2019t pass up an opportunity to dunk on Microsoft\u2019s now-defunct Internet Explorer web browser.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft on Wednesday halted support for the once-dominant browser that legions of web surfers loved to hate \u2014 and a few still claim to adore. <\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lication now joins BlackBerry phones, dial-up modems and Palm Pilots in the dustbin of tech history.<\/p>\n<p>Jung Ki-young decided to commemorate Internet Explorer\u2019s demise by spending $330 on a headstone.<\/p>\n<p>He then designed it to include the \u201ce\u201d logo just above the epitaph: \u201cHe was a good tool to download other browsers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the memorial went on show at a cafe run by his brother in the southern city of Gyeongju, a photo of the tombstone went viral.<\/p>\n<p>Jung <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/lifestyle\/oddly-enough\/internet-explorer-gravestone-goes-viral-south-korea-2022-06-17\/\">told Reuters<\/a> that the memorial showed his mixed feelings for the older software, which had played such a big part in his working life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a pain in the ass, but I would call it a love-hate relationship because Explorer itself once dominated an era,\u201d he told Reuters.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/internet-explorer-grave-03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The headstone is on display in the southern Korean city of Gyeongju.\" class=\"wp-image-22705889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/internet-explorer-grave-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/internet-explorer-grave-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/internet-explorer-grave-03.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The headstone is on display in the southern Korean city of Gyeongju.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Kiyoung Jung\/AFP via<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said he found it took him longer to make sure his websites and online apps worked with Explorer, than with other browsers.<\/p>\n<p>But his customers kept asking him to make sure their websites looked good in Explorer, which remained the default browser in South Korean government offices and many banks for years.<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 1995, Explorer became the world\u2019s leading browser for more than a decade as it was bundled with Microsoft\u2019s Windows operating system that came pre-installed in billions of computers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/internet-explorer-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Internet Explorer was overtaken by Google's rival web browser Chrome in the late 2000s.\" class=\"wp-image-22705867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/internet-explorer-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/internet-explorer-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/internet-explorer-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Internet Explorer was overtaken by Google\u2019s rival web browser Chrome in the late 2000s.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But it started losing out to Google\u2019s Chrome in the late 2000s and became a subject of countless internet memes, with some developers suggesting it was sluggish compared with its rivals.<\/p>\n<p>Jung said he had meant to give people a laugh with the gravestone, but was still surprised about how far the joke went online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s another reason for me to thank the Explorer, it has now allowed me to make a world-class joke,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI regret that it\u2019s gone, but won\u2019t miss it. 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