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The software giant, Microsoft, has finally revealed to the world the name of its next browser and it is not Spartan. It’s Microsoft Edge. The project was made available in the Windows 10 Technical preview way in March, with a sufficient warning to eager users of the usual early stage bugs and kinks in the system.In any case, the sneak preview into Microsoft’s Edge browser offered enough insight to set initial expectations for the software giant’s latest browser efforts.
Over the years, Internet Explorer has been the butt of jokes on and off the Internet. Looking to lose the stereotype, Microsoft wants to provide a browser that works well in desktop, mobile and other browser environments.
Windows 10 mobile devices will support Microsoft Edge, but for other Windows 10 devices, both the Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge will be made available for backwards compatibility. Microsoft Edge will be available in the Widows store for download and future updates when it finally becomes available to the public and just to be clear – For now, Internet Explorer is not to be going away completely.
Some standard features will be webpages will look more interesting with the new annotation facility that would allow users to write, give directions, doodle on webpages ad even share these notes via social media networks, email or save it on One Drive. Cortana, Microsoft’s digital assistant (similar to Apple’s Siri and Now by Google) will also be running in the background of Microsoft Edge in providing relevant information all the while. There are also new features to prioritize bookmarked reading material, such as Reading List and Reading View.
With Edge, users are to expect extensions of the same caliber similar to those found on Firefox and Chrome. With Edge, as developers note that it uses the same JavaScript and HTML standard code used by the other two major browsers. Microsoft’s vice president for PC-Tablet-Phone, also stated that extensions for Firefox and Chrome will only require minimal coding for them to work on Edge.Unfortunately, this feature will not be available in Windows 10 RTM (release to manufacturing) when it launches this summer, but should be available as an update.
So when would Microsoft’s Edge be available? Microsoft Edge won’t be available until Windows 10 is officially released later this year, but if you’re a developer, you can get it through the Windows 10 Technical Preview.
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