Microsoft reveals final namefor Project Spartan, calls it Edge

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/04/2015 08:17 AM | source: | 28 comment(s)

Microsoft dropped the "Project Spartan" moniker and introduced Internet Explorer's successor, and announced it as Microsoft Edge this week.

Edge will be the primary browser on all Windows 10 devices, while Internet Explorer has been reduced to legacy support. Creative name eh ? So, anyone did anyone buy a Galaxy S6 Edge already ?

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Denial
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#5062923 Posted on: 05/04/2015 01:34 PM

I'm sure that will happen. Starting at a very small scale initially and building up to a still limited number in a few years from now. MS will likely have overbearing control over it.

That's like the opposite of what they said, they are adding chrome addon support, all chrome addons should work on the browser eventually. Granted they could go back on that, obviously, but so far they've been keeping all their promises so I dunno why they'd say that then radically change their stance.

They did say that the extension support is delayed though, till probably after launch.

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#5062945 Posted on: 05/04/2015 02:21 PM

We've known the new name for years apparently :bonk:

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#5062951 Posted on: 05/04/2015 02:37 PM

Not a bad idea ditching IE, as it has such a bad rep that majority of people don't even use anymore.

I remember around 5 years ago everyone who I knew used IE, as they had no idea there were other options. Then Chrome got so much of a push from Google, and Firefox that gained a lot of appeal from pro users.

Now I see everyone using anything but IE.

Lets hope it's not just IE with a new skin.

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#5062988 Posted on: 05/04/2015 03:54 PM

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#5062996 Posted on: 05/04/2015 04:11 PM

Microsoft reveals final name Project Spartan, call it Edge

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