Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration

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Post by xPaw » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 5:03 PM UTC

Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration
blogs.windows.com

Re: Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration

#2

Post by MikusR » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 5:13 PM UTC

In short. Edge engine is dead. Based on Chromium. Not an UWP. Will be on Windows 7 and Mac.

Re: Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration

#3

Post by sebazzz » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 5:16 PM UTC

MikusR wrote: post #2

In short. Edge engine is dead. Based on Chromium. Not an UWP. Will be on Windows 7 and Mac.

And the updates won't be tied to Windows versions anymore.

Re: Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration

#4

Post by volandovengo » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 5:16 PM UTC

This is HUGE!

Microsoft throwing away the IE engine in favor of one more or less standard rendering engine is a huge win for web developers everywhere!

It's also something that would have been unimaginable in the Steve Ballmer era.

Thank you!

Re: Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration

#5

Post by Sir_Cmpwn » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 5:17 PM UTC

Man, this sucks. I really wish they had open sourced their new engine and stuck with it. I would have volunteered time porting it to Linux/POSIX as well.

Re: Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration

#6

Post by dazhbog » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 5:17 PM UTC

I hope this move changes the hostile amount of google services that are baked into Chrome and Chromium. Not saying MS is any better, but at least there will be more choices for users and where before everything was hardcoded, now there will be an option to select and potentially expose more customization for us morals.

Re: Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration

#7

Post by copperx » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 5:17 PM UTC

MikusR wrote: post #2

In short. Edge engine is dead. Based on Chromium. Not an UWP. Will be on Windows 7 and Mac.

If Edge comes to Linux it will be the second ice age in hell.

Re: Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration

#8

Post by sebazzz » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 5:17 PM UTC

EdgeHTML is also used for embedding HTML into UWP, and controls have been released for WPF and Win32. I wonder what will be the story of that. Will that be transparently changed to Chrome, can it be changed to Chrome or will EdgeHTML be used only for that?

Re: Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 5:18 PM UTC

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Re: Microsoft Edge and open source collaboration

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Post by copperx » Thu, Dec 06, 2018, 5:18 PM UTC

volandovengo wrote: post #4

This is HUGE! Microsoft throwing away the IE engine in favor of one more or less standard rendering engine is a huge win for web developers everywhere! It's also something that would have been unimaginable in the Steve Ballmer era. Thank you!

> standard rendering engine

This is a blessing for developers but a curse and threat for the web going forward.