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Microsoft’s New Browser Will Be Called Microsoft Edge

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Re: Microsoft’s New Browser Will Be Called Microsoft Edge

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Post by lewisl9029 »

bobajeff wrote: post #17

This looks like a excellent browser. It has a sleak interface and from all the news I hear it may support some very powerful web technologies and will finally be rapid release. Still, it's a shame that it's still very much close source and Windows only. "...rather than just open-sourcing EdgeHTML and letting anyone contribute, they’re approving individual “major web entities” in a piecemeal fashion. Microsoft is twis…

That's unfortunate to hear.

I was actually fairly optimistic that their new Browser might be made open-source given all the new ground they've recently covered in that area.

Re: Microsoft’s New Browser Will Be Called Microsoft Edge

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Post by lewisl9029 »

I'm still waiting for a browser with good native vertical tabs support. Something like this: http://i.imgur.com/PnpZwos.png

Tree Style Tab is the main reason why I use Firefox for all my day-to-day browsing, but the UX could definitely use some polish, especially when it comes to autohide behavior and handling touch input.

Re: Microsoft’s New Browser Will Be Called Microsoft Edge

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Post by nosefrog »

pcj wrote: post #2

Looks like it supports both Chrome and FireFox extensions - http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/8515771/microsofts-edge-br...

I wonder how they support FireFox extensions -- I was under the impression that FireFox extensions have free reign over the entire browser.

Re: Microsoft’s New Browser Will Be Called Microsoft Edge

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Post by Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd »

nosefrog wrote: post #34
pcj wrote: post #2

Looks like it supports both Chrome and FireFox extensions - http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/29/8515771/microsofts-edge-br...

I wonder how they support FireFox extensions -- I was under the impression that FireFox extensions have free reign over the entire browser.

They have. MS probably only supports the ones based on Jetpack, the stable but limited add-on API for Firefox similar to Chrome's.

Re: Microsoft’s New Browser Will Be Called Microsoft Edge

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Post by WorldWideWayne »

RKearney wrote: post #3

I wonder if they went with Edge so they could keep the 'e' icon? I could only imagine the confusion less computer-savy customers would have if they could no longer find the 'e' icon to access the internet.

Maybe it's called Edge because it integrates Edge.js somehow?

"Edge.js - Run Node.js and .NET in-process" - http://tjanczuk.github.io/edge/

(I know that TJ worked at Microsoft, but I'm not sure if Edge.js is a Microsoft effort or not...)

Re: Microsoft’s New Browser Will Be Called Microsoft Edge

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Post by EdSharkey »

Vraxx wrote: post #24
EdSharkey wrote: post #18

Hmm, I don't like this name, it's still trying to be something special. I surmised from the chatter until now that Edge would be called "Internet", "My Internet", or "Browse" or some other non-program entity thing. And quite frankly, that made me shiver a bit for Firefox and (less so) for Chrome. See, what if Microsoft plain-wrapped their browser, made it seamless and ubiquitous? Perhaps this is what they were envisi…

Just as a note in response to the suggestion the browser not have a name to make it harder to hate, most of the android default browsers for different phones have no distinguishable names yet you can still refer to them as the default browser if you wish to degrade them. People will have a name to call it if they wish to refer to it.

That Android Webkit thing is an odd internal politics story, though. The Android team was separate from the rest of Google, and the Chrome team always wanted to slip in and replace the Android Webkit browser.

But the Android team wouldn't have it because Chrome was too heavyweight for many years and would have led to a subpar experience.

Android Webkit made a lot of sense up until a year or two ago because it was so simple and fast. But now the mobile hardware and Chrome performance has caught up. Chrome should be the one and only browser from Google that runs on Android. The Android team should simply concede and upgrade Android Webkit by gutting it and turning it into a Chrome launcher, damn the consequences.

Edge, presumably, would be a much different situation than Chrome vs. Android Webkit. That would have Microsoft's full weight behind it and would be integral to their core strategies. God willing, the Edge team won't be competing with the zombie legacy IE maintenance team for resources and mindshare within Microsoft.

The point of my original comment was that a great/competitive evergreen browser from Microsoft without a name would be a scary foe, especially if it ever claimed a majority share of the market.

Re: Microsoft’s New Browser Will Be Called Microsoft Edge

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Post by genericone »

nhayden wrote: post #37
Stenerson wrote: post #5

Here's a video from Microsoft - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH1D31YHsgY

They're really selling the ability to draw on pages. Who needs that?

From the looks of it, users who subscribe to the lifestyle of Tablets/Mobile + Sharing Economy.
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