Last week Microsoft confirmed the unprecedented news that it’s rebuilding its Edge web browser atop the Chromium open-source rendering engine. It spells the end for Microsoft’s EdgeHTML engine less than four years after it first shipped to the public with Windows 10’s launch. This leaves me with a mix of feelings. On the one hand, […]
The company is now searching for willing participants to help them shape the future of its new Chromium powered Edge software.
It will take some time for Microsoft to rebuild its Edge browser on Windows 10, but a preview version should be available for Windows Insiders in early 2019.
The Microsoft Edge browser on Android, which uses Chromium code, now supports Windows 10’s Timeline feature in the app
Some days are more interesting than others, and late yesterday, things got real interesting in the Microsoft-watching world as Windows Central’s Zac Bowden dropped a bombshell: Microsoft is planning to ditch Edge and its EdgeHTML browser engine for a Chromium based new default browser for Windows 10. There’s lots to unpack in this bit of […]
Microsoft is having to rethink and ultimately shutter its current EdgeHTML development in favor of a Google-inspired alternative