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Internet Explorer's Successor, Project Spartan, Is Called Microsoft Edge

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-rose-by-any-other-name dept.

An anonymous reader writes: At its Build 2015 developer conference today, Microsoft announced Project Spartan will be called Microsoft Edge. Joe Belfiore, Microsoft's corporate vice president of the operating systems group, announced the news on stage, adding that Edge will have support for extensions. Edge is Microsoft's new browser shipping on all Windows 10 devices (PCs, tablets, smartphones, and so on). Belfiore explained the name as referring to "being on the edge of consuming and creating."

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  1. Microsoft Edge? by DiSKiLLeR · · Score: 4, Funny

    So.. ME instead of IE? ME.... reminds me of Windows ME. *shudder*.

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    1. Re:Microsoft Edge? by Adriax · · Score: 4, Funny

      Nah, just E.
      It will be introduced to the public via incredibly annoying commercials featuring stereotypical frat guys telling each other "Duuuude! She so wants the E!" "Ya man, I showed her my E last night and she was all over it!" and so on. Ending with them in uncomfortable silence after one of them (probably the token uncool guy) makes a homoerotic comment about another guy's E.

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    2. Re:Microsoft Edge? by Jason+Levine · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Nah, just E.

      Well, at least users won't be confused. They can still "click on the E" to get to the Internet.

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  2. Safari Does by CritterNYC · · Score: 3, Informative

    Safari works the same way. That's why folks with older Mac hardware who aren't running the latest OS can't run the latest Safari.

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    1. Re:Safari Does by dgatwood · · Score: 4, Informative

      Yes, but the underlying WebKit framework still gets updates that bring better compatibility. Only the user-facing features remain static.

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  3. Big News! by tsqr · · Score: 4, Funny

    The last big news about Windows 10 was Spartan. Today's big news about Windows 10 is that Spartan has been re-named.

    I can't tell you how excited I am. Really, I can't.

  4. Allows them to keep the blue "e" by Lumpio- · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So that the clueless people still using it don't have to buy a new computer when the Internet disappears.

  5. I think our namespace is getting too crowded... by itsdapead · · Score: 4, Funny

    Edge?

    Would that be named after the mobile broadband technology, the guitarist from U2 or Samsung's flagship smartphone? Why don't they give it a meaningful name that somehow relates to its function, like, er, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Mozilla, SeaMonkey... Oh, right. Failing that, why not the old, reliable pseudo Latin/Greek names: Webia, Browsium, internet startup names (MeWeb, WebBox, WeBrowse...) or even retro Unix names ('yawb', 'enie')?

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    1. Re:I think our namespace is getting too crowded... by PhrostyMcByte · · Score: 5, Insightful

      IE has long supported a header:

      X-UA-Compatible: IE=edge

      This tells it that your website is compatible with the "edge" of technology... the latest stuff the browser supports. If you don't have it, IE might determine your site needs to be run in IE6 compatibility mode.

      This idea of the "edge" has been around IE since I believe IE10. The concept has clearly stuck.

  6. Re:Hah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Google thanks you for your loyalty. And the x-year long history of add-on choices, Web searches, personal and business correspondence, phone records, daily movements, Web browsing, and whatever other personal, private information you have given to them. You truly will be a warning to future generations.

    (chrome, search, android / voice, android, doubleclick, other)

  7. They named it Edge years ago by Lodlaiden · · Score: 4, Informative

    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />

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  8. Honestly, by fisted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Windows Idiot was much better than expected.

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  9. From a Microsoft hater by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 3, Informative
    I'm actually hoping that Redmond puts out a good product with W10, and if Edge works well, that will be good also.

    Microsoft has been wallowing in a Ballmer induced miasma since Vista, they have lost their way. And even though 7 didn't suck - how's that for damning with faint praise? - Windows 8 and 8.1 had the shithouse rats complaining about the stench.

    But I'm really really hoping that they climb out of the abyss, and return the user experience to XP days, which was one where people came as close to "just doing stuff" as Microsoft ever did.

    Waiting hopefully, and if they don't, it's not a huge problem, I've got my Linux and OSX machines - but maybe pappy wants a new toy, a bright shiny Windows lappy.

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  10. Killer feature by mwvdlee · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just watched the promo video. It looks f**king awesome!

    Away with consumption (according to the video; writing HTML) and towards creating (according to the video; drawing a smiley face)!

    The "drawing mustaches on marsupials" feating is the killer feature of a new generation of browsers.
    Can your Chrome or Firefix draw mustaches on marsupials? Does it even HAVE mustaches?
    Do you want to be a slave to consumption? Making webpages? While you can be the god of your own highlighted-random-text creations?

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