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Microsoft Edge On Windows 10: the Browser That Will Finally Kill IE
An anonymous reader writes: Windows 10 launches today and with it comes a whole new browser, Microsoft Edge. You can still use Internet Explorer if you want, but it's not the default. IE turns 20 in less than a month, which is ancient in internet years, so it's not surprising that Microsoft is shoving it aside. Still, leaving behind IE and launching a new browser built from the ground up marks the end of an era for Microsoft. “Knowing that browsing is still one of the very top activities that people do on a PC, we knew there was an opportunity, and really an obligation, to push the web browsing experience and so that’s what we’ve done with Microsoft Edge," Drew DeBruyne, director of program management at Microsoft told VentureBeat.
If not, then Microsoft will not have the opportunity "to push the web browsing experience" for me.
Because if so, it'll be just as dangerous as it ever was.
I think Firefox dealt it the mortal blow, and then Chrome finished the job.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
"He then laid out Microsoft’s three goals with Edge:"
1) Build a browser that feels “responsive, fast, and lightweight” but that is also “clean, doesn’t get in your way, and also works great with the modern web.”
No, idiot, build a browser that IS responsive, fast, and lightweight. I don't care how it makes me 'feel'.
2) Build a browser that is trusted and lets people feel safe.
Again, no, I want the browser to BE safe, and don't care how it makes me 'feel'. All this touchy feely crap you can leave to the hippies. Also if you want me to trust your browser, then make the code open-source and the software FREE (as in speech, not beer)
3) Build a browser that is “personal and productive,” fitting in with what Microsoft is trying to do overall as a company.
No, I don't want a personal browser, I want a simple browser that answers 1 and 2 without the bloat that is IE (or worse Office)
Because it's better to use the search functions than the start menu. Also, in this context "Start Menu" probably includes the start screen of 8.
Nope, we just keep supporting the standards, and Edge will work just fine. If all goes well, we'll actually be able to DROP support for more older browsers as more people migrate off XP & Vista.
That's the dream, anyway. :)
"IE turns 20 in less than a month, which is ancient in internet years , so it's not surprising that Microsoft is shoving it aside."
Hard to get into the article when the summary is already so full of B.S.
Let's see now, the internet itself is over 25 years old; guess it's got to go. Linux is also nearly 25 years old; what a fossil. Heck, Windows is nearly 30 years old; how can Microsoft justify selling such an outdated P.O.S?
The reason I.E needs to go has little to do with it's age and more to do with it's design/implementation. As with many high-profile Microsoft products, the focus on useability for novices has caused severe problems over the years:
Microsoft Windows nearly single-handedly created the antivirus industry by neglecting security (and still does to this day).
Microsoft Outlook (aka Outbreak) allowed these problem to be sent/received from people all over the world.
Microsoft Internet Explorer just spread the problem beyond the people on your mailing lists.
Think about all the other security problems Microsoft introduced as 'features' (like ActiveX and embedded scripts).
What do we get in return, operating systems that constantly ask the novice user if they are sure they want to run this program (for seemingly any program to be run). Novice users don't know any better and the constant annoyance means they click yes faster than an I Agree on a EULA.
I just wish Microsoft could put a little more effort into making an operating system that is still usable by novices without sacrificing the security that we all need and deserve in the 'internet age.'
I don't see why people think IE can be "killed." Until you convince curmudgeony old people (like governments) whose web-based tools break on anything other than IE to pay green money to update their websites, IE will stick around. And, since some people (mostly governments) will never be willing to pay money to fix something that "isn't broken" (as long as you use it on IE), IE will never, ever be completely dispensable.
IE turns 20 in less than a month, which is ancient in internet years
Look, the Internet has been around more than 25yrs. Can we stop this internet speed "really moves fast" thing. Really. Facebook has been around since 2008 and Google since 1998. And look at their progress. Not much since 2006-2008. If you want beta, crappy apps and ideas, and stupid trends, yes, the Internet "moves fast" in that context. If you want services & products that you incorporate into your life, aka the real "Internet" (ignoring the hipsters that adopt anything), it's actually a slow process on par with other industries.
The name is, the current IE is not. I would be surprised if many parts of it is not still alive in "Edge".
The fastest way to launch a program is to click on a shortcut. The start menu is for discovering what programs are on the computer. Searching is useless if you don't know what is installed.
It's great when you can get away with that, but all too many companies (like where I work) have to deal with our customers as they are, not how we would wish them to be.
It's all the people like you who are the problem. If "use something standards-compliant or have a bad experience" were the universal norm, we wouldn't have these problems.
You say that like you think it's my decision to do this. I assure you, it is not.
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