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Microsoft Edge On Windows 10: the Browser That Will Finally Kill IE

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-tool-in-the-box dept.

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.

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  1. woot! by mt1955 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    just what we developers needed, another compatibility problem

  2. Quick question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Other than superficial UI bullshit, does Windows 10 have any features? Was there any kernel development? If so, what was produced?