Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Microsoft is Building a Chromium-powered Web Browser That Will Replace Edge on Windows 10: Report (windowscentral.com)

Posted by msmash on from the up-next dept.

Microsoft is throwing in the towel with Edge and is building a new web browser for Windows 10, this time powered by Chromium, news blog Windows Central reported Monday. From the report: Microsoft's Edge web browser has seen little success since its debut on Windows 10 back in 2015. Built from the ground up with a new rendering engine known as EdgeHTML, Microsoft Edge was designed to be fast, lightweight, and secure, but launched with a plethora of issues which resulted in users rejecting it early on. Edge has since struggled to gain any traction, thanks to its continued instability and lack of mindshare, from users and web developers.

Because of this, I'm told that Microsoft is throwing in the towel with EdgeHTML and is instead building a new web browser powered by Chromium, a rendering engine first popularized by Google's Chrome browser. Codenamed Anaheim, this new web browser for Windows 10 will replace Edge as the default browser on the platform. It's unknown at this time if Anaheim will use the Edge brand or a new brand, or if the user interface between Edge and Anaheim is different. One thing is for sure, however; EdgeHTML in Windows 10's default browser is dead.

6 of 377 comments (clear)

  1. open sourcery FTW by Tyger-ZA · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now if Windows can be turned into an MS branded *nix distro things would be even better

  2. Time to move fro IE to Edge by louzer · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess now banks and B2B companies will now feel comfortable to use Edge now that Microsoft has stopped supporting it.

    --
    Heroes die once, cowards live longer.
  3. as the old saying goes by jessepdx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Edge downloads Chrome faster than any other browser

    1. Re: as the old saying goes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      You don't need a browser to install Chrome on Windows. Most freeware for Windows installs it automatically if you don't untick a tiny, well-hidden checkbox.

  4. Re: Hope can be bitter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Stockholm called and wanted their developers back.

  5. Re: This is McDonalds breaking down & serving by cyber-vandal · · Score: 5, Funny

    Luckily Chrome doesn't spy on you