Category: Microsoft Edge
This Is Microsoft Edge RTM (Screenshots)
RIP IE.
Just like a lot of you, we have received a Windows 10 update notification on our machines today, and as a result, I took an opportunity to provide you with ten screenshots of the final version of Microsoft Edge.
Below you will find the awesome dark theme, site annotations, download manager (which lacks “Save target as”), customizable start page (with or without rss feeds) and more.
There is even a setting to stop using Adobe Flash.
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Outlook.com Updated, Now Supports Microsoft Edge Calling
Just ahead of the Windows 10 launch, which is happening on July 29th, Microsoft has updated their Skype client on Outlook.com, which enables (for the first time) to take audio and video calls using Microsoft Edge web browser.
However, the good news does not end there. In addition to the audio and video call functionality, Edge users can now also mute Skype alerts and notifications on the Outlook.com web site. While these features are far from game changing, one has to wonder what exactly is Microsoft cooking or are close to finishing, considering that the original Windows 10 launch date was supposed to be October.
Microsoft Gives 10 Reasons To Use Edge
With the upcoming Windows 10 release, Microsoft has started releasing waves of marketing videos that aim to familiarize people with the new operating system and get them to upgrade (for free).
One of such videos is all about the true Internet Explorer killer, Edge. What is it all about? New features and marketing fluff as some of these advertised things have excited for quite some now, such as the reading mode. As far as the video rundown goes, it also talks about the Cortana integration, which we are yet to see if it will be available to everyone worldwide. Anything else? Yes, but it has been known for ages: Reading lists, inking support and so on.
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Microsoft: Edge Is Blazing Fast
With the announcement of Windows 10 RTM, the software giant has also revealed more details about some of the OS specifics and their software.
One of such mentions was about Microsoft Edge, which has also been promoted to the stable build. If you were reading FavBrowser for quite some time, then you should remember that we also published early Edge benchmarks where it dominated everyone (including Google Chrome) on their own benchmarks.
In case you are wondering if these claims are still valid then good news, as Microsoft has now shared that Edge is still #1 on WebKit’s Sunspider, Google’s Octane and Apple’s JetStream benchmarks. By how much exactly?
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RIP: Microsoft Silverlight
One more time.
After pretty much abandoning the Silverlight development, then not supporting it on mobile or Metro version of Internet Explorer, it looks like the software giant has finally put the last nail into the Flash alternative’s coffin. One has to wonder if there is any empty space left for it anyway.
What do we mean by that? As it turns out, Microsoft Edge will not support Silverlight, as simple as that. The news come from the Microsoft itself, who stated that this is due to a removal of ActiveX.
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Microsoft Edge: Here’s What’s New
RIP: Spartan branding.
Yesterday, Microsoft has released a new developer preview build (10158) for the PC, which includes a lot of new Edge feature and improvements. However, even though we have reported some of them (thanks to the leaks), here is the complete and official list on the changes that have been made since the most recent official release.
So what exactly is new and available for the immediate testing?
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More Edge For Windows 10 Mobile Details Leak
Includes one of the most requested changes ever.
Recently, we have reported about some of the changes that have been made to the Microsoft Edge web browser for the desktop and now we have prepared a (slightly smaller) list of new features and improvements that were noticed in the most recent Windows 10 Mobile builds.
First in the list is Edge’s ability to download files in the background and according to some rumors, the download progress might even be visible in the notification center.
Then there is a new option allowing to set Edge to either Mobile or the Desktop user agent.
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Microsoft Edge: Here’s What Else Is Coming
Windows 10 Build 10147 spoils the fun.
Thanks to the never ending stream of leaks, we learned pretty much everything on what else the software giant has included (but not revealed) when it comes to Microsoft Edge.
The latest example comes from the recently leaked Windows 10 (Build 10147), which shows one neat change that a lot of users will love: dark theme. As you can see in the screenshots below, Microsoft Edge looks better than never and judging by the fact that Edge will also replace IE on Windows Mobile 10, expect to see similar look on your phone or tablet.
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23 X Times More Performance: Google, Microsoft, Mozilla & Others Join Forces
Will co-develop a new binary format.
It’s nice to see tech giants that are usually competing with one another coming together to work on something that will benefit users all over the globe. The most recent example comes from a new announcement, which details the forthcoming partnership between Mozilla, Microsoft, WebKit engineers and others.
What is it all about? As you might know, when it comes to executing JavaScript files, browsers simply download them from a server, compile them using their own JavaScript engine and then execute. How exactly is this a problem? It is not but there is a ton of improvements that developers can make to speed everything up (such as Mozilla’s ASM.JS, Google’s NativeClient or Microsoft’s TypeScript). However, a newly joined “alliance” aims to make a new binary format called WebAssembly, which should merge all vendor’s efforts into a single compilation target.
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Microsoft Details Edge Site Compatibility Improvements
If you are a web developer, then dealing with multiple web browsers and rendering engines is something that you have been accustomed to. However, sometimes supporting legacy web browser versions might not only slow down your site but also impact other user’s experience (assuming you decide not to implement something because it does not work on the older versions of IE).
In any case, today Microsoft has shared more details about the different implementations that Edge utilizes to render everything properly.
In one example it was shown how using an incorrect charset or malformed refresh equiv (assuming it was a mistake by the developer) will ruin the web site, at least in some way.
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