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    Citação Post Original de Turtolius Ver Post
    O IE que saiu com o W8, a versão metro do IE, não tinha flash e foi uma feira dos diabos. Atualmente o flash vem integrado no kernel do Windows. E até se tornar totalmente irrelevante vai continuar a vir prevejo eu. Penso que também venha integrado no kernel do OS X, mas não tenho a certeza.

    Os programadores do IE tem de fazer as versões seguintes do browser sempre com base no código anterior, por o browser fazer parte do sistema operativo. Não se pode simplesmente cortar código e pronto, era uma feira dos diabos. Se reparares o XP ainda tem muitos users assim como o IE8, o que faz a MS ainda ter de manter compatibilidades para com esses users. Como XP e IE8 ainda tem muitos users, muitos sites são feitos para funcionarem melhor nessas versões do IE (entre a 6 e a 8), que são as versões do IE presentes no XP, assim como o IE é o IE que veio com o W7.

    Falar é muito fácil mas programar não é assim tão fácil. Especialmente tratando-se de produtos complexos e com muitas linhas de código como o IE e o Windows.
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    Windows 10: Project Spartan makes an appearance in build 10009


    Not too long ago we've seen images of build 10009 of the Windows 10 Technical Preview leak on the web.
    The same people group that released the last set of images have now released more images that show a rather interesting new feature that is present in build 10009. The screenshots show Microsoft's Project Spartan web browser running on a Windows build that was compiled at the end of January, which means Insiders might get a chance to play with it sooner than expected.

    The new web browser is going to replace Internet Explorer as the default in Windows 10, and will have a plethora of new features, such as Cortana integration, annotation capabilities, a reading list, and proper extension support.
    Spartan is not just a visual redesign, it's also powered by an entirely new engine created specifically for the modern web called EdgeHTML, which is no longer bloated with legacy code. Its name is not final, but a lot of people want Microsoft to keep calling it 'Spartan'.

    It's not clear what features of Spartan are available in build 10009, but you can see from the screenshots that the new web browser will be a universal app. Cortana doesn't seem to be present, and the default search engine is of course Microsoft's Bing.

    Gone are the old menus of Internet Explorer, as Spartan has a fresh look for Favorites, and also features a Reading List, which may be similar in functionality with Pocket, a popular Chrome extension.

    The Settings menu is also consistent with the UI found in the Setting app in the latest Technical Preview.

    And finally, Reading Mode, a feature that was available in the ModernUI version of IE11 in Windows 8.1 is also present in this version of Spartan.

    Source: ITHome
    Noticia:
    http://www.neowin.net/news/windows-1...in-build-10009
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    New Spartan browser in Windows 10 to get significantly faster with asm.js



    Microsoft has begun development to include support for asm.js in its Chakra JavaScript engine, as part of a plan to boost JavaScript execution speed with Chakra in Windows 10. Asm.js uses a subset of JavaScript that can compile code to run at near native speeds in the browser, bringing with it significant speed improvements.
    It works by taking code, typically written in C or C++, and "transpiling" it to run on a web engine, using the likes of WebGL and WebAudio. That transpiled code can then be run at significantly faster speeds by using a narrow set of well-defined interger and floating point operations, according to Wikipedia. Because asm.js runs on a strict subset of JavaScript, it can work interoperably across platforms and browsers, meaning that if a website coded with asm.js is run on a browser that supports it, it will "light up" the code with speed improvements, but will run fine on browsers that don't support the improvements.
    Asm.js began as a feature of Firefox 22, in July of 2013, and has been in Chrome since Chrome 28 in the same time frame. Its inclusion in IE/Chakra has been one of the most requested features in the IE Suggestion Box on UserVoice, and judging by the comments in the IE Blog post announcing the news, developers are excited to have it coming in Windows 10 / Spartan.






    Noticia:
    http://www.winbeta.org/news/new-spar...y-faster-asmjs
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    Here’s Spartan; Microsoft’s Browser For Windows 10 Appears In All New Video

    Given Internet Explorer’s general lack of popularity on the internet, Microsoft decided last year to give the browser question some long and hard thinking. The answer they came up with was Spartan, an all new browser on Windows 10. Given that Microsoft’s had a lot of time to find out why Internet Explorer simply isn’t the browser for many of you out there, it seems like the software giant is taking baby steps in Spartan’s development. One of these steps has appeared in a video and you can take a look at Spartan for Windows 10 in the video below.





    Spartan For Windows 10 Appears In A New Video Showing Cortana Integration

    Aside from all new browser on Windows 10, Microsoft will also be bringing Cortana, the company’s virtual assistant for the first time on its Windows platform on Windows 10. Cortana’s made several headlines already and we know some of the things that it’ll be capable on Windows 10. This includes features such as keeping checks on the weather, finding places, airplane tickets and more. With Cortana you’ll also be able to set schedules on your PC, search files such as music, presentations and more.
    As you can see in the video above, Cortana works pretty well with Spartan now too. Its integration on Microsoft’s upcoming browser will now allow you get feedback about the pages that you’re visiting, while you’re visiting them. If you’re visiting the website of, say a retailer, Cortana will provide you with the street address and other details on a bar on the left. If you’re considering a food item, Cortana’ll show you the calorie count on it. So enjoy the video above, showing just how far Microsoft can take Spartan, integrated with Cortana on Windows 10. Windows 10 is expected to come this year, so stay tuned, we’ll keep you updated.
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    Microsoft's new browser, Spartan, gets detailed in a plethora of new images


    Microsoft hasn't released a new build of Windows 10 in several weeks but that doesn't mean we can't get a look at the upcoming Spartan browser. Thanks to a new leak from a build that has not been released, we can get a closer view of what this new feature will look like.
    While we have already seen what Cortana will look like in Spartan, these images give us a better look at what else to expect from the user interface when Spartan is released to Insiders.
    We can clearly see the new reading mode view, what multiple open tabs will look like, the context menus of the browser and a lot more from the images in this post. You can take a look at the gallery below to see all of them and there are a few more at the source link as well.
    In the settings section, you can see a few of the customization options like turning the favorites bar off and on, detecting phone numbers (for Skype integration), changing your home page and selecting a theme for the 'Reading View'.
    It's important to remember that this is still a very early look at the new browser that will be shipping with Windows 10 later this year. As Microsoft progresses towards the final build, we can expect to see things like extensions be added to the platform too.
    Mais imagens:
    http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft...-of-new-images
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    Microsoft Delivers Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10041 Sans Spartan Browser

    Microsoft is on track to release the final version of Windows 10 to the public this summer, but in the mean time, the company is issuing another Technical Preview build for enthusiast to install. Microsoft has taken its sweet time to push out Build 10041, with it coming nearly two months after the launch of the initial Windows 10 Technical Preview.
    “We are continuing to learn and evolve the Windows Insider program as we go, and your feedback is helping us to shape the program as well as Windows 10 itself,” writes Microsoft’s Gabe Aul on Blogging Windows. “Over the past couple of weeks we heard feedback from you that some wanted less frequent but more stable builds, while others preferred faster builds even if they had more bugs.

    “For those of you in the Fast ring we do expect to deliver builds with newer features and fixes more often, but you’ll also see more bugs with fewer workarounds. I also don’t want to set expectations that you’ll see new builds daily or weekly.”
    Neowin was able to get further confirmation from Aul that those on the Fast ring will receive new builds at least once a month, which means that there’s plenty of time between now and RTM for those that need to be on the bleeding edge to test newer builds more frequently.
    As for what’s new in Build 10040, Microsoft has added transparency effects to the Start Menu, and the ability to drag and drop apps from All Apps to the Start Menu. Users can also now drag a window to a Virtual Desktop, which was the top feature request that Microsoft receive for Virtual Desktops. Cortana has also been expanded to work in China, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain. Other features include an improved Photos app and some tweaks to the Lock screen.

    But one of the most eagerly awaited additions, the Spartan browser, is nowhere to be found in this latest build. Even though Microsoft promised that Spartan would make an appearance in the next build for Windows Insiders, Aul explains that internal testing is still taking place to make sure that browser is stable enough for a public release and that the Windows team "has to complete a few more tasks before it is ready to ship".
    Windows 10 Technical Preview Build 10040 is only available through Windows Update for those already running Windows 10. And if you want to receive more frequent updates, be sure to make sure that you are on the Fast ring (see image above).


    Noticia:
    http://hothardware.com/news/microsof...5GGmVKUVcT5.99


    Ainda não é desta que vemos o espartano
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    É a morte oficial do IE................e não deixa saudades.
    Microsoft relegates Internet Explorer to a 'legacy engine' to make way for new browser

    Microsoft revealed last week that it’s planning to create a new brand and name for its upcoming browser for Windows 10, currently codenamed Project Spartan. The software maker is now clarifying the role of Internet Explorer and Project Spartan in Windows 10, and has confirmed the new Spartan browser will be the "default browser for all Windows 10 customers." While Microsoft originally revealed in January that its new rendering engine would power Spartan and Internet Explorer in Windows 10, the company says it’s no longer planning to bring this to IE.IE WILL HANG AROUND FOR LEGACY ONLY, WITH NO NEW CHANGES
    "On Windows 10, Project Spartan will host our new engine exclusively," says Kyle Pflug, Microsoft’s Project Spartan program manager. "Internet Explorer 11 will remain fundamentally unchanged from Windows 8.1, continuing to host the legacy engine exclusively." Microsoft says it has taken feedback from testers who were left confused over the role of two separate browsers in Windows 10. "We feel this change simplifies the role of each browser," explains Pflug. "Project Spartan is our future." This means that Internet Explorer won't get any of the new rendering changes or features of Spartan.
    With Microsoft picking a new brand and name for Project Spartan and making it the default, it just leaves Internet Explorer hanging around for compatibility and legacy purposes. It’s not immediately clear whether IE will be part of every single copy of Windows 10 or just ones targeted at businesses, and Microsoft isn’t clarifying that just yet. In a carefully worded statement, the company says "we will continue to make Internet Explorer available with Windows 10 for enterprises and other customers who require legacy browser support." What’s clear is that Internet Explorer isn’t Microsoft’s future, and the company is leaving it around for legacy. When you buy a PC with Windows 10 later this year you’ll see Spartan, not Internet Explorer. IE will be hiding away like a system utility, but Microsoft’s future and browser brand is all about Spartan, not the legacy of Internet Explorer.
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    Microsoft clarifies Spartan, IE browser engines




    Microsoft has confirmed that Project Spartan, its next-generation web browser due to launch alongside Windows 10 this summer, will be based on an entirely new engine dubbed EdgeHTML.


    First rumoured late last year, Project Spartan represents Microsoft's attempt to escape from the negative connotations of the Internet Explorer brand - themselves the fruit of years of standards abuse. Although recent releases of IE perform well in standards-compliance tests, this was not traditionally the case: it was common for web developers to have to code specific rules for when the site was accessed in Internet Explorer simply to have the page render properly - or, in extreme cases, at all.

    In a blog post on Project Spartan, programme manager Kyle Pflug has added additional detail to that revealed by Microsoft during the Windows 10 unveiling earlier this year. Chief among these is that Project Spartan will be exclusively driven by an entirely new engine, which shares no code with the company's Internet Explorer engine.

    Dubbed EdgeHTML, the new engine is designed to be standards-compliant with modern websites while also adding in new functionality including annotation support, a distraction-free reading mode, and integration with the Cortana voice-recognition sub-system - a nod to the Halo franchise in which the lead character Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, a super-soldier from the Spartan project, works with artificial intelligence Cortana. It will also be available exclusively in Spartan, which will be Windows 10's default browser in both Modern and Desktop modes.

    While Internet Explorer will also ship with Windows 10, it won't be upgraded in any way. 'Internet Explorer 11 will remain fundamentally unchanged from Windows 8.1, continuing to host the legacy engine exclusively,' Pflug announced, referring to the existing and long-running MSHTML engine. While this exclusivity means that any sites that don't work in the EdgeHTML engine will require the user to launch a completely separate browser, Pflug has suggested that this will be largely limited to enterprise users with legacy site support requirements.

    'Project Spartan is our future: it is the default browser for all Windows 10 customers and will provide unique user experiences including the ability to annotate on web pages, a distraction-free reading experience, and integration of Cortana for finding and doing things online faster. Web developers can expect Project Spartan’s new engine to be interoperable with the modern Web and remain “evergreen” with no document modes or compatibility views introduced going forward,' Pflug claimed in the post. 'For a small set of sites on the Web that were built to work with legacy technologies, we’ll make it easy for customers to access that site using Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10.'

    Windows 10 with Project Spartan and Internet Explorer 11 is due to launch this summer, and will be a free upgrade for existing Windows 7 and upwards users for the first year post-launch.
    Noticia:
    http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/20...fies-spartan/1


    A M$ tem um longo e árduo trabalho pela frente com o Spartan, sendo que ficou presa no tempo com o IE e viu os seus concorrentes apresentarem melhores soluções que são utilizadas hoje em dia, vai ser interessante ver o que este novo browser vai fazer para se diferenciar da concorrencia.
    http://www.portugal-tech.pt/image.php?type=sigpic&userid=566&dateline=1384876765

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    Microsoft exposes Project Spartan



    Internet Explorer meets its Thermopylae
    Microsoft has finished painting the six pack on Project Spartan and released it to the great unwashed.

    Normally with Spartans the father has to see if a Spartan is strong enough to survive, so Microsoft has exposed it to the elements, and riff-raff to see if it breaks.
    Project Spartan will be the default web browser in Windows 10, and is part of an update to the PC Windows 10 preview, where it hopes to see off early Iranians riding rhinoceroses.
    Windows 10 testers can now download a new build (10049) that will include the Project Spartan browser. If you're already running a preview version of Windows 10 then it's available immediately from Windows Update, otherwise you can join the Windows Insider program to test Project Spartan and Windows 10.
    Not all of Project Spartan features are enabled in today's preview. But Cortana, which if anyone has owned one will tell you spends more time in the shop than on the road, is going and can contextually aware suggestions, and assistance for weather or stocks information.

    However calendar and flight information won't be available as part of today's preview, and the digital assistant is limited to the US for now. Apparently the Americans need more help than the Europeans, probably because they have been relying on Apple's Siri for a long time.
    Roaming across devices and saving offline aren't available just yet. Both features are planned for the final version of Windows 10 and Project Spartan which will ship in the summer.
    One of Spartan's more impressive features is the ability to annotate notes with a pen. Pens are game changing personal devises which replace the need for fingers on touch screens. They have the advantage that they do not require batteries and last for however it long it takes someone to steal them.
    Today's preview will include this new Web Notes function. You can write or type directly on to a webpage, and share the comments through email, social networks, or through OneDrive. Microsoft even supports OneNote too, for easy clipping of web pages and inking comments or notes on them.
    Today's preview is just an early look at Project Spartan, and Microsoft is promising to update its new Windows 10 browser frequently. "Project Spartan will be regularly updated," says Microsoft's Joe Belfiore.
    "The team is engaging with customers and partners closely to tune and update plans."
    Microsoft previously revealed it also plans to support extensions in Project Spartan in a future update, so new features are clearly in the works. Microsoft is also preparing to release a new Windows 10 for phones preview, and it's likely that Spartan will be included in that release.
    The good side is that eventually Project Spartan will finally kill off Internet Explorer, which face it has had a Marathon run and is due to collapse at any moment. [That is enough Herodotus. Ed]
    Noticia:
    http://www.fudzilla.com/news/37404-m...project-sparta
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    Microsoft's Project Spartan Browser: An Early Look

    Project Spartan (left) and Internet Explorer 11 (right)This week, Microsoft updated the Windows 10 Technical Preview to Build 10049. With this release, Microsoft included Project Spartan, the company's new browser that was built from the ground up to be compatible with the "modern Web." This browser is meant to be used as the main window to the Internet, while Internet Explorer 11 will be on hand for older, legacy sites.
    A Tour

    The first thing users may notice is the simplicity of the UI. Unlike Internet Explorer 11, which is also packed into Windows 10 Technical Preview, the web page tabs are flushed against the top. However, I couldn't get these tabs to exit the browser; they can be maneuvered horizontally, but for some reason the pages can't be pulled out of the browser space without right-clicking and choosing "move to new window." Internet Explorer 11 allows you to simply click and drag to rip tabs out and create a new browser window.
    Underneath the Project Spartan tabs are the Back, Forward and Refresh buttons, as well as the address bar. There are five additional buttons on the right: Read View, Add to Favorites, Favorites, Web Note and Feedback. The Settings button has been yanked out and replaced with three dots, which pulls up New Window, Zoom, Share, Find On Page, Print, Settings and F12 Developer Tools options.
    When users hit the Settings link, they are provided with a number of items that can be turned on and off. These include means to show the favorites bar, Reading View style, Reading View font size, selecting the startup page and so on. There's also a SmartScreen Filter setting that helps the Web surfer block malicious sites and downloads and a curious setting that turns on "flip ahead" prediction to help speed up browsing. There's even a setting to turn Cortana on or off (which is currently grayed out).
    Reading ViewThe Reading View is actually rather neat. This feature uses an ebook-type approach by enclosing the main article with a dark gray border on each side, replacing the text with a fancy serif font and excluding all ads, images and links that litter the actual page. However, this mode doesn't always work; I loaded up the Google News site, and the Reading View icon did not light up, but individual articles took advantage of the cool new layout. I noticed this on other sites, as well.
    Web Notes Tool

    Another clever feature introduced in Project Spartan is the Web Note tool. After clicking this icon, Project Spartan loads up a horizontal tool bar with seven buttons including pen, marker, eraser, add note and scissors. With the pen and marker tools, users can choose from a small list of colors and shapes and then draw anywhere on the web page. Having a touch screen is not a requirement, as Web surfers can click and hold the mouse button and release it when the desired line is created onscreen.
    As for the add note function, it's rather simple. Merely make an invisible square around any part of the page, and Project Spartan will add a comment box near the selected Web page element, such as an image or block of text. The scissors function is similar -- you create a box around a specific element on the page -- but with this tool, users have the ability to save, copy or share the selected item.
    Web NoteYou can save what you've jotted down by clicking on the disk icon on the right side of the toolbar. Users can also hit the share button to send the marked up page to other people. Unfortunately, this wasn't working at the time of this article. To get out of this feature, simply click Exit and the toolbar will disappear.
    A Work In Progress

    On Monday, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore said that Project Spartan will receive additional features and improvements as the browser matures. He also cautioned that the browser is a work in progress; it's not finished, nor is it meant for the general public to use in its current state. That's what the Windows Insider program is for, and we have a little smiley face icon in the top right-hand corner of the browser that loads up and allows Insider participants to provide feedback.
    Just for kicks, I loaded up Futuremark's Peacekeeper universal browser test to make some comparisons. The Spartan browser scored a 1943, whereas Internet Explorer 11.0.10011.0 scored a 1992. I also ran the same test in Firefox 37.0 (3918), Google Chrome 41.0.2272.101m (1267), Opera 28.0.1750.36 (2546) and Apple Safari 5.1.7.7534.57.2 (1867). Mozilla's Firefox seems to be the clear winner here, followed by Opera.
    As Belfiore stressed, Project Spartan is a work in progress, and perhaps it's not fair to compare the new browser to other "published" solutions. Still, I like its minimalist appearance and how zippy it feels when bouncing from one website to the next. The scroll bar on the right side is nearly 100 percent transparent save for the scroll button, allowing users to forget the browser and focus on what's important: the page's contents.That seems to be Spartan's theme, and it's working beautifully at this stage.
    Noticia:
    http://www.tomshardware.com/news/mic...ows,28864.html


    Parece que a M$ está no bom caminho.
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    Microsoft Backtracks On Default 'Do Not Track' Policy For Future Browser Versions


    In a rather surprising, but not completely unexpected announcement today, Microsoft said that it has decided to stop enabling the "Do Not Track" feature by default in its future browser versions (which likely refers to Project Spartan).
    A few years ago, Microsoft decided to enable the Do Not Track policy by default in Internet Explorer 10 as a competitive advantage over other browsers that left DNT off by default. However, the move quickly became controversial, especially because the ad industry didn't like it.

    The ad industry's argument at the time was that Microsoft should leave the choice to users. Ad tracking can lead to increased revenue for ad networks and content publishers, so enabling DNT by default could have cost them a significant portion of their revenues.
    However, the main reason that enabling DNT by default couldn't have possibly worked is because "not tracking" wasn't mandatory to ad networks. DNT has always been a policy that ad providers could either respect or not. Therefore, even if Microsoft enabled it by default in Internet Explorer, the ad networks could choose to ignore that request from IE users. A few years later, and now that the W3C has finalized its policies around DNT, Microsoft seems to see this too.
    "Put simply, we are updating our approach to DNT to eliminate any misunderstanding about whether our chosen implementation will comply with the W3C standard. Without this change, websites that receive a DNT signal from the new browsers could argue that it doesn't reflect the users' preference, and therefore, choose not to honor it."
    If users are left to choose on their own whether they want to be tracked or not, then the ad industry is much more likely to respect their decision. However, this may still work only as long as there aren't too many users who enabled DNT themselves. If over 50 percent of Internet users decided to enable DNT themselves, the ad networks may likely ignore the request anyway. Ultimately, all of this shows that DNT has never been a strong solution to stop ad tracking.
    Users who want to actually stop being tracked by websites could use EFF's Privacy Badger (easiest to use), Disconnect, or Ghostery. These tools can disable all third-party tracking on the client's side, rather than waiting for the ad providers to agree to a "Do Not Track" request. They put the power in the users' hands, rather than in the hands of third party ad networks.
    Noticia:
    http://www.tomshardware.com/news/mic...ack,28883.html
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    Microsoft launches Project Spartan bug bounty




    Microsoft has announced the launch of a new bug bounty programme for its Project Spartan web browser, even as a non-security-related bug hides the software from Windows 10 testers.

    Designed to replace Internet Explorer when Windows 10 launches later this year - although IE will still be present, but relegated to secondary-browser status for legacy sites the new rendering engine fails to deal with correctly - Project Spartan is a complete ground-up rewrite. As a result, while it offers shiny new features not found in its predecessor IE it is also certainly packed with shiny new bugs - including those which could put the security of its users at risk, not something Microsoft wants tarnishing the launch of its latest software.

    As a result, the company has announced the launch of a vulnerability bounty programme specifically for Project Spartan which will see those reporting new security holes in the software receiving between $500 and $15,000 - or even more, 'depending on the entry quality and complexity.'

    The programme is open to all, aside from Microsoft employees and their relatives and household members, corporations, and residents of nations under United States sanctions. The biggest payouts are contingent on the provision of working exploit code and a high-quality report covering remote code execution or sandbox-escape vulnerabilities, while those with proof-of-concept but no functioning exploit will receive lesser sums. The lowest payout, at $500, is given to those who find address-space layout randomisation (ASLR) disclosure vulnerabilities in Project Spartan or the EdgeHTML engine, which could potentially lead to further exploits in future.

    Even as Microsoft launches the vulnerability bounty programme, Project Spartan has been hit by a bug - though, thankfully, not a security-related one. Members of the Windows Insiders programme currently testing the Windows 10 Technical Preview have discovered Project Spartan disappearing from their systems and being replaced by Internet Explorer - a bug which simply unpins the Spartan browser from the Start Menu and Start Screen, and which can be reversed relatively easily.

    Full details on the new bug bounty can be found on the official website.
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    Windows 10 web browser named Microsoft Edge

    Microsoft's upcoming browser has long been known by its unofficial codename, Project Spartan. Today, we can dispense with that name. The new browser is officially called Microsoft Edge, and the company revealed a couple more details during its Build 2015 keynote.


    First off, Microsoft demonstrated Edge's new tab page. This page will pull in some of the user's favorite sites, as well as news articles and app suggestions based on the user's browsing behavior.



    Edge also has a feature that Chrome and Firefox users have long enjoyed: extension support. Microsoft VP Joe Belfiore demonstrated the Reddit Extension Suite and Pinterest extensions running in Edge. Interestingly, he said the extensions had been ported from Chrome with only a couple of minor tweaks, so developers with pre-existing Chrome extensions should be able to bring over their work with ease.
    These improvements are small, but the new name and functionality could help Microsoft's latest browser shed some of the dead weight of its predecessor.



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    Microsoft Edge Won’t Be Open Source, at Least Not Yet


    It is not a secret that Microsoft is venturing more and more into the world of open source software and about a month ago a Microsoft executive even said that a full open source windows would be a definite possibility. But Microsoft’s new browser doesn’t follow that scheme and won’t be open source, at least not yet.
    Microsoft dubbed their new browser Edge and gave the Internet Explorer icon an overhaul, but neither of the two impressed users or press. Microsoft is being accused of sticking too much to the old and not daring to venture too far away from the known realms. Previously, the industry speculated that Microsoft could base their browser on the same open-source WebKit engine that Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome browsers are built on, but we’ve now learned that this won’t be the case.
    “At this time, we don’t plan to open-source Microsoft Edge or its platform components,” Microsoft declared in a statement. “We understand and value the importance about being more open with our roadmap and our core technologies. To that end, we’ve launched Microsoft Edge Platform Status for communicating our roadmap”
    So while Microsoft has opened up over 1000 projects on GitHub, neither Windows nor their new Edge browser will be among them for some time. Nothing is ruled out for the future and Microsoft said that one of the first discussion they have about every product is whether to go open source or not. So it is a big a concern to them, they just haven’t found the golden middle way between the two worlds yet.
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    Microsoft says Edge browser will not support Silverlight





    With Microsoft finally replacing the age-old crime to web fashion that is Internet Explorer, a number of changes are being made to its replacement, the much trendier-sounding Edge browser. Most significant of these is the recently noted ommission of ActiveX-based extensions, and as a result, Microsoft confirmed today that its own Silverlight media player plugin will be left in the past too.
    "Support for ActiveX has been discontinued in Microsoft Edge, and that includes removing support for Silverlight," writes the Microsoft Edge development team on its official blog.
    "The reasons for this have been discussed inprevious blogs and include the emergence of viable and secure media solutions based on HTML5 extensions. Microsoft continues to support Silverlight, and Silverlight out-of-browser apps can continue to use it. Silverlight will also continue to be supported in Internet Explorer 11, so sites continue to have Silverlight options in Windows 10. At the same time, we encourage companies that are using Silverlight for media to begin the transition to DASH/MSE/ CENC/EME based designs and to follow a single, DRM-interoperable encoding work flow enabled by CENC. This represents the most broadly interoperable solution across browsers, platforms, content and devices going forward."
    From this, users still dowdily sporting Internet Explorer 11 need not worry. Support for Microsoft Silverlight will remain ever-present in the hands of legacy browser applications. For those optimistically seeking to adopt the new Edge browser upon release, you shan't hesitate either. Most websites have dropped Silverlight anyway, moving on to more ubiquitous platforms like HTML5.
    Most notably, Netflix dropped support for Silverlight in favor of HTML5 in 2013. The most recent addition to the Silverlight family was Silverlight 5 all the way back in 2011 which, while receiving consistent updates from Microsoft, has not undergone a significant overhaul in over four years.
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    http://www.techspot.com/news/61236-m...lverlight.html
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