bye bye I E

[ArMaP]

One possible reason for Microsoft to abandon IE that I haven't seen talked about is the problema that appeared when IE started to follow the rules more as expected.

Many people made sites with specific code for the specific characteristics of several browsers, so if someone wanted to made a site that worked in a specific way in IE they would add some code to identify the browser and act accordingly, but the newest versions of IE act more like Firefox or Chrome, so that specific code stopped working.

Making a new rendering engine that still presented itself as the old IE engine (Trident, if I'm not mistaken) would make things worse, with thousands of sites with specific IE code behaving in an unexpected way.

PS: this post was made from Windows 10, in IE 11 with the "Experimental Web Platform Features" activated, the features that give a preview of the new rendering engine.

[Ellirium113]

In another bit of related news...

Secunia Report Highlights Critical Importance of Non-Microsoft Patches

Browsers: Target of the Year
As to where the attention has turned, that answer is easy to pinpoint -- the browser. Browser flaws were up 42 percent in 2014 to 1,035 in the top five browsers. Google Chrome drove almost half of that activity. With 504 newly discovered vulnerabilities, Google Chrome tops Secunia's list for the core product with the most vulnerabilities in 2014.

Although it surged way past perennial security whipping boy IE, Lindgaard cautioned that Google's bumper crop of vulnerabilities isn't necessarily a bad sign. As evidenced by Google's recent brouhaha with Microsoft over publicly reporting new vulnerabilities after a grace period whether or not they're patched, Google has placed more emphasis on security lately.

"The funny thing about Google Chrome is that the majority of the vulnerabilities being patched, a big part of it, is Google finding the vulnerabilities themselves. They're also paying a fair amount of money [in bug bounties]," Lindgaard said. He noted that many of Google's advisories in 2014 would include a bug bounty patch and bundle in a large number of internally discovered flaws.

According to a section of the report about the Top 50 Portfolio: "End users and organizations cannot manage security by focusing on patching Microsoft applications and operating systems alone. If they do that, they are only protecting their computers and IT infrastructures from 23.1 percent -- less than a quarter -- of the total risk posed by vulnerabilities."

http://rcpmag.com/Articles/2015/03/25/Secunia-Importance-of-Non-Microsoft-Patches.aspx?Page=2

[space otter]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/this-is-microsoft-edge-the-replacement-for-internet-explorer/ar-BBiSAXj?ocid=ansVerge11


This is Microsoft Edge, the replacement for Internet Explorer



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Microsoft first revealed its new browser plans back in January. Known as Project Spartan initially, Microsoft is revealing today that the company will use the Microsoft Edge name for its new browser in Windows 10. The Edge naming won't surprise many as it's the same moniker given to the new rendering engine (EdgeHTML) that Microsoft is using for its Windows 10 browser.



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While Microsoft Edge is the successor to Internet Explorer, Microsoft will keep its aging browser around for enterprise customers. Microsoft Edge is designed to be basic and minimalist for the future, and early previews include new features like digital ink annotation, Cortana integration, and a built-in reading list. "You're going to care about the blasting fast technology that's inside it," said Joe Belfiore on stage at Build. Microsoft Edge will be the default browser in Windows 10, and the one that most consumers will use to browse the web in Microsoft's next operating system.

Developing. Check out our Microsoft Build 2015 Live Blog for the latest updates
http://live.theverge.com/microsoft-build-2015-live-blog/

[ArMaP]

It works in most things.



But the buttons above the area to create the post do not work.

Also, it's still a little slow rendering the pages when compared with Chrome or Firefox, but its Javascript is fast.