14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft Edge is Redmond’s new browser for Windows 10, and since it comes to replace Internet Explorer, an application that has always been criticized for its performance and security, it has the critical role of becoming a better rival to Chrome and Firefox, and thus offer more advanced features.
The Microsoft Edge development team is well aware of the responsibility they accepted by starting work on a new browser, and in a long post today, they explain how they are planning to make their new application better by simply providing a new way to browse the web, which simply works for everyone.
Making websites work in Edge
To achieve this goal, Edge engineers are changing the approach behind Internet Explorer and try not only to improve the compatibility with popular websites but also with the ones you visit less often.
“His team, which works on the browser’s rendering engine, works to make sure people visiting websites - anything from Facebook to CNN - have a great experience on each. In their past work on Internet Explorer, he says, they focused on the 10,000 websites people use most because ‘those top sites just have to work’ or people will find a new browser,” Microsoft said in a post describing the work of John Jansen, a Microsoft Edge developer.
“But now, they’re using technology that finds problems among sites where people spend far less time - the barber shop where you might confirm your appointment once a month, for example - and identifies patterns, allowing the team to fix bugs to make sure many more less-trafficked sites also work flawlessly.”
Microsoft also revealed that Jansen, who is the principal software engineering lead for Microsoft Edge, regularly meets with people from Google, Mozilla, and World Wide Web Consortium to discuss the standardization of web content, thus trying to make sure that Edge would follow the same path as its rivals and make the web a better place for everyone.
Microsoft Edge will debut in Windows 10 on July 29 but will continue to be offered alongside Internet Explorer for a while in order to address any compatibility issues that might arise. Edge will, however, be the default browser, and will also be available across all devices running Windows 10, be they PCs, tablets, or smartphones.