hihello Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 There's been talk for a while that Microsoft was going to make some big changes to Internet Explorer in the Windows 10 time frame, making IE "Spartan" look and feel more like Chrome and Firefox.It turns out that what's actually happening is Microsoft is building a new browser, codenamed Spartan, which is not IE 12.Thomas Nigro, a Microsoft Student Partner lead and developer of the modern version of VLC, mentioned on Twitter earlier this month thathe heard Microsoft was building a brand-new browser. Nigro said he heard talk of this during a December episode of the LiveTile podcast.Spartan is still going to use Microsoft's Chakra JavaScript engine and Microsoft's Trident rendering engine (not WebKit), sources say. As Neowin's Brad Sams reported back in September, the coming browser will look and feel more like Chrome and Firefox and will support extensions. Sams also reported on December 29 that Microsoft has two different versions of Trident in the works, which also seemingly supports the claim that the company has two different Trident-based browsers.According to the source, Spartan is a new, light-weight browser Microsoft is building and Windows 10 (at least the desktop version) will ship with both Spartan and IE 11.IE 11 will be there for backward-compatibility's sake.Microsoft may show off Spartan on January 21 when the company reveals its next set of Windows 10 features. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knowledge-Spammer Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 LETS FACE IT DO WE NEED A new browser I THINK NOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Really Microsoft is going in the right dereliction by making a new browser that will support extensions. I used IE before I did Firefox . I would love to see a browser you could use ad blocker extensions in that use very little ram . You have Firefox witch by adding and ad blocker extensions adds a lot of extra ram . Then you have Chrome that adds a another process for each extension you install. If you like a lot of extensions you have nothing look forward to up tell now but using extra ram . I really dont love no web browser and only use them because its the only way to browse the web . B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobrPatty Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Used ff for years and have switched to IE just recently. Switching has improved my web experience immensely. Only wish they had a cloud setup like chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nastrahl Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Since IE is already as fast as the other (if not faster), 64 bits and more battery friendly than any others, the only thing IE needs is extensions not a little brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
provision Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Since IE is already as fast as the other (if not faster), 64 bits and more battery friendly than any others, the only thing IE needs is extensions not a little brother.+1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy W Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Now,after all these years Microsoft has woken up.The competition was getting to strong and Microsoft/IE was getting "nowhere"Compliments to all nsaners for the New Year and may all your wishes come true.Be safe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irefay Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Not to sound like a fanboy, but... even with the immense improvements made to IE since IE 6, It is still a legacy browser. Support of extensions is a key feature. Modern UI is a key feature. Its great that Microsoft is finally catching up (in some capacity) but to say that IE is a contender for "best browser" because it uses fewer memory and power resources is just silly. IE simply cannot provide users a competitive experience in its current build.God help us if Spartan is anything like Microsoft mobile or Windows 8 Metro. They will never achieve decent market penetration gains if they cannot create a system that developers perceive as profitable... and frankly exciting. Firefox gained great market penetration in 2006 because developers and early developers recognized its potential back in 2002. IE is coming late the the game, which is fine... but are they bringing anything BETTER, or just showing up with what everyone else has offered for 8+ years.Lastly - IE will see performance dips, more memory usage, and less stellar power usage when it adds features. Everything has trade offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 the worst part is starting over with a new browser from scratch means introducing a whole slew of bugs that might have been patched in...well, everything else!, means making a lot of work obsolete, not only in IE (remember, not only Internet Explorer uses...Internet Explorer) just because they want a new gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeSmithG Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I like Internet Explorer, like when I.E. was version 4, around 1998, I then used beta 5 and enjoyed it.Before I used Netscape and enjoyed that also.I found I.E. faster and had more functionality.I also in 1999 enjoyed trying out Mozilla version, 0.5/sarcasm Firefox is like 120 now and as for Chrome near the same also.Opera does not do it for me.Out of all the non I.E. browsers I like Sea-Monkey.I am going to use Windows 7 till it totally runs out of support.Windows 7 is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zavana Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nude Dude Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Used ff for years and have switched to IE just recently. Switching has improved my web experience immensely. Only wish they had a cloud setup like chrome.Since IE is already as fast as the other (if not faster), 64 bits and more battery friendly than any others, the only thing IE needs is extensions not a little brother.sorry but even with my addons cyberfox beats ie hands down. it is about time microsour replace ie with something more like firefox BEFORE australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaLeigh Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Really Microsoft is going in the right dereliction by making a new browser that will support extensions. I used IE before I did Firefox . I would love to see a browser you could use ad blocker extensions in that use very little ram . You have Firefox witch by adding and ad blocker extensions adds a lot of extra ram . Then you have Chrome that adds a another process for each extension you install. If you like a lot of extensions you have nothing look forward to up tell now but using extra ram . I really dont love no web browser and only use them because its the only way to browse the web . B)I think it's ALWAYS in Microsoft's best interest to remain open and receptive to keeping up with technologies that interest their customers; otherwise, they will go elsewhere if other similar products better suit their productive needs. I use IE and Firefox alternatively, because I work in I.T. and sometimes the Windows native browser will work better than FF will. Anyway, welcome to the 21st century, Microsoft Build-A-Better-Browser team! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweety.Abd Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 This article is misleading. Writing an entire browser with all the features (DOM, CSS, CSS animation, SVG, WebGL, 2D canvas, etc...) is huge undertaking. MS isn't building a new browser, they're simply forking IE into two code bases: - Backward-compatible code base: intended to support old websites - Cleaned up IE: derived from the same code base as IE, but without all the backward compatible stuff. That's what "Spartan" is. BTW "Spartan" is just a code name for the project, not the name of the browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 I agree I am somehow recently prefering IE over Firefox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dMog Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 what is this IE people are speaking of... and who uses it??? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrioNeXus Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 using firefox and will continue to use it.....it respects my privacy so i respect it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefa Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 First real image of Microsoft Spartan browser for Windows 10 revealed, here's what it looks like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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