steven36 Posted November 2, 2019 Share Posted November 2, 2019 The browser, overhauled with a new engine, also is getting a new icon. Microsoft Edge is dumping its old icon for a new cresting-wave look that might get you thinking about surfing the web while still reminding you of the old lowercase "e" logo dating back to Internet Explorer. Microsoft's overhauled Edge web browser is getting a new icon to go along with its new engine. A series of Microsoft Edge team teases ahead of Microsoft's Ignite conference next week revealed the new icon for those who could figure out the puzzles (or read the comments on Reddit). The new icon is a hybrid of the old lowercase "e" icon that dates back to Microsoft's old Internet Explorer years and a crashing wave that might have something to do with surfing the web. Microsoft is in the middle of rebuilding its Edge browser as a variation of Google's open-source Chromium project. The Chromium-based Edge is beta testing now. Two decades ago, Microsoft's Internet Explorer vanquished Netscape's Navigator to win the first browser wars, but Microsoft let the browser languish after its victory. Mozilla's Firefox, Opera Software's Opera and Apple's Safari chipped away at IE's dominance and sowed the seeds for a revitalized, independent web. Chrome's vaulted past them all after its arrival in 2008, and Microsoft has been trying but failing to reclaim its influence since then. Microsoft stripped down its old IE into the new Edge but even the modernized approach didn't help. So now Microsoft is throwing out the browser engine on which its old Edge was based and swapping in Chromium. That's what's used by several other browsers, too, including Samsung Internet, Vivaldi Technologies' Vivaldi and Brave Software's Brave. Microsoft's new Chromium-based Edge is available far beyond Windows, too, including on Android and MacOS. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryrynz Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 Will likely start switching people to this browser once it's released. Mozilla should work with MS and Google etc towards Chromium.. They should've sucked it up and done what MS has done but did it when they decided to create Quantum. Shame really. but they might one day come around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zanderthunder Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 The logo looks like a fusion of Edge and Chrome logo, with some modifications and using only blue-green colour palettes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalju Posted November 5, 2019 Share Posted November 5, 2019 This spooky thing is now visible to everyone when you download and install the Microsoft Edge Dev 80.0.320.3 or Microsoft Edge Canary 80.0.323.0 released today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stig Posted November 6, 2019 Share Posted November 6, 2019 I just installed KB4519573, and Edge Dev opens, then closes again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stig Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 I am hanging out for Extension Sync. It would have saved me some work reinstalling Edge. It is shaping up to be a nice browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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