Microsoft will replace Edge with Chrome-based browser for Windows 10 - Report

[Jamie McKane]

Microsoft will replace Edge with Chrome-based browser for Windows 10 - Report

Microsoft is giving up on its default Edge browser for Windows 10 and is working on replacing it with a Chromium-based alternative, WindowsCentral reports.

The Edge browser was designed using Microsoft's own EdgeHTML engine, which it will now reportedly drop in favour of Google's Chromium engine, which powers the Chrome browser.

 

[supersunbird]

Lol

 

[Beyond.Celsus]

So...

Just use chrome?
I don't even............

 

[Nobody Important]

I'm willing to give it a spin when its released.

 

[grok]

I'm willing to give it a spin when its released.

That's what i said about Edge, big mistake..

 

[Grouter]

This is the funniest thing I've read in ages. Suck it up MS.

 

[NeonNinja]

If you can't beat them...

 

[Grouter]

If support is there for chrome addons, why not?
The real q is... what do we do with SARS?

Win+R. iexplore.exe. Enter. Cue tears and pain. Do tax. Exit.

 

[w1z4rd]

So... who of you still use Netscape on Windows?

 

[saor]

Could they ship it with Chrome if they wanted or are there licence issues etc?

 

[OCP]

Google should tell them to suck it and demand a charge per pre-install ed instance ;-)

 

[Nobody Important]

Google should tell them to suck it and demand a charge per pre-install ed instance ;-)

Is Chromium not open source?

 

[OCP]

Is Chromium not open source?

Yes

Chromium is an open-source Web browser project started by Google, to provide the source code for the proprietary Google Chrome browser.
The two browsers share the majority of code and features, though there are some minor differences in features and logos, and they have different licensing.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)

 

[Polymathic]

What is Safari based on?

 

[ponder]

The real q is... what do we do with SARS?

You don't file...

 

[HennieWelkom]

So this is the latest browser offering from Microsoft that we will only ever use once to install Firefox with.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Same thing as Chrome and Opera... WebKit.

Chrome is based on Blink, which is a fork of WebKit, and part of Chromium.

 

[Fulcrum29]

MS is making its best decision here, Edge is fragmented across different ecosystems. The Android Edge app is already based on Chromium, Blink, and their iOS Edge app is based on WebKit. Blink for unifying their platforms is the best direction for standardisation.

 

[backstreetboy]

So this is the latest browser offering from Microsoft that we will only ever use once to install Firefox with.

Sure if you use Firefox to install Chrome because it's the superior browser.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Good job keeping it real and cutting your losses flogging a dead horse Microsoft.

Now we can move on and have a better experience overall.

More so for no longer getting the marketing push to install Edge the whole time.