{"id":125340,"date":"2015-04-29T20:22:08","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T18:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=125340"},"modified":"2015-04-30T07:11:23","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T05:11:23","slug":"microsoft-edge-the-new-web-browser-for-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/125340-microsoft-edge-the-new-web-browser-for-windows-10.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Edge: the new web browser for Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has announced the official name of its Project Spartan web browser, the replacement for Internet Explorer.<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed \u201cMicrosoft Edge\u201d, the browser\u2019s name is derived from the new rendering engine Microsoft is using: EdgeHTML.<\/p>\n<p>Internet Explorer won\u2019t disappear overnight, though, as the old browser is\u00a0kept around for enterprise customers.<\/p>\n<p>Among the features previously announced for Microsoft Edge were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Note-taking directly on a web page, with either touch using your finger or pen, or with a keyboard.<\/li>\n<li>Reading Mode and Reading List, providing layout and offline reading features similar to those in Safari, as well as Pocket and Instapaper.<\/li>\n<li>Cortana integration. Microsoft will bring its voice assistant software from Windows Phone to the desktop version of Windows 10, and will also integrate it into its new browser.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A new feature for Microsoft Edge revealed at Build 2015 is that it will support web extensions, much like any modern browser.<\/p>\n<p>Corporate vice president for the Operating Systems group Joe Belfiore said\u00a0Edge will also be able to easily re-use extensions written for Chrome and Firefox \u201cwith just a few changes\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_125350\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Project-Spartan-Microsoft-Edge-screenshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125350\" class=\"wp-image-125350\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Project-Spartan-Microsoft-Edge-screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"Microsoft Edge screenshot\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Project-Spartan-Microsoft-Edge-screenshot.jpg 1423w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Project-Spartan-Microsoft-Edge-screenshot-640x360.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-125350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Microsoft Edge screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More Microsoft news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/125336-windows-10-can-get-android-ios-mac-apps.html\"><strong>Windows 10 can get Android, iOS, Mac apps<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/117348-project-spartan-new-microsoft-web-browser-announced.html\"><strong>Project Spartan: new Microsoft web browser announced<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/123056-microsoft-surface-3-announced.html\"><strong>Microsoft Surface 3 announced<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/117778-microsoft-relooking-surface-pro-xbox-music-for-sa.html\"><strong>Microsoft relooking Surface Pro, Xbox Music for SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gadgets\/117352-windows-holographic-microsoft-unveils-the-future-of-windows.html\"><strong>Windows Holographic: Microsoft unveils the future of Windows<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The final name for Project Spartan has been revealed &#8211; Microsoft Edge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":77288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[30104,35,983,23789,30102,28480],"class_list":["post-125340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-edgehtml","tag-headline","tag-internet-explorer","tag-joe-belfiore","tag-microsoft-edge","tag-project-spartan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125342,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125340\/revisions\/125342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}