That also means that the new Microsoft browser is compatible with more devices – even those running older versions of Windows and macOS. Getting rid of the EdgeHTML and switching to Blink means web developers no longer need to do all the extra work to make sure their sites work in Chrome and Edge. Every time you visit a web page, a browser engine has to transform the HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) code into a format that you can understand.Ĭhrome, Firefox, and Safari all use different engines to achieve this. Microsoft’s switch to the Chromium browser engine (and the Blink rendering engine it uses) makes sense for a myriad of reasons. Here are some details about the latest Microsoft Edge: You Can Call It a Comeback for Microsoft in Browser Wars The same source code forms the basis of the Chrome web browser, thus the similarity between Chromium and Chrome.ĭuring the Build 2019 Developer Conference, Microsoft provided a glimpse of what its new browser has to offer. That means the code which is used to build Chrome is freely available for users to modify. Chromium is a web browser that works like Chrome, except that it’s an open-source project. So Microsoft is teaming up with Google to rebuild the Edge browser with the help of the same Chromium foundation blocks that support Google Chrome. However, Microsoft’s browser team believed the problems weren’t just technical, nor were they insurmountable. Most people chose to use Chrome or other browsers instead. But there weren’t enough people using it. It came with several advantages and disadvantages. (Image Source: Microsoft)Įdge first hit the market in 2015, and now, four years later, nothing much has changed. Here’s what the Microsoft Edge browser will look like on macOS.
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