Replaces Internet Explorer after 20 years by introducing new features and a new look and feel
17 August 2015 would have turned 20, but Microsoft has preferred to send him to retire prematurely. Different motivations behind this decision: the need to upgrade technology now passed, the need to renew a name already worn out and without much credibility. These factors, together with many others, have pushed the Redmond to put aside the development of Internet Explorer for the creation of Microsoft Edge , a new web browser that has made its debut July 29, 2015 with the official launch of Windows 10 .
The house of Redmond, therefore, is on the market wearing a completely new look: in addition to a new operating system designed to be used either on computers or mobile devices, is launching a new browser for the web hoping to regain lost ground by the various Chrome and Firefox. To read the first guest and the first benchmark , you could not hope for a better start: Microsoft Edge makes record results from the first class in all tests, showing itself particularly adept execution of scripts and programs implemented JavaScript . In short, the gauntlet to Google for supremacy in the field of the web browser has been (re) launched.
name, new life
Microsoft Edge, the company of Bill Gates wanted to give a clear break with the past. Featuring a clean, linear design, the new browser that comes from the secret rooms of Redmond tries to convince Windows users to retrace their steps by focusing on advanced features and improved usability. To prevent the new browser could be confused with Internet Explorer, from the parts of Seattle also preferred to change the name, so as to leave behind a tumultuous history : the new Microsoft Edge wants to depart from its predecessor in all.
design
As mentioned, in addition to reviewing the entire technology infrastructure of the browser , Microsoft engineers have paid special attention to the look of the new browser. Microsoft Edge, unlike in the past, is characterized by a linear and clean design, which should make the experience more enjoyable use of. Indeed, everything has been rethought and redesigned banner intuitiveness: as Chrome, Microsoft Edge features two bars on the upper part of the screen (the upper one will contain navigation tabs open, the lower bar address and some icons). The favorite bar is hidden, while Microsoft Edge surprises for its great scalability regardless of the device you are using, the web pages and the user interface will be shown always impeccably.
Settings
settings menu has undergone a complete makeover. Clicking (or pressing, depending on the device) on the icon with the three dots, you will have access to a popup menu in which users will have to hand settings and setting most important . From here you can open a tab for anonymous surfing, change the zoom pages are displayed, choose a new theme for Microsoft Edge, add items to the Start menu and much more. As happened for the new design , the engineers have been working to improve the usability of the browser and meet the needs of users.
Cortana
The voice assistant will be ubiquitous within Microsoft Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge will be no exception. Cortana will provide additional information with respect to the web pages you are visiting and the topics they are searching on the Net (perhaps through Bing). The goal, as widely said, is always the same: to enrich and improve the experience of using the user thanks to advanced features that, at the same time, also facilitate the use of the browser itself.
To read
It is no secret that Microsoft engineers have inspired by some features of other browsers to make a complete and highly functional. So it is no coincidence that Microsoft Edge implements the read mode , which allows you to read articles from newspapers and magazines online without being distracted by advertising and other graphic elements otherwise present in the page . Actually, the Redmond still has some details to file (such as display and layout of the images, for example), but the work done so far is pretty good. You also can create a list of items to read: if you come across an interesting study but do not have the time to read it you can always add it to the Reading list and read it later.
Change pages
Among the most important and certainly the most interesting are the ability to write and jot down notes directly on a web page. In the case where there is some element that does not square or clips from an article more interesting than others they may want to emphasize, write a note or add a graphic drawing it with the help of a finger or a pen (in the case of device with touch screen) or the keyboard. Changed pages can then be stored in OneNote, or shared with friends, acquaintances and colleagues.
performance
Microsoft Edge, however, it should be noted not only for what’s new in terms of graphics and style and new advanced features. The browser coming from Redmond, as mentioned, has been shown to be particularly good and fast in the treat scripts implemented in JavaScript, achieving better scores than other browser either SunSpider, both with Google Octane, Mozilla Kraken and Jetstream (some of the most popular software of benchmarking for web browser).
4 August 2015
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