A new 'lightweight' browser that isn't Internet Explorer
Microsoft is said to be at work on an all new web browser, codenamed Spartan, that could officially move the company away from Internet Explorer upon the launch of Windows 10.
ZDNet reports that the new app is
not Internet Explorer 12, the next iteration of Microsoft's longtime browser that we'd typically expect alongside another major Windows release.
Instead, it seems that the company is planning to start anew with a web browser that looks and feels "more like Chrome and Firefox" according to
ZDNet. But despite a new appearance (and perks like extensions), this new browser would retain the foundations of Microsoft's current web technology. The new software will continue to utilize the Chakra JavaScript engine and Trident rendering engine, so Redmond isn't suddenly switching over to WebKit, the engine that's used by Apple's Safari. Other competitors like Google have
moved off the WebKit path and created custom variants of the engine to serve their own development needs.
