Microsoft Win10 Edge Browser trumps IE 5 aspects

Windows users may not yet know that the edge--early development phase of its code is Project Spartan, but the user may soon know the edge because it will be the WINDOWS10 default browser.

Although icons are similar, Edge is a completely different product from IE. "What we need is not just to develop a new version of IE, but to use the internet," said Charles Morris, chief project manager at Microsoft Edge, Charles Morris. ”

Here are five aspects of edge over ie:

　　1. No historical burden

IE needs to maintain the back-compatibility with the previous technology, carrying a heavy historical burden. IE 11 has many legacy models, primarily for businesses that support the development of internal applications around IE 6, or even older versions of IE.

Microsoft needs to break with the past, especially as Mozilla, Google and Apple update their browsers quickly and without thinking about supporting outdated technology. "This is not a fair game," said David Catuhe, Microsoft's chief project manager, when talking about the edge of the David Katuho. ”

Edge will not support Microsoft's ActiveX, Browsers Helper Objects (BHOS), VBScript, and Third-party toolbars developed for IE11, all of which can affect browser performance or raise security issues. Edge will support Adobe Flash and PDF.

For organizations or individuals who still require or prefer IE, Microsoft will support IE at least on Windows 10, providing security patches, but no longer actively developing IE.

　　2, faster speed, a richer browsing experience

Because of Microsoft's decision to discard the historical baggage of post-compatibility, the edge has more streamlined and optimized code than IE.

In the edge, Microsoft took advantage of the core mshtml rendering engine, stripped of all the code that would no longer be needed to support post compatibility.

Therefore, edge performance is higher. According to Microsoft, in the use of Google Canary test software testing, the current version of the edge of the running speed of two times the IE 11. In the test, the edge is also running at an easier pace than the latest beta version of the 64-bit chrome and the Firefox browser.

It also allows Microsoft to be more proactive in increasing the level of edge compliance with web standards. At present, edge in interoperability than IE 11 has more than 4200 improvements. With Microsoft's general-purpose Windows platform (universal Windows Platform), the edge is more consistent with Web page rendering on a variety of devices, which is more in line with the performance of other browsers.

The problem is more pronounced on mobile devices, IE does not display Web pages correctly on Windows Phone phones.

　　3. Support Extension Program

Unlike IE, the edge will support JavaScript-based extenders that allow third parties to customize Web page views to add new features.

During the demo, Microsoft demonstrated the ability of the edge to run a popular Reddit extension program. Like the Chrome and Firefox extensions, the edge Extender must be developed using HTML and JavaScript.

At the time of release, the Edge will not support the extension program, until the end of the year before the edge will support the extension program.

　　4, more personalized

The edge is tightly integrated into the Bing search engine and integrated with the Voice assistant Cortana. When users choose to use these services, they track the user's online activity to gather more information, which in theory helps users better navigate the web.

Sean Lyndersay, Microsoft Edge's chief project manager, said at the build meeting that "Cortana can guess the needs of users." ”

When the user enters a question in the URL address bar, the edge begins to generate a possible answer. Enter "MSFT" Stock code, Edge will immediately return to Microsoft's current stock price and company information.

If a user visits a restaurant's web page, Edge will provide users with information that may be of interest, such as orientation, business hours, and links to menus. Edge can also return flight arrival time and film show time.

In the demo, Lindsay asked actor Brad Pitt (Brad Pitt) 's age, and the edge returned the correct answer: 51 years old. The edge can even answer technical support questions, according to Lindsay.

When started, Edge will display a new tab containing links to users ' most frequently visited websites and links to news stories and content that may be of interest to users based on their browsing history.

　　5, more immersed feeling

Edge to take a number of measures to improve the user's reading experience. Edge does not have ie "fancy", which means that the edge frame easy to distract the user's attention menu commands and micro-pieces less. "We put these elements where they should be and make the user more content-focused," Lindsay said. ”

Edge also provides a "reading view" that strips out all menus, advertisements, and other elements that easily distract the user. The advertisers may not like it, but "reading view" can rebuild the Web page and dramatically improve the "readability and fun" of the Web page, Lindsay said.

By clicking on a button, the edge also provides the ability to annotate Web pages. Users can enter comments directly on the Web site, and the comments are displayed the next time they visit the site. The Edge stores comments on the user's computer. Touch screen device users can also paint on the site. Users can share comments with other edge users.