ElectricBlanketFire
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You don't believe me? Spartan it.
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Microsoft to stop Internet Explorer and Debut "Spartan" a Firefox/Chrome contender
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CarpeDeezNutz
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All the old people posting on social media gonna be pissed.
TheChewyWaffles
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Awesome
Diprosalic
Banned
Bing getting renamed to Flood.
BlackGhost
Banned
Msoft just can't stop with the Halo references.
They'll prbably just go with "Halo"
cartoon_soldier
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codename is not browser name
browser will probably be called "The One"
browser will probably be called "The One"
Yes. IE has had the functionality forever.
It's more about having an accessible storefront.
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Deleted member 325805
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It's about time, I could never swap from Firefox because it has by far the best addons.
funkystudent
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A few webdesign friends have reacted to this rumour with a sigh and a "god damn it"
Anyway I cant wait for the marketing campaign. The last few IE marketing pushes where hilarious
Anyway I cant wait for the marketing campaign. The last few IE marketing pushes where hilarious
IE11 is already faster, no? Chrome and Firefox seem a bit bloated in my experience.
Ol No Bones
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Bing is already being changed to Cortana slowly but surely.
Damon Bennet
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Ie11 is already blazingly fast. I enjoy it! And no problems with loading 🔃 gifs
Zantetsuken
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Gained the lead.
Internet explorer has been very fast in my experience. The only reason I didn't stick with it was because it didn't have Adblock.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Yeah, same. Firefox has been running like a dog lately, I have to keep restarting it when it eventually starts to get really slow and I've never been a fan of Chrome.
IE11 is really fast but it's missing too many features I use in Firefox so I have to stick with that.
Hopefully this going to be good.
Various Artists
Banned
Yeah anyone else think its kinda dumb?
What's wrong with it?
Ghost_Messiah
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Microsoft stepping up their game. I'll always be an Opera user because I love the browser but I'm definitely curious to try this one. Also Spartan is an awesome name. The coolest name they could have possibly chosen. I stopped using IE years ago because it felt too resource intensive and "heavy" to use so if this remedies that I'd definitely be interested in trying it out. Hopefully the first version isn't too far off.
Glad Microsoft finally admitted defeat (with iterating IE) and are trying something new.
Glad Microsoft finally admitted defeat (with iterating IE) and are trying something new.
Angelus Errare
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Flood is the name of Windows Marketplace.
I mean it's one of their very few consumer products that hasn't bomb. It's to be expected they'd leverage that dude.
ClosingADoor
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Tell them to stop living in 2001. IE has been fine for the last few versions. If Spartan is anything like IE11, they have nothing to worry about. The whole hating on IE thing is starting to get old.
Why would you want everything to run on Webkit? Lack of competition in the browser space was the cause of the whole IE6 disaster. There are now three main browser engines, that is a good number I think.
The engine of IE runs fine since 9, with many js/css features missing, of course. The gap is closing with each new version, though.
Biggest problem of IE is the UI from the '90s and the lack of extensions/addons. If they fix that the new IE will be a huge step forward. And confusing people with a new name of a product they use for ages now, is MS at it's best...
BTW: Chrome is not using Webkit anymore, but a fork called blink.
Biggest problem of IE is the UI from the '90s and the lack of extensions/addons. If they fix that the new IE will be a huge step forward. And confusing people with a new name of a product they use for ages now, is MS at it's best...
BTW: Chrome is not using Webkit anymore, but a fork called blink.
Should be "THIS IS SPARTAN" with buff Spartan dude from 300 kicking people in the chest who use Chrome/Firefox/Safari.
mugurumakensei
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correct. 2 newer versions of windows will be out. you can't expect an os to be supported indefinitely.
Escape Goat
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I hope the ghost of Netscape Navigator haunts this new browser.
They never will.
http://www.neowin.net/news/heres-ho...ident-mode-in-internet-explorer-on-windows-10
They are just forking IE to make it more lean for websites that follow modern guidelines.
It's good that Trident is still around, Webkit and Blink can easily mess up the standards just as much but at least Microsoft is somewhat the good guy now with that sort of thing. Webkit isn't the beacon of standards and Google going on their merry way muddies the water as well.
They are just forking IE to make it more lean for websites that follow modern guidelines.
It's good that Trident is still around, Webkit and Blink can easily mess up the standards just as much but at least Microsoft is somewhat the good guy now with that sort of thing. Webkit isn't the beacon of standards and Google going on their merry way muddies the water as well.
And most people that try it probably won't even notice, I imagine.
Hmm, very interesting. The latest version of IE isn't bad actually, even if they just fork that into something with similar features to Chrome I might actually consider using it.
In this specific case I even agree that it would be a smart move to drop the 'Internet Explorer' brand. This browser is clearly intended as something new for the somewhat tech savvy, and most people with a bit of computer knowledge hate IE just because of it being called IE these days (to the point of it being a meme).
In this specific case I even agree that it would be a smart move to drop the 'Internet Explorer' brand. This browser is clearly intended as something new for the somewhat tech savvy, and most people with a bit of computer knowledge hate IE just because of it being called IE these days (to the point of it being a meme).
Ditto. I don't like chrome, but it's the best thing on the market at the moment. No brainer really.
PeskyToaster
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For what it's worth I didn't think of Halo when I read the title.
Delta Assault
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Internet Explorers never die. They're just missing in action.
Orbis Tabula
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I think Spartan is a good name for a bare bones browser.
Blargonaut
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