While we had expected Microsoft to bring some big changes to
IE in Windows 10, looks like the software giant is all set to introduce a new
browser. Citing some anonymous sources, a report by ZDNet suggests that Microsoft is now
building an all new browser dubbed Spartan. This means, IE 12 and Spartan could
be different.
Spartan
will reportedly be based on Microsoft’s Chakra JavaScript engine and
Microsoft’s Trident rendering engine, which means it isn’t switching over to
WebKit.
Going
by the report, Windows 10 for desktop could ship with both IE11 and Spartan.
However, Spartan is simply the codename and it isn’t clear what Microsoft would
be calling it during release. The report further adds that IE 11 will be there
for backward-compatibility and Spartan will be made available for both desktop
and mobile versions of Windows 10.
Microsoft
is likely to unveil Spartan on January 21 along with the next set of Windows 10
features. “But my sources also aren’t sure if Spartan will be functional enough
for inclusion in the Windows 10 January Technical Preview and mobile preview
builds that are expected to be available to testers in early 2015. It may not
show up in the test builds until some point later, they say,” the report said.
Neowin reveals,
“Microsoft has made a rather large decision regarding Trident, the engine that
powers the browser, and no, it’s not adopting Webkit. The team behind the
engine has forked Trident into two components that will result in a new .DLL
when the browser ships. Because of the fork, the modern component of the IE12
should be lightweight compared to what we have now in IE11, at least, that’s
the hope because all of the legacy base has been removed.”
The
report further adds that it’s because of this fork that rumours of a new
browser are doing rounds.
Several
reports suggests that the new browser will look and feel like Chrome and
Firefox. It will also support extensions. Lately, IE that is bundled with
Windows 10, is facing stiff competition from alternatives like Chrome, Firefox and Apple’s Safari.
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