Microsoft is working on a new web browser for Windows 10, code-named Spartan, to replace the ageing Internet Explorer. First reported by ZDNet, Microsoft will reportedly ship both web browsers in Windows 10, to test the waters with Spartan. Internet Explorer’s team will be downscale internally, to the point where all workers will move to Spartan development.
Spartan
will be a lightweight web browser, capable of working on multiple
platforms. Microsoft is looking into an iOS and Android version of the
web browser, alongside making it available for all Windows platforms at
launch.
Not much is known about the design of Spartan, it will most
likely follow the same Metro UI, which Microsoft has been pushing for
the best part of three years. It will also feature the same rendering
engine as Internet Explorer. Microsoft is preparing a consumer event on
January 21 for Windows 10, to introduce some of the new features on the
operating system. In a leaked Build 9901, it showed Cortana, the virtual
assistant, will be present on the OS update.
Internet Explorer has lost a lot of its dazzle in the past
few years, overshadowed by Chrome and Firefox. Microsoft went from 80
percent web browser share to 50 percent, and only has 2 percent on
mobile.
Spartan might not be the solution to Microsoft’s web browser
problems, but offering a compatible web browser on multiple platforms is
better than what Redmond is offering right now.
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