Session: BRK1301
Microsoft Edge:
- Enables new experiences on the web
- Powered by a new rendering engine
- Works with Internet Explorer 11 to provide interoperability and compatibility
State of the web:
- IE is 20 years old
- IE has a lot of proprietary features
- IE9 10 11 include a lot of modern standards
Evolving world of computing:
- Multiple form factors
- Always online
- Smarter, more personal
- Natural user input
Microsoft Edge:
- Only browser with Cortana
- Offline viewing
- Draw on web pages
- Edge is considered a browser as a service, whereas IE 11 is a product
- Demos typing in math into the header, or searching on the age of Brad Pitt with instant results
- No Active-X controls, no Java. Supports JavaScript extensions.
- Flash and PDF viewers are built in
- New Reading mode to remove clutter on the screen
- Built for Windows 10, universal platform with frequent updates
- Manageable through MDM and Group Policy
- Built on top of modern security protections. 64-bit period. Enhanced protected mode is always on.
- No binary extensions
EdgeHTML Web Engine
- Compatibility vs. interoperability
- IE had interop issues with some web sites because they refused to do proprietary functionality like iPad drop down menus.
- Interoperability for Windows 10 only
- Up-to-date web engine
- Software as a service for modern sites
- More secure with no binary extensions
- They’ve made 4261 interoperability improvements
- New features preview: http://status.modern.ie
Web Apps:
- Universal apps can just be a packaged up wrapper for a web site
