Authentic X Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Anyone else seen this ad at insiders hub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Yes, I've seen it, as well as some other ads regarding Edge. What about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Authentic X Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 I was just wondering if it could be the new name for project spartan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+theblazingangel MVC Posted April 30, 2015 MVC Share Posted April 30, 2015 I was just wondering if it could be the new name for project spartan. It is: http://slashdot.org/story/15/04/29/2124242/internet-explorers-successor-project-spartan-is-called-microsoft-edge https://www.neowin.net/news/edge-the-new-name-for-microsoft039s-spartan-browser Authentic X 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 It is. It was confirmed during the Keynote earlier today. link6155 and Authentic X 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman273 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 siah1214 and link6155 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 it's still spartan and how do you use chrome addons? it won't let me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 it's still spartan and how do you use chrome addons? it won't let me. It's Project Spartan in the released build. Upcoming builds will introduce it as Edge, the official name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 how do you get chrome addons working tho? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zagadka Subscriber² Posted April 30, 2015 Subscriber² Share Posted April 30, 2015 it's still spartan and how do you use chrome addons? it won't let me. I've seen it stated elsewhere that addons won't be enabled until after RTM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 aww man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zagadka Subscriber² Posted April 30, 2015 Subscriber² Share Posted April 30, 2015 http://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-edge-browser-wont-pick-extension-support-until-after-rtm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelsinho Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 thanks for the news dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Anarkii Subscriber² Posted April 30, 2015 Subscriber² Share Posted April 30, 2015 Thats a deal breaker for me, I wont use Edge until RTM as we need AdBlock. Sites like Facebook that plaster ads everywhere is a horrible experience with Edge. remixedcat 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zagadka Subscriber² Posted April 30, 2015 Subscriber² Share Posted April 30, 2015 Yea, without addons, Edge doesn't stand a chance. It may have a new engine and be faster, but if it can't stand up to the features added to other browsers... +Anarkii and remixedcat 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Thing is it's a bad choice of themn to delay addon support... that means when people get thier shiny new OS and try to find addons there won't be any and devs will have to hussle at the last minute and have rushed addons. It's always best before the stuff is released so people are ready +Anarkii 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Zagadka Subscriber² Posted April 30, 2015 Subscriber² Share Posted April 30, 2015 Considering that they don't even have the most rudimentary of Favorites/Bookmarks tools but have invented pointless "doodling" on pages... they are clearly on an odd build path. Mugwump00 and remixedcat 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo1911 Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Edge brings back old memories of 2G connectivity called Edge (E). It's slow and clumsy. Chris123NT 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted April 30, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted April 30, 2015 I think some of you are overestimating the use of extensions in the real world, I doubt they're used by the masses, there's no real rush to use them and I've hardly ever used them personally. Besides, IE doesn't have extensions like the other two and it's doing fine in the market, and before someone argues that it's doing well because it's the default in Windows, well Edge is the new default in Windows and the icon is basically the same (this was done for a reason since people know the E icon well now), Edge will gain share quickly. I'm much more interested in performance, stability and compatibility, extensions is low on my list. link6155 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jub Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I think some of you are overestimating the use of extensions in the real world, I doubt they're used by the masses This article is just over two years old, and apparently AdBlock Plus alone has had over 200 million downloads, for Firefox, not counting other browsers. Qualifies as quite a lot, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeChipshop Member Posted April 30, 2015 Member Share Posted April 30, 2015 I think some of you are overestimating the use of extensions in the real world, I'm a web developer and often have to take control of clients browsers via TeamViewer or share screens on skype, i don't know one user who doesn't have one or more plugins installed if they use FF or Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason S. Global Moderator Posted April 30, 2015 Global Moderator Share Posted April 30, 2015 just my 2c, but i think Spartan is a better name than Edge. neo1911 and Sszecret 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 what the majority care about in extensions is a adblock many don't even know that you can set ie11 to have adblock In Edge if still have the same options then Edge will have in release a adblock builtin if not, adguard does the trick and its way faster than any extension in Firefox or Chrome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Thats a deal breaker for me, I wont use Edge until RTM as we need AdBlock. Sites like Facebook that plaster ads everywhere is a horrible experience with Edge. Use a good TPL then. Adblocking has worked in IE for a very long time without the need of an addon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompkin Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 I'm excited about Edge. Hopefully it will get extensions quickly. My big 'want' is syncing. Since I use Android on mobile I'm out of luck but that's ok. Still think Edge will be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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