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You can now sign up for Microsoft's Edge Web Summit 2017

Andy Weir — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has opened registrations for its Edge Web Summit 2017, which will take place in Seattle on September 13, giving developers "a closer look at what's new and what's next" for its Edge browser. Read more...

"What's next for the web": Microsoft Edge Web Summit 2017 heads to Seattle on September 13

Andy Weir — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:16:01 +0000

Microsoft's Edge Web Summit will take place in Seattle on September 13, 2017, promising "a closer look at what's new and what's next" for the Edge browser, including EdgeHTML, and the user experience. Read more...

JavaScript improvements are coming to Microsoft Edge in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update

Rich Woods — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 21:48:01 +0000

Microsoft today outlines improvements to the open-source Chakra JavaScript engine in the Microsoft Edge browser, which are slated to arrive next month in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Read more...

Microsoft open-sources key components of the Chakra JavaScript engine

Boyd Chan — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 08:16:01 +0000

In just over a month after initial the announcement at JSConf US, Microsoft has open-sourced a bit part of the Microsoft Edge JavaScript engine in the form of ChakraCore on GitHub. Read more...

Microsoft to make parts of Edge's JavaScript engine available to the open source community

Shreyas Gandhe — Sat, 05 Dec 2015 17:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it will be open sourcing the core components of the Chakra JavaScript engine and releasing it on GitHub next month, for developers to improve and build upon. Read more...

New update to Edge engine brings better performance and HTML5 compatibility

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 20:34:52 +0000

Microsoft is updating the rendering engine in Microsoft Edge to EdgeHTML 13. This will make the browser snappier and more compliant with standards, along with other improvements. Read more...