Death to IE?

nadnerB

As to the name,

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/03/17/1849230/microsoft-is-killing-off-the-internet-explorer-brand?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot%2Fto+((Title)Slashdot+(rdf))

Sounds more like a name change than anything. a PR move to give IE a new image.

Dashrender

The new browser is more than just a name change, they have dumped a lot of the legacy old code making it incompatible with old IE 6/7/8 sites. Hopefully it will be a lot better.

@Dashrender said:

The new browser is more than just a name change, they have dumped a lot of the legacy old code making

Dumping old code doesn't make it a new browser unless they completely re-wrote the code base. which somehow I doubt they did. It would just be a new version of the same product if all you did was dump some old code and add new features.

Dashrender

Agreed - did I say it was a new browser? I guess I did. The core is the same as the base for as IE, Trident, but I don't know if the main code was started over or not.

RojoLoco

No matter what they do to the code base, the stigma will always remain.

thanksajdotcom

@RojoLoco said:

No matter what they do to the code base, the stigma will always remain.

Agreed.

Dashrender

And that's why they are changing the name and calling it a new browser. Spartan will run along side IE on Windows 10.

lance

I don't think I could ever trust another browser made by microsoft.

coliver

http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/