Microsoft Edge: Difference between revisions

'''Microsoft Edge''' is a web browser developed by [[Microsoft]]. It was created with the aim to replace [[Internet Explorer]] as the default browser in [[Windows 10]], [[Windows 11]], [[Linuxfx]], and [[Linspire]]. The original version, now called Edge Legacy, is a UWP app using the EdgeHTML and Chakra engines, however, the browser has since been redesigned using the [[Chromium]] codebase using the project's Blink and V8 engines. Since the engine switch, new versions of the browser for [[Windows 7]] and later, as well as [[macOS]], [[Android]], [[iOS]] and desktop [[Linux]] distributions have been introduced.

The original Edge (codenamed ''Spartan'') is based on the EdgeHTML rendering engine, a derivative of the Trident engine used by [[Internet Explorer]] that removes most legacy functionality, and the Chakra JavaScript engine introduced in [[Internet Explorer 9]]. Following the introduction of the new Chromium-based Edge, it is now referred to as Microsoft Edge Legacy.