Posted on 04/01/2015 5:37:42 PM PDT by dayglored
First look.
Microsoft has released the first public preview build of Windows 10 to include Project Spartan, its new web browser.
Is Project Spartan really new? The browser engine, called EdgeHTML, is a fork of the Internet Explorer (IE) web engine, called Trident, though with a key difference: EdgeHTML has no compatibility modes and will simply render the latest web standards Microsoft is able to deliver.
The user interface is new but is really the successor to “Modern IE”, the Windows 8 web browser that runs in the don’t-call-it-Metro environment.
Users will perceive Project Spartan as new though, since it will be the default browser in Windows 10 and like other Metro apps now runs in a window, integrating with the Windows desktop.
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Absolutely. Right now I am on the latest builds and it has 10 instance running in according to task manager with values as high as 350 Mb of RAM. I only have three tabs running.
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