Say goodbye to IE

Just Microsoft killing off one of their best known brand names. Its what they do best, apparently.
 
On one hand, for the younger crowd it makes sense. Something fresh, new, spiffy to draw people back away from Chrome/Firefox/Opera. Something to go more in-sync with Cortana maybe?

I'd imagine it's to get rid of the IE is full of virus' stigma.

But the older side of things >40 years of age this is probably going to confuse, annoy, and cost them.
 
Lupine said:
Just Microsoft killing off one of their best known brand names. Its what they do best, apparently.
Click to expand...

Today IE wasn't really known for great things.:bleh: They're trying distant themselves from it. IE is only good for downloading another browser. That should change.
 
I know - its a good change. While mindshare is important, the IE brand certainly carries with it a lot of negative baggage. And, since Spartan will still be bundled with the OS, the move probably isn't going to hurt much.

That said, its always interesting to watch Microsoft cycle through their brands at hyper speed ...

MSN Hotmail - Windows Live Mail - Windows Live Hotmail - Outlook.com
MSN Messenger - Windows Live Messenger - Skype
Windows Live Folders - Windows Live SkyDrive - SkyDrive - OneDrive
Microsoft Internet Explorer - Windows Internet Explorer - Internet Explorer - Spartan​

Companies spend time and money developing brand recognition, so its always interesting to see companies starting from scratch periodically.
 
IE still has one amazingly horrible feature; the Metro version doesn't support plugins. Wonder if Spartan will fix this.. 'feature'.

Trying to implement an ad blocker without using 3rd party tools (such as a proxy adblock) is pretty hopeless, the blocklists you can use in the Metro version don't really work all that well.
 
Lazy8s said:
Isn't Spartan already available in the 10 preview?
Click to expand...

Nope. Still has IE. When it's beta, it should be available. It will probably be removed when its RTM.

IE will still be available, but as a separate download. Can't imagine why anyone would want to except businesses so they can keep using their ActiveX crap and shoddy front-ends.... And old people.
 
t3hl33td4rg0n said:
Nope. Still has IE. When it's beta, it should be available. It will probably be removed when its RTM.

IE will still be available, but as a separate download. Can't imagine why anyone would want to except businesses so they can keep using their ActiveX crap and shoddy front-ends.... And old people.
Click to expand...

Ah gotcha - I had to look up what I read, and it's the rendering engine that can be toggled on IE.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2875...eedy-new-edge-engine-in-windows-10-today.html

Microsoft’s new Project Spartan browser (pictured above) isn’t available just yet, but Windows Insiders can already reap some of the benefits through Internet Explorer.

In the latest Windows 10 Technical Preview build, users can toggle a hidden flag in Internet Explorer to enable Spartan’s new Edge rendering engine. Though it’s still experimental—and is mainly aimed at developers—it should bring significant performance improvements over IE11’s existing engine.

To enable the new engine, just type “about:flags” in IE11’s address bar, select “Enabled” under “Enable Experimental Web Platform Features,” and restart the browser. Enabling the "Custom User Agent" option will trick sites that nerf IE specifically into using the Spartan Edge rendering engine.
Click to expand...
 
Lazy8s said:
Isn't Spartan already available in the 10 preview?
Click to expand...

No, not the one that has been publically released. There is another build which has it but not the latest one we have on our systems :(

Unless it's in the code and I haven't looked :runaway:
 
Sazar said:
No, not the one that has been publically released. There is another build which has it but not the latest one we have on our systems :(

Unless it's in the code and I haven't looked :runaway:
Click to expand...

See posts 8 & 9 :)
 
MS has stated that it should be included in the new insider build. It wasn't ready for build 10041 that just came out this week.
 
Greasy said:
MS has stated that it should be included in the new insider build. It wasn't ready for build 10041 that just came out this week.
Click to expand...

I just hope it rolls out fully featured, stable and ready to use.
 
it's been so many years since i used ie the last time i really dunno how it looks nowadays, so no real loss for me. on a sidenote, still not a big fan of the look of spartan.
 
Silent-Runner said:
it's been so many years since i used ie the last time i really dunno how it looks nowadays, so no real loss for me. on a sidenote, still not a big fan of the look of spartan.
Click to expand...

IE has come a very long ways from the old days. The problem lays with backwards compatibility, they can't move the rendering engine too far, without breaking all sorts of old and or shitty coded corporate websites.

I know people who still use FrontPage, because there is no way for them to migrate to something newer. :bleh:
 
I used to use this CAD software called NX 3 (by Unigraphics). I updated to IE7. It broke the program. I needed to backtrack back to IE6. Those were the days. So I am sure IE will still be around in one form or another.

I always avoided IE because using it was like getting a BJ from a $5 hooker. Sure it is easy, convenient and gets the job the done. But afterwards you are usually left with a nasty surprise.
 
IE11 64 bit still has the javascript engine that supports the most memory usage. No other browser offer to use the available memory for javascript. So in this aspect, IE11 is the best of the best.
 
Dark_Shadow198 said:
It looks like yet another minimalist abortion like Chrome. Is it too much to ask for a browser with the customization of Firefox and the speed/support for newer tech of Chrome? I really hope I am wrong about Spartan but even IE11 has more options out of the box compared to Chrome so I REALLY hope they don't try to copy Google with their crap on this.
Click to expand...

What functionality/customization options are you looking for, exactly. I'm curious.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top