Microsoft is Building a New Browser Codenamed Spartan

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Posted December 30, 2014 at 2:00am by Shalom Levytam

Microsoft is building a new web browser codenamed Spartan that will debut alongside Windows 10, reports ZDNet.

What's actually happening is Microsoft is building a new browser, codenamed Spartan, which is not IE 12 -- at least according to a couple of sources of mine. Thomas Nigro, a Microsoft Student Partner lead and developer of the modern version of VLC, mentioned on Twitter earlier this month that he heard Microsoft was building a brand-new browser. Nigro said he heard talk of this during a December episode of the LiveTile podcast.

Spartan is said to use Microsoft's Chakra JavaScript engine and Trident rendering engine but it will reportedly look and feel more like Chrome and Firefox. It will also support extensions. Apparently there are two different versions of Trident in the works, corroborating reports that the company has two different browsers.

ZDNet's sources say Spartan is not IE 12; rather, it is a new light-weight browser. Windows 10 will reportedly ship with both Spartan and IE 11 and Spartan will also be available on mobile versions of the operating system.

The Spartan moniker is just a codename and could change before release. Users may catch a glimpse of it on January 21st when Microsoft plans to reveal additional Windows 10 features.

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Microsoft is Building a New Browser Codenamed Spartan

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gamerscul9870 - December 30, 2014 at 9:16am

isn't it enough there is IE? What more of a browser does windows need to resemble it?

hamood_d10 - December 30, 2014 at 4:56am

internet explorer last time i use it in window xp

Techno - December 30, 2014 at 4:49am

I have 4 year old MacBook and currently it has 500 SSD and 16 gig ram.. I'm sure your brand new 8 gig Microsoft device can top that.. lol

gamerscul9870 - December 30, 2014 at 9:40am

Let's not forget evolution of Windows. Remember the 3D logo since 7? The one now looks like 96. Yes, it's now an endless cycle of logo getting old to new then eventually restarts. I remember when it was easy to use and didn't crash as much. Even the new Windows goes back to the old look with those clunky tiles. No one wants this Metro UI anyway! No wonder the next Windows is named 10. You know the pattern of Windows releases (good, bad, good, bad in which odd numbers are good, even are bad). I can see why it's still even.

gamerscul9870 - December 30, 2014 at 2:11am

Wow, setting a new record of catch up, like tagging along in making App Store, personal assistant, tablet, and phones, then comes this after several years of safari. Better painfully late than never. Like IE wasn't enough to suffer with and isn't enough for windows platform, neither is chrome? What's next, a few years past and finally catch up on Apple pay?