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Microsoft Edge may refer to one or both of two distinct graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft, which include: Microsoft Edge Legacy, based on Microsoft's proprietary browser engine EdgeHTML, formerly known as simply "Microsoft Edge", released on July 29, 2015, now discontinued; Microsoft Edge, based on the Chromium open-source project ...
Microsoft Edge (or simply nicknamed Edge), based on the Chromium open-source project, also known as The New Microsoft Edge or New Edge, is a proprietary cross-platform web browser created by Microsoft, superseding Edge Legacy. [8] [9] [10] In Windows 11, Edge is the only browser available from Microsoft. First made available only for Android ...
Microsoft Edge Legacy (often shortened to Edge Legacy), originally released as simply Microsoft Edge or Edge is a discontinued proprietary cross-platform web browser created by Microsoft. Released in 2015 along with both Windows 10 and Xbox One , it was built with Microsoft's own proprietary browser engine , EdgeHTML , and their Chakra ...
Microsoft employees have consistently denied this; [34] [35] they claim that application developers inside and outside Microsoft routinely reverse-engineered DOS and 16-bit versions of Windows without any inside help, creating legacy support problems that far exceeded any alleged benefit to Microsoft.
The central issue was whether Microsoft was allowed to bundle its IE web browser software with its Windows operating system. Bundling the two products was allegedly a key factor in Microsoft's victory in the browser wars of the late 1990s, as every Windows user had a copy of IE.
Microsoft kept seeking retrial, but in February 2004, a judge rejected two of Microsoft's central claims. [5] The judge denied Microsoft's request for a preliminary injunction and raised "serious questions" about Microsoft's trademark. Microsoft feared a court may define "Windows" as generic and result in the loss of its status as a trademark.
[22] The European Commission and Microsoft eventually agreed that Microsoft would include a web browser choice selection screen to Windows users in the European Economic Area, by means of BrowserChoice.eu. [23] Windows 10 includes Internet Explorer, but switched to Microsoft Edge as the default browser.
Microsoft first introduced the EdgeHTML rendering engine as part of Internet Explorer 11 in the Windows Technical Preview build 9879 on November 12, 2014. [8] Microsoft planned to use EdgeHTML both in Internet Explorer and Project Spartan; in Internet Explorer it would exist alongside the Trident 7 engine from Internet Explorer 11, the latter being used for compatibility purposes.