Microsoft will be basing future versions of Microsoft Edge on Chromium
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/microsoft-confirms-chromium-future-browser-edge-coming-windows-7-8/
As far as I know, Safari hasn't been ported to Window, but Chrome and
Firefox are both alternatives on Windows.
On 2/11/19 3:19 PM, Jim Hamilton wrote:
> On the heals of Dan's 'warning' e-mail, does anyone have more information on how Microsoft plans to revise Microsoft Edge? So far, I have heard that the name will stay, and they may build the Edge replacement using "chromium", which I do not know.
>
> Can we use Apple's "Safari" on a Windows 10 PC? Hmm, I like the sound of that!
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim H
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] FW: Re: [bits] Article: Stop using Internet Explorer, warns Microsoft's own security chief
>
> I'm sharing this information for people who are still using Internet Explorer. I gave it up about a year ago and don't regret it. Apologies for the > sign at the beginning of each line. I used to know a command which would get rid of them all at once but can't remember.
>
> Dan
>
> Internet Explorer, warns Microsoft's own security chief From the
> Telegraph ...Stop using Internet Explorer, warns Microsoft's own
> security chief By Hasan Chowdhury|Feb. 8th, 2019
>
> Microsoft's own security
> chief has warned millions of people who continue to use Internet
> Explorer as a default web browser are placing themselves in "peril".
>
> The company, which first developed Internet Explorer in 1995, is no
> longer supporting new development for the web browser. Continued use
> of the software was potentially risky, according to Chris Jackson,
> Microsoft’s worldwide lead for cyber security.
>
> Internet Explorer has
> increasingly fallen out of favour for both users and developers amid
> the rise of alternatives like Google Chrome and Apple’s Safari, which
> have grabbed an increasing share of the web browser market.
>
> Google Chrome overtook
> Internet Explorer as
> the world's most
> popular web browser
> in 2016.
>
> Microsoft has been looking at
> new business ventures in its bid to reinvent itself and compete with
> Silicon Valley's incumbents. In November, Microsoft briefly overtook
> Apple as the world's most valuable publicly-listed company as
> investors have gained confidence in its push into cloud computing.
>
> “We’re
> not supporting new web standards for it and, while many sites work
> fine, developers by and large just aren’t testing for Internet
> Explorer these days,”
> Mr Jackson said.
>
> Microsoft
> has in recent years encouraged users to adopt its more modern web
> browser, the Microsoft Edge, which was released in 2015.
>
>
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