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----- > From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dan TeVelde > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2019 3:38 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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. > > > VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. > Archived on the World Wide Web at > http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html > Signoff: [log in to unmask] > Subscribe: [log in to unmask] > > > VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. > Archived on the World Wide Web at > http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html > Signoff: [log in to unmask] > Subscribe: [log in to unmask] -- Christopher (CJ) Chaltain at Gmail VICUG-L is the Visually Impaired Computer User Group List. Archived on the World Wide Web at http://listserv.icors.org/archives/vicug-l.html Signoff: [log in to unmask] Subscribe: [log in to unmask]