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Spartan Replaces Metro IE, May Yet Offer Extensions Support
By Fahad Ali On January 9, 2015
Microsoft’s Spartan browser sure has taken the web by storm. And even though the web browser is still in early stages of development, it has done enough to stir many a question.

Queries like if Windows 10 will come with three different browsers, and the user interface, feature set.

Mary Jo Foley has tried to answer some of these, and first up is the fact that this Spartan browser actually replaces the Metro flavor of IE. This is a Modern UI application through and through, and should work without any issues with the class Internet Explorer.

And keeping in mind the fact that Windows 10 allows the possibility of running modern apps in a window, desktop users will have two options to choose from — Spartan and IE.

This legacy support is, obviously, important for enterprise use, as many business applications and customs software solutions are built upon and still rely on Internet Explorer to function.

Next up is whether Microsoft will include the options of building extensions and plugins for this new web browser, similar to how things are on Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

Previous rumors on the topic hinted at this, and while there is no new data to suggest that this is not the case now, the fact that this is a Modern UI app makes the scenario just a little complicated. Remains to be seen how the software titan gets around this.

Since Spartan utilizes the same Trident rendering engine used on Internet Explorer, we can expect similar levels of performance. At this point in time, the feature set and UI of this new browser are the real points of interest.

The company is sure to talk about this at the January 21 Windows 10 event, and chances are that we’ll get our first real look at this new browser by then.

Tags: Browsers, Development, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Spartan, Windows 10
 
nothing much to say as usual, just a little in awe of your computer knowledge , I also pass the time with Windows 7.
 
Spartan Replaces Metro IE, May Yet Offer Extensions Support
By Fahad Ali On January 9, 2015
Microsoft’s Spartan browser sure has taken the web by storm. And even though the web browser is still in early stages of development, it has done enough to stir many a question.

Taken the web by storm eh?

So much so that I've never heard of it until now - and more significantly, neither had any of my techie friends. Maybe inside Microsoft's corporate echo chamber, but sure as hell not anywhere else.

This sounds very much like more of that millennial marketing wank that we get from all the technology companies (you know, right up there with "nobody uses PCs or laptops anymore because everybody does everything on their phones now", and "nobody has CDs or DVDs anymore because everybody has their stuff in the cloud now" - the list of complete bollocks from these idiots goes on and on and on.

The brutal fact is that Microsoft are still clinging to outdated browser technology that still has security holes big enough to drive a double decker bus through - As the article quite correctly pointed out, even if they ship a new browser, they still have to include the obsolete one for compatibility with existing software and services, so they've basically painted themselves into a corner from which they're probably never going to be able to escape, while those people who actually care about such things are more likely to be running Firefox. Now there's a browser that really DID take the web by storm when it first came out.
 
Nevertheless, in the world of IT (where eul is an innocent abroad),
It's the 'Trojans' who come bearing what appear to be innocent programs,
but turns out to be malware - timeo Trojanos et dona ferentes!
(I suppose it's short for 'Trojan horses', but that's what they call 'em)
 
Nevertheless, in the world of IT (where eul is an innocent abroad),
It's the 'Trojans' who come bearing what appear to be innocent programs,
but turns out to be malware - timeo Trojanos et dona ferentes!
(I suppose it's short for 'Trojan horses', but that's what they call 'em)
And that is clearly a wrong name for malware and similar programs with backdoors.
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We should use the name "Greekians" for that. But then would the Greekians his complaining, and the erased Trojans can that not.
;)
 
And that is clearly a wrong name for malware and similar programs with backdoors.
:icon_pc:
We should use the name "Greekians" for that. But then would the Greekians his complaining, and the erased Trojans can that not.
;)
In English, the trick used by the Greek to capture Troy became known as "the Trojan Horse" and the term has come to be applied to anything or anyone that has the appearance of being harmless but is in fact dangerous. In recent times, it has been applied to a type of malware.

Ironically, Trojan is the brand name of a product used for protection.
trojan.jpg
 
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