{"id":8345,"date":"2018-12-07T09:46:40","date_gmt":"2018-12-06T22:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/?p=8345"},"modified":"2018-12-07T09:46:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-06T22:46:40","slug":"its-edge-jim-but-not-as-you-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reckoner.com.au\/news\/its-edge-jim-but-not-as-you-know-it\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s Edge Jim but not as you know it"},"content":{"rendered":"
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[Microsoft] is beginning to rebuild Microsoft Edge to run on Chromium, the same open-source web rendering engine that powers Google\u2019s Chrome browser.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nIn an effort to bring Edge into some sort of relevance Microsoft are switching its core over to have it render and be at feature-parity with Google’s own.<\/p>\n
The move will allow it to theoretically run and capitalise on new product features launched by Google (and others) that rely on Chrome’s bleeding edge feature sets.<\/p>\n
Also of interest Microsoft have announced they’ll be bringing the browser to the Mac as well, which will mark the first time the company has run a browser on an Apple computer since Internet Explorer 5.<\/p>\n