Microsoft has previously announced that it is rolling out its latest web browser the Spartan along with the official release of the Windows 10.
The American tech company would be releasing the Windows 10 across all platforms including the PCs, smartphones, and tablets. And instead of the usual Internet Explorer as the default web browser, Windows 10 will have the Spartan on default.
Previous reports said that the Spartan would be 300 times better than the Internet Explorer which is more of a cliche statement rather than the truth. The Spartan connotes Greek warrior Leonidas who was the hero of the movie “300,” and thus the cliche.
It was also reported that despite the emergence of the Spartan, which shall be competing head-on against Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft will not be doing away or phasing out its Internet Explorer, once dubbed as the king of browsers.
Not only is Microsoft not phasing out the Internet Explorer, the Redmond-based American tech company is said to be further improving and enhancing the extensions of its Internet Explorer 11, the current edition of the web browser.
Extensions to support Spartan
DNA of India reported that the development team of Microsoft has recently announced on Twitter that they are in the midst of plans to enable the Internet Explorer 11 to support file extensions, which the development team could also use for future updates to Spartan.
Accordingly, Microsoft’s plan to introduce new extension support is meant to separate the Spartan from the Internet Explorer and give PC users on what web browser to use. More importantly, having Spartan and Internet Explorer at the same time also means that Microsoft is putting two bets on the market to compete with Chrome, Firefox and Safari.
Internet Explorer 11 is capable of supporting add-ons but these are different from the familiar extensions being supported by Chrome and Firefox.
For the past couple of years, the Internet Explorer has lagged behind Chrome and Firefox because it does not have fully functional extension support. Microsoft has contented itself with the ActiveX technology to extend the functionality of the Internet Explorer, which is no match in terms of speed and efficiency with Chrome and Firefox.
With a capability to support extensions, Internet Explorer 11 would be able to match the browsing and downloading capabilities of Chrome or Mozilla or close to that, Microsoft assured.
In attribution of the strength of its competitor browsers, the Spartan is reportedly similar to Chrome and Firefox. It’s initial advantage thus far, just like the Internet Explorer was, is that it is built in to the Windows 10, Microsoft’s upcoming and latest desktop operating system.
The new browser will be banking heavily on the Chakra JavaScript engine and the Trident rendering engine, which are Microsoft’s in-house tech support.