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Re:Microsoft is building a Chromium browser to replace Edge ... by bayindirh on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @01:19AM (#18596828)
Edge is an evolution of Internet Explorer. They removed some of the quirks they have added over the years, modernized the engine, but it's Internet Explorer to its core. It's just rebranded.
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Re:Microsoft is building a Chromium browser to replace Edge ... by alimbada on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @04:44AM (#18597911)
No, it's a new browser built from the ground up with none of the baggage of IE.
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Re:Microsoft is building a Chromium browser to replace Edge ... by bwindels on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:08AM (#18599064)
Thought so too, but MS has apparently said it is a fork:

https://www.neowin.net/news/whats-powering-spartan-internet-...:

> The Spartan rendering engine (edgehtml.dll) is a new component and separate from Trident (mshtml.dll). The new engine began as a fork of Trident, but has since diverged rapidly over the past many months, similar to how several other browser engines have started as forks prior to diverging. The new rendering engine is also being built with a very different set of principles than Trident - for example: a focus on interoperability and the removal of document modes.

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Re:Microsoft is building a Chromium browser to replace Edge ... by bayindirh on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @06:40AM (#18598501)
Any reliable sources? I'd love to read more, and correct my knowledge if it's wrong.
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Re:Microsoft is building a Chromium browser to replace Edge ... by pndy on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:20AM (#18599156)
Edge uses forked Trident (named EdgeHTML) which was stripped of legacy code and tries to be compatible with WebKit engine: https://www.neowin.net/news/whats-powering-spartan-internet-...
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Re:Microsoft is building a Chromium browser to replace Edge ... by bayindirh on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:21AM (#18599166)
That's also what I tried to say in my previous (grandparent) comment, no? :)
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Re:Microsoft is building a Chromium browser to replace Edge ... by pndy on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @08:52AM (#18599377)
Was reading about Edge before posting comment so I guess I was bit too late to help :P
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