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Nope, it's section 10.2.1 of the Windows Store guidelines: "Apps that browse the web must use the appropriate HTML and JavaScript engines provided by the Windo
by SyneRyder 9y ago
Nope, it's section 10.2.1 of the Windows Store guidelines:
"Apps that browse the web must use the appropriate HTML and JavaScript engines provided by the Windows Platform."
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/windows/agreements/store-policies https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/windows/agreements/st...
[Also, it was a new rule introduced on January 17, 2017: "Added Security (10.2.1) to cover requirements for browser functionality."]
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/windows/agreements/store-policies-change-history https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/windows/agreements/st...
- WorldMaker 9y agoInteresting. I thought I half-remembered something mentioned in one of the BUILD sessions that they wanted Chrome and Firefox in the Windows Store, but I could easily be misremembering and/or that could be a classic crossed-wire situation where the platform security team is overriding other parts of the platform engineering team.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoBear in mind though, Microsoft has, with Edge, created a wrapped for both iOS and Android which implements their browser features (and data sync) on top of the OS's browser components. Even though in Android's case, that's not a requirement. In that respect, Microsoft may want "Firefox" and "Chrome" in the Windows Store, but believe that all browsers should use the rendering engine of the OS, similar to Apple's position with iOS.