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So it's using Trident and Chakra, the same document engine and JS engine as IE. It's also Windows-only (?). I don't see how this is a new lightweight browser.

by goops 12y ago

So it's using Trident and Chakra, the same document engine and JS engine as IE. It's also Windows-only (?). I don't see how this is a new lightweight browser. It looks like a new skin on the old one with a PR push to back it up.

_wmd 12y ago
You could have said the same for the initial releases of Chrome and Firefox
- factorialboy 12y ago
  How exactly?
  - code_duck 12y ago
    Fire fox was a new browser built around Mozilla components. Chrome was a new browser built around WebKit. So, it's similar if they are replacing the interface components. However, not similar in that those browsers were made by different groups while this one is still made by Microsoft like the last 10 versions of Internet Explorer.
    - jaredsohn 12y ago
      >in that those browsers were made by different groups Is that the case for Firefox? I had thought it was just a side project by some Mozilla engineers.
      - jarcane 12y ago
        Yes. Initially FF was just a side project to release the Mozilla browser component as a standalone app, just like Thunderbird was.