Microsoft Unveils New 'Edge' Browser to Replace Internet Explorer

[ErikGrim]

I fired up IE and Spartan, and put them side by side to compare and contrast, and they look nearly the same.

Thanks for the reminder why I won’t use Windows for anything anytime soon. Ugh.

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Are you sure they trademarked the name Edge? Or the full name Edge Animate?

Yes:

https://www.adobe.com/misc/pdfs/adobe_trademark_database_external.pdf

 

[Renzatic]

That's disappointing. I really hate the thin font rendering in Windows and don't want to use a hack to make it more like OS X's.

I tried one of those hacks to see how it looked, and...

...why the hell can't Windows look like this out of the box?

 

[uid15]

I mean like... doodling on webpages is already an extension you can add onto existing browsers. Anyone here use something like that? Is it that great to make it a key focus for a new browser?

Going off hunting for an extension for something you don't even know you can do, VS using something that's built in, and you learn you can use by pressing the button, when you're thinking "What's that button for, I wonder?"

If you're screencasting and wanting to draw attention to something, why WOULDN'T you want the option of something that's there FOR FREE? Of course you would.

 

[Michael Goff]

Thanks for the reminder why I won’t use Windows for anything anytime soon. Ugh.

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Yes:

https://www.adobe.com/misc/pdfs/adobe_trademark_database_external.pdf

According to that link, they trademarked Adobe Edge. If they had actually been able to trademark just the word "Edge", they'd have a lot of people to sue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge

 

[Traverse]

I tried one of those hacks to see how it looked, and...

...why the hell can't Windows look like this out of the box?

That is MUCH better. What hack is it?

I don't understand why they insist on the terrible default rendering.

 

[Renzatic]

That is MUCH better. What hack is it?

You're looking right at it. GDIPP. It's probably the best one I've used.

I don't understand why they insist on the terrible default rendering.

Hell if I know why. It's my one last complaint about Windows. Everything else is pretty good these days, but the font rendering is still pretty bad, even in comparison to Linux.

 

[Traverse]

You're looking right at it. GDIPP. It's probably the best one I've used.

Oops, my bad. I was doing heavy multitasking and honestly just looked at the Windows Explorer.

 

[ErikGrim]

According to that link, they trademarked Adobe Edge. If they had actually been able to trademark just the word "Edge", they'd have a lot of people to sue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge

I totally forgot about this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_Games#Trademark_disputes

 

[Michael Goff]

I totally forgot about this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_Games#Trademark_disputes

It says in that article:
The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) cancelled the trademarks by court order in April 2013.

 

[Steve121178]

And in typical MS fashion, these aren't even references that they invented. They took (bought) them from Bungie.

And you think Siri was an Apple invention?