Basically, Microsoft coming in meant everyone was standing to benefit from what it would contribute to the open source project. A better web with everything being better alignedīut not only did this move by Microsoft open up a new world for their Recommended Browser, it also opened up new possibilities for other browsers, on PC and other devices, that are based on the Chromium project.Greater compatibility for many more things for both users, and developers.It would support all of Chrome Plugins – and many of us can’t imagine a new browser if it lacks such plugins.The new browser would be way better than the current Microsoft Edge.

This was big news, and many of us waited for the new Edge.īeing based on Chromium meant a lot of new possibilities: And the first step towards that was adopting the Chromium Open Source project – Google’s web browser project – into the building of the new Microsoft Edge.

Back in December, Microsoft announced plans to ‘make the web better through open source collaboration’.

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