Microsoft Planning to Release New Browser Spartan With Windows 10?

By Max Bonto, Christian Post Contributor Monday, January 05, 2015

Microsoft's new browser with the codename Spartan will reportedly be featured at Microsoft's Windows 10 press event on Jan. 21.

The new browser will reportedly use Windows 10 but it is not yet confirmed if Spartan will be fully operational when the new operating system is released. Microsoft Student Partner Thomas Nigro posted on Twitter that the company is creating a new browser.

Nigro tweeted: "Ok so Microsoft is about to launch a new browser that's not Internet Explorer and will be the default browser in Windows 10. Wow."

Sources said that Spartan will still use Microsoft's Chakra JavaScript engine and Microsoft's Trident rendering engine. The browser will be both available for PC and mobile use.

Spartan is not Internet Explorer 12 as people previously speculated. It is an all new web browser that is similar to Chrome and Firefox, which will be its competitors.

It is not yet known if Sparta will completely replace Internet Explorer as Microsoft's browser. In Reddit's Ask Me Anything, Microsoft previously revealed that they are thinking about changing IE's name due to the negative complaints it has been receiving.

"It's (rebranding's) been suggested internally; I remember a particularly long email thread where numerous people were passionately debating it. Plenty of ideas get kicked around about how we can separate ourselves from negative perceptions that no longer reflect our product today," a Microsoft representative answered.

Lack of security is one of the negative perceptions about IE. The browser has improved a lot nowadays but its reputation has not changed. IE is also behind its competitors since it does not have extensions, according to Trusted Reviews.

Extensions are available for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. This feature allows users to save, share and view web contents with each other. It can also be a way to communicate with other Internet users.
As of this time, Microsoft has not revealed the official release date of Sparta but rumors say that it will be at the Microsoft Internet Explorer's 20th anniversary on August 2015.