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SubscribeRecapping yesterday’s Microsoft Edge and open source announcements
Yesterday, Joe Belfiore announced that we will be adopting the Chromium open source project for our development of Microsoft We encourage you to check out Joe’s blog post for all the Alongside this announcement, we shared a document describing our… Read more
Modernizing TLS connections in Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11
Today, we’re announcing our intent to disable Transport Layer Security (TLS) and by default in supported versions of Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11 in the first half of This change―alongside similar announcements from Apple, Google, and Mozilla―supports more performant,… Read more
Introducing Web Authentication in Microsoft Edge
Today, we are happy to introduce support for the Web Authentication specification in Microsoft Edge, enabling better, more secure user experiences and a passwordless experience on the With Web Authentication, Microsoft Edge users can sign in with their face, fingerprint,… Read more
Getting started with IndexedDB inspection in the Microsoft Edge DevTools
The Windows 10 April 2018 Update introduced an all-new IndexedDB manager for the Microsoft Edge DevTools, allowing you to inspect your database, sort your data, and delete it—all from the In this post, we’ll walk you through getting started with… Read more
Chakra documentation is joining MDN web docs
Last fall, along with other browser vendors and web platform stakeholders, the Edge platform (EdgeHTML) team adopted MDN web docs as our official web API reference In the process, we redirected over 7700 MSDN pages for HTML, CSS, SVG and… Read more
Improved JavaScript and WebAssembly performance in EdgeHTML 17
In every release of Microsoft Edge, we tune the Chakra JavaScript engine to provide better startup and execution performance, with a leaner memory footprint, and with improved responsiveness on real-world As EdgeHTML 17 rolls out to users as part of the Windows 10… Read more
Enhancing automated testing in Microsoft Edge with new WebDriver capabilities, W3C protocol support, and automatic updates
Just last week, the WebDriver specification officially became a W3C Recommendation, defining a standard way for web developers and browser engineers to automate the This is a major step forward for web site and web app testing, as well as… Read more
New features for extensions in the Windows 10 April 2018 Update
The Windows 10 April 2018 Update includes several incremental improvements to API support, functionality, and end-user discoverability for the extensions platform in Microsoft In this post, we’ll walk through the biggest improvements, and how you can get started enhancing your… Read more
Get started with web push notifications
Microsoft Edge now supports web push notifications via the Push API, beginning with the Windows 10 April 2018 Web push notifications allow you to build re-engaging experience by delivering timely, relevant notifications to users, even when your browser or web… Read more