Starting with Microsoft Edge build on 64-bit Windows 10, we’ve enabled new toolchain optimizations that should provide a substantial performance improvement in general browsing We’ve measured an up to 13% performance improvement in the Speedometer benchmark when compared to Microsoft… Read more
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
Just over one year ago, we started working on a best practices tool for the web called sonarwhal—a customizable, open-source linting tool, built for modern web developer Today, we are announcing the release of its first major With today’s launch,… Read more
Most web pages don't fit on one screen, so good scrolling behavior is an integral part of a good web It’s so crucial to the user experience that we have spent a lot of time optimizing page scrolling, with great… Read more
JavaScript performance has always been a core area of focus for our Every release, we look for opportunities to improve end users' browsing experience on real workloads with shorter start-up time, faster execution, and leaner memory These efforts are guided… Read more
As the web becomes more interactive, web pages are becoming increasingly reliant on JavaScript for core functionality, such as input, rendering, layout, and As more and more of this core functionality moves to the client side, it becomes imperative for… Read more
Last week, Microsoft welcomed thousands of developers from around the world to Build 2017, where we shared our vision for the future of dozens of products and Build featured a number of exciting sessions for developers building sites and apps… Read more
Today, the Windows 10 Creators Update began rolling out to over 400 million Windows 10 With the Creators Update, we’re upgrading Microsoft Edge with dozens of new features and under-the-hood improvements to make the best browser on Windows 10 faster,… Read more
Scrolling is one of the oldest interactions on the Long before we had pull-to-refresh or infinite-loading lists, the humble scrollbar solved the web’s original scaling problem: how can we interact with content that’s stretched beyond the available viewport? Animations by… Read more
Beginning with EdgeHTML , Microsoft Edge supports Brotli as an HTTP content-encoding This change will be released to stable builds with the Windows 10 Creator’s Update early next year, but you can preview it now via the Windows Insider With… Read more
