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Project Spartan is Microsoft's new web browser for Windows 10



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As rumored, Microsoft will be introducing a new default web browser as part of Windows 10 — and it's not Internet Explorer.


The new browser, dubbed Project Spartan for now, represents a new era for Microsoft and its web browsing efforts.



Project Spartan isn't so much of a completely new take on the web browser as much as it is a way to rebrand Microsoft's browser efforts. Internet Explorer 11 is a good web browser, but its market share has fallen over the years on the desktop and its presence in mobile is virtually nonexistent.


That's in part because of the legacy baggage carried by the Internet Explorer brand. No matter how good Internet Explorer has become, for many users, speaking of IE conjures up images of IE 6 or IE 7. No one wants to go back to that era of browsing. Read more...


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