INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Microsoft will release a production-quality version of its recast Edge browser Jan
15, or in just over 10 weeks.What the Redmond, Wash
company this week called a "release candidate" of the final version can be downloaded from the firm's website
The build -- the label usually applies to finished code that may still harbor some bugs -- has been marked 79.0.309.11 and issued as the
latest Beta for Windows and macOS.Microsoft first broached the idea of remaking Edge in December 2018, when it announced it was discarding
its own rendering and JavaScript engines -- the technologies at the core of any browser -- and instead adopting those built by the Chromium
project, the open-source effort led by Google that fuels Chrome
With that declaration, Microsoft gave up on building a modern browser -- one that would replace the ancient and obsolete Internet Explorer
(IE) -- and follow in the footsteps of such niche applications as Opera and Brave.
