Microsoft he said that it stops the development of Edge v81, citing the continuing "global conditions" with the spread of coronavirus.
Versions of new Edge (or any other software updates) are usually released for reasons security or for compatibility reasons to ensure that operating systems and internal web applications remain secure and continue to function.
Due to the spread of the COVID-19 or coronavirus, most system administrators are likely to remain busy with the management the safety of workers working from home and caring for their families during these difficult times.
Microsoft has said it does not want to put additional pressure on system administrators and other staff by releasing a new version of Edge at this time.
Η απόφαση του Redmond έρχεται δύο ημέρες μετά την ανακοίνωση της Google για ένα παρόμοιο μέτρο που πήρε για το Chrome v81, postponing the release of version 81 indefinitely.
Just like the Chrome team, Microsoft said that the Edge will continue to receive security updates, but that the "stable" version of the Edge 81 will be delayed until things return to normal.
Of course, after Google's announcement about freezing the development of version 81, we should also expect a similar announcement from Microsoft, since the company is currently directly dependent on Google and in particular on the development of Chromium.
Note that another browser that also had to adapt to the new reality of coronavirus was Mozilla Firefox.
Earlier this month, Mozilla released it Firefox 74, which did not accept the TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols. These protocols are used to keep HTTPS connections secure. However, they were considered ifsafe και αφαιρέθηκαν από τον Firefox στην τελευταία έκδοση της εφαρμογής.
Earlier this week, in an update of releasenotes of Firefox 74.0, Mozilla said it temporarily enabled the protocols to ensure that users would have access to some critical government sites that still use TLS 1.0 and 1.1.
