Finally Spartan is called Microsoft Edge. Microsoft's new browser has finally come with its name on the operating system Windows 10 build 10158. We were able to get a first look at it, but it looks like the new Browser still needs several improvements.
Για να είμαστε δίκαιοι, θα πρέπει να θυμόμαστε ότι ο Microsoft Edge είναι ακόμα υπό ανάπτυξη. Αυτό που έκανε εντύπωση είναι ότι νέα εφαρμογή tourς της Microsoft, ανταποκρίνεται αρκετά γρήγορα, στα clicks αλλά και στο φόρτωμα σελίδων.
Changing the browser name requires some extra work on the part of users of older builds of Windows 10. If you used an older version of Windows 10 and you have added bookmarks to Spartan, you will need to back up your bookmarks so you can then restore saved passwords to the cookies.
The browser comes with two different themes. Light and Dark (Light or Dark theme).
The default browser home page displays news from MSN (what else).
Microsoft added a Home button (Settings / Advanced Settings), a password manager and customization options that let users have a new one-click tab.
But let's talk about the default engine searchwhich of course is Bing. When we went to change it, we were disappointed because while the change setting is there, it doesn't work.
Currently Microsoft Edge only works with the Bing search engine, and you can change the homepage and put Google, for example, browser search boxes only work with Bing.
The encouragement is that there is a set-up, and we hope until the release of the RTM (which is probably the next version, according to rumors leaked by WZor) to give full control of the options to the end user.
Another remarkable feature that we noticed is the introduction of bookmarks from other browsers. The bad thing is that for now import is allowed only by the ancient Internet Explorer, and Google Chrome.
There is no option to import bookmarks from Firefox, and that made us particularly sad. Let's hope that the company until the official release will have added the choice.
Cortana's digital assistant is not working yet, in anticipation of this feature as well.
The settings and the configuration panel in general are very simplified, something we did not find ugly. A simple UI that allows basic browsing settings.
We dare not compare the browser of course with the final versions of Firefox and Google Chrome because it would be “sacred.” The application as mentioned above is still under development, and as we have noticed there is plenty of room for improvement. Let's wait for the first final release ...