Microsoft he said that it stops the development of Edge v81, citing the continuing "global conditions" with the spread of coronavirus.
The versions of the new Edge (or any other updates software) συνήθως κυκλοφορούν για λόγους 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 COVID-19 or coronavirus, most system administrators are likely to remain busy managing the security of home-based workers and caring for their families in these difficult times.
Microsoft said it did not want to put additional pressure on its system administrators and other staff by releasing a new edition of Edge at this particular time.
Redmond's decision comes two days after Google announced a similar move for 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 the announcement of Google to freeze the development of version 81, we should expect a similar announcement from Microsoft, since the company is currently directly dependent on Google and in particular on the development of Chromium.
Να αναφέρουμε ότι άλλο ένα πρόγραμμα browsing που έπρεπε επίσης να προσαρμοστεί στη νέα πραγματικότητα του coronavirus ήταν ο Firefox της Mozilla.
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 maintain the security of HTTPS connections. However, they were considered unsafe and removed by Firefox in the latest version of the application.
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.
