Microsoft he said ότι σταματάει την ανάπτυξη του Edge v81, επικαλούμενη τις συνεχιζόμενες "παγκόσμιες συνθήκες" με την εξάπλωση του coronavirus.
New Edge versions (or any other software updates) are usually released for security or compatibility reasons to ensure that operating systems and internal web applications remain safe and running.
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.
Η απόφαση του Redmond έρχεται δύο ημέρες μετά την ανακοίνωση της Google για ένα παρόμοιο μέτρο που πήρε για το Chrome v81, αναβάλλοντας την κυκλοφορία της έκδοσης 81 επ 'αόριστον.
Ακριβώς όπως και η ομάδα του Chrome, η Microsoft είπε ότι ο Edge θα συνεχίσει να λαμβάνει ενημερώσεις ασφαλείας, αλλά ότι η "σταθερή" έκδοση του Edge 81 θα καθυστερήσει μέχρι να επανέλθουν τα πράγματα στο κανονικό.
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 at the moment it is 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 and were removed from 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.
