Microsoft he said that it is halting development of Edge v81, citing ongoing "global conditions" with the spread of coronavirus.
The versions of the new Edge (or any other updates software) συνήθως κυκλοφορούν για λόγους ασφαλείας ή για λόγους συμβατότητας για να διασφαλιστεί ότι τα λειτουργικά συστήματα και οι εσωτερικές applications web sites will remain safe and continue to work.
Due to the spread of the COVID-19 or coronavirus, most system administrators are likely to remain busy managing it better safetyof workers working from home and taking care of 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.
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.
Let's mention that another one Browser also having to adapt to the new reality of the coronavirus was Mozilla's 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 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.
