Even the most diehard Microsoft fan would probably admit that the company's browser, Internet Explorer, has become the punchline to a lot of jokes. The advent of Windows 10 has seen the outfit attempt to fix many of the gripes that users had with the last two generations of the operating system, so perhaps it's no surprise to see that a replacement browser is in the works. Microsoft has now revealed more information about the browser project, which it has codenamed Project Spartan.
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The new browser is designed to be everything that Internet Explorer isn't, which is to say light, nimble and secure. To achieve that, Microsoft has built a brand new rendering engine, and given the browser a very pared-down look and feel. It also packs a bunch of nifty-looking new features, like "snapping," letting you freeze a webpage and add comments, so you can clip out specific segments of a web page and even add comments. From there, you can send whatever you clipped to someone using Windows 10's built-in sharing tool.
The next Project Spartan feature Microsoft highlighted was reading. Windows 10 will make it easy to reformat web content to make it more readable, and will integrate Windows 8's Pocket-like reading list. In addition, Windows 10 will have built-in support for PDF files, presumably meaning that constant Adobe Reader downloads will be longer be needed.
Cortana will also be integrated into Project Spartan. It looks like it will have a very Google Now-type integration, trying to predict what you may need and give you the answer. For instance if you ask for a flight time, Cortana may notice that a friend or family member already has a flight scheduled, and ask if that's what you're looking for.
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