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To: dayglored

What the hell is “Chromium Edge”???

Does it have anything to do with Gooogle Chrome?


13 posted on 08/22/2019 6:38:40 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Mr. K; Montana_Sam
"Chromium" is a free and open-source web browser developed by Google. It is a fully functional browser on its own and supplies the vast majority of source code for the Google Chrome browser.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromium_(web_browser)

Microsoft originally developed their Win10 "Edge" browser as proprietary in-house code. When it failed to attract serious use, they realized they'd be better off building Edge from open-source that was already the user standard. So "Chromium Edge" is an all-new "Edge" browser, built with the same code that Google developed for use in their Chrome browser.

It's a big deal that Microsoft decided that open-source was better than proprietary, in this situation. They also are making it available to non-Win10 platforms: Win7, Win8x, and even MacOS. This is another big deal.

16 posted on 08/22/2019 12:25:44 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
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