Dependence on Internet Explorer vs. the focus on Edge

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From: Christian
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Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2015 6:07 PM
Subject: Microsoft discontinue Internet Explorer. What browser to use with SuperMemo ?

Question:

Microsoft has indicated that it is going to discontinue its browser Internet Explorer. What plans do you have for Supermemo when Internet Explorer is being discontinued? What browser will be integrated with Supermemo?

Answer:

In the future, you should be able to import data from MS Edge (fka Spartan).

In SuperMemo 18, in Windows 10, you may need to set Internet Explorer 11 as your default browser in Windows 10.

Apart from browser imports, SuperMemo does not depend on Internet Explorer but on its rendering engine. Thousands of applications depend on the mshtml rendering engine and Microsoft must continue support for backward compatibility. Only import options depend on the Internet Explorer. Those will be upgraded or expanded in proportion to user demand, and technical complexity of individual implementations

See also: Windows 10


More on Spartan (2015)

The following notes explain the dangers of rushing implementations. Microsoft policy has changed dramatically since:

See: http://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-says-ie-11-will-remain-unchanged-from-windows-81-spartan-is-the-future

How IE11 uses Spartan engine:

The new Microsoft browser is going to be powered by a new rendering engine, EdgeHTML.dll. Windows 10 already has it integrated, and it will be separate from Trident (MSHTML.dll) that powered Internet Explorer for decades. [...] In order to ensure that we also retain backwards compatibility, we will not be getting rid of Trident. Instead, we designed and implemented a dual-engine approach, where either the new modern rendering engine or Trident can be loaded. This switch happens transparently to the user. Windows 10 will use EdgeHTML for the web (so no more worrying about doc modes) and only load Trident for legacy enterprise sites. This dual-engine approach enables businesses to update to a modern engine for the web while running their mission critical applications designed for IE of old, all within the same browser. Even better, with the dual-engine approach we can ensure that only essential security fixes are made to Trident, minimizing code churn and ensuring that compatibility is preserved for enterprise sites, while we focus on innovating in the new (and always up to date) rendering engine untethered.

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