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Edge in IE Mode and Kiosk
Hayden Smith I can answer the IE mode question. Internet Explorer mode basically hosts IE inside of Microsoft Edge, so Silverlight, Java, Flash, and other ActiveX controls work. If you've installed Silverlight into IE11, then Silverlight content will run automatically in IE mode. Ditto for other ActiveX controls like JRE. This is what you'd expect, yes?
Hayden Smith I also would like to know if kiosk mode support is planned. Also, what happens to the current version of Edge when this new version is released? Will this new Edge be bundled with Windows in the future?
BenZell I made sure to stop by the Edge booth at Microsoft Ignite and ask them point blank if Edge was coming to Kiosk mode. They said they are working on it. There was some problems with getting Win32 into the Kiosk system at the moment but they plan on trying to get it there. I do not remember them saying anything about an estimated release date for it though and we all know what could happen to that. I still plan on pinging them once in a while to check in on it.
As far as bundled with Windows, I'm not sure. I believe I heard something about it being that way one day but I can not confirm that. I'm hoping it does as well. I don't want to have to support pushing it to every computer.
Hayden Smith Thank for the info. I'm interested in how they're going to handle this transition. There will be two Edges for a period of time and people are going to be confused inevitably.
BenZell I agree that it will be confusing to users. I have already rolled out the Enterprise Edge Beta to a few users to ensure that everything is working smoothly. You could do that so you can work out some bugs before the big drop. We've already found some small issues that we have worked around!
On a side note, the new Edge does an amazing job of dropping you right where you left off on your previous browser. I installed the new Edge on one of our conference room computers that I was doing other things on. When I opened the new Edge, even all of the tabs I had open on the old Edge came over. That gave me a lot of comfort! I think I'll be able to tell some of my users to just use the new E logo and most everything will just work for them.
