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Elliot Kirk
Former Employee
May 06, 2019

Microsoft Build 2019 - Megathread

The 2019 Build conference just kicked off in Redmond, and the next version of our Microsoft Edge browser is one of the stars.  This is the first public peek at some of the things that we have been wo...
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PrdAmrican
Copper Contributor
May 07, 2019
Really looking forward to the IE integration. We have several apps that require IE to run... this would be a great feature...
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tomscharbach
Bronze Contributor
May 08, 2019

PrdAmrican "Really looking forward to the IE integration. We have several apps that require IE to run... this would be a great feature..."

 

I understand the importance of IE to Microsoft's enterprise customers (I don't have a use for IE and remove it from my Windows 10 computers), and I think that integrating IE into Edge Chromium is a tab is a positive development.  It will make things easier for those who need IE, and (one hopes, anyway) that it will allow Microsoft to (eventually) remove IE from Windows 10 altogether.  

 

My concern is that IE presents security risks that were not present in Edge (Classic), and I assume (trust but verify?) that Edge Chromium will be as secure as Edge (Classic).   To help insure Edge Chromium's security, it seems to be that IE should be containerized within Edge Chromium to isolate any security issues from crossing over from IE to Edge Chromium.

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    Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    May 10, 2019

    tomscharbach 

    I agree with you, Tom.  I'd love to see IE go out the window (no pun intended).  That it would be kept around, in whatever form, because of some inescapable reliance or need for it.  I have long thought both would be long gone by now.  But, if it's done in some safe/isolated manner.  You'd think it would be necessary to bother with it, at all, anymore.  Yet, alas...

    Cheers,
    Drew