This is what Microsoft could bring to its "Chromium Edge" to surpass Google Chrome
Last week, we told you how Microsoft ultimately ditched Edge, its web browser for Windows 10, and how the company decided that Chromium would replace Windows 10's default browser through the Anaheim project . It's still too early to know what Microsoft has in mind for its new web browser for Windows 10, although we can talk about aspects the company could improve over Google Chrome to, finally, be a worthy alternative to the browser. Google.
The first thing we need to indicate is that Microsoft will not change Edge directly to Chromium , but that this change involves an update of the current browser engine, EdgeHTML, to Google's own engine, the open source engine on which Chromium is based (free browser developed and maintained by Google), Google Chrome and many other browsers, such as Opera.
The adoption of the Chromium engine involves much more than a few cosmetic changes that some outlets are already talking about without knowing it. Microsoft may change the appearance of Edge to make it more similar to Google Chrome, a very familiar appearance to users, although this is not mandatory, and most likely, Microsoft will continue to maintain a similar appearance to the one it did. currently owns Edge.
Improvements that Microsoft could make to its "Google Chrome" for Windows 10
Taking Chromium, renaming it and setting it as the default in Windows 10 would be a pretty interesting option, but also too easy and “ugly” for a company like Microsoft. The safest thing is that Microsoft will adopt the Google engine but at the same time adapt it to its image and likeness, notably by including the best qualities that Edge currently possesses.
Le Google Chrome touch support is disastrous, as well as the experience when scrolling through a very large website. Edge, for example, has a much nicer scroll and is designed to be used much more intuitively on touch screens. Microsoft should keep these two qualities of its current browser and add them to the engine.
Another advantage of Edge over Chrome is that Microsoft's browser has a native version, UWP, for all Windows 10 devices, even the appliances ARM, what Google does not offer. Obviously, Microsoft won't be replacing Edge with anything other than UWP for Windows 10, so adopting the Chromium engine means we'll have an Edge browser in the universal app format, UWP, which means we can use it. in any device type, on ARM devices, will benefit from Edge's battery life improvements and UWP app security measures.
Another aspect that will improve is everything related to accessibility. While Google Chrome has some accessibility features, these are nothing compared to what Microsoft offers in Windows 10 for its entire ecosystem. In this way, the company would implement Microsoft UI Automation (UIA) on the Chromium engine to be able to use assistive features, such as Narrator and many others from the company.
Cortana, synchronization like Google Chrome on Microsoft servers, rendering of fonts Microsoft ou Windows Defender Application Guard are other features that could be implemented in "Microsoft Chrome". Who knows, maybe they finally get it right and manage to launch an improved Google Chrome without anything Google related and with better confidentiality.
May Microsoft finally abandon its desperate attempt to build a browser based on EdgeHTML (the only web engine that is still closed at source today) and chooses to adopt Chromium is excellent news. From now on, it will be necessary to see if Microsoft does things right when updating and adapting its browser or it goes easily and loses what is surely its last chance to break into the world of web browsers.
What do you think Microsoft can bring to Chromium?
