Microsoft’s Edge web browser, released in 2015, hadn’t made much progress by the summer of 2017. Today during the keynote of its Build 2019 developer conference, Microsoft shared additional details regarding Edge including a new Internet Explorer mode.
The next version of Edge will come with an Internet Explorer mode, allowing you to run older websites that don’t support modern browser tech. That probably won’t mean much to most consumers, but it’s more for corporate users and their IT departments, as they’re often stuck using aging web apps.
Additionally, Microsoft is adding three levels of privacy control to the browser: Unrestricted, balanced and strict. They’re all pretty self-explanatory the company says it’ll affect how companies can track your activity across the web. That’ll be a good option for anyone looking for a bit more security without only using a restricted “InPrivate window.”
Edge is also getting an upgrade for one of its more innovative features: the ability to quickly set aside, and re-load, a window full of tabs. “Collections” will let you share those pages with others, as well as export them for safekeeping. It can create a new Word document, complete with the proper source references, or compile a list of links into an Excel spreadsheet. Collections could be a useful tool for students and researchers, who often have to juggle dozens of tabs at once.
Microsoft hasn’t announced a release date for its Chromium-powered Edge release. But if you want to test it out now, you can snag a preview on the Edge insider site.
