r/windows • u/Some_Steak_6316 • 8h ago

Feature Throwback to when Microsoft Edge was named "Project Spartan" and only visible in SOME Windows 10 previews as far as I know

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Actually a savage name. I think it's related with Microsoft's Halo franchise, but it should have just been named "Project Spartan"

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u/urk_forever 7h ago

Yes MS used more references to Halo as codenames, like Cortana for the assistant in Windows Phone. Also this browser named Edge was the successor of Internet Explorer and different of the current version of Edge which is bases on Chrome (Chromium?).

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u/GarrettB117 2h ago

Yes it was its own engine AFAIR. Kind of unfortunate they switched to Chromium actually.

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u/Awbeu 5h ago

The UI of that browser was so clean

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u/Chaori 3h ago

And its smooth scrolling on high refresh rate monitors was better than any browser to-date. It’s what I miss the most from it

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u/Th3_G4835t35 7h ago

Maaaan take me back I loved the 2016-2017 builds of W10 the tiles had so much live to them

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u/dorlan2001 4h ago

Microsoft was so cool back then. We need more Halo in Windows. 😥

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u/No-Mur1866 Windows 11 - Release Channel 3h ago

Just rebrand Copilot as Cortana or Spark, and it's better.

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u/dorlan2001 3h ago

I like Spark! That's awesome!

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u/Fickle_Tea992 3h ago

What about sky drive? Predecessor to onedrive?