During the Windows 10 launch event in January at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, the company announced that Internet Explorer will be replaced with an entirely new browser when the new operating system is released later this year.
While some believe that the new Spartan browser will coexist with the familiar Internet Explorer, the company has apparently decided that with Windows 10 comes the end of Internet Explorer, as reported by The Verge.
Microsoft marketing chief Chris Capossela confirmed that the Spartan name could change, and that the company is in an ongoing search, even involving Google Chrome users, to discover a Microsoft brand that will be appealing to everyone, regardless of the application they use.
The Spartan browser, available as a modern app for computers, tablets, and smartphones, will be offered alongside Internet Explorer in a number of versions of Windows, likely in Enterprise editions, where there will be compatibility issues with internally developed applications.
But for all other Windows 10 users, the Spartan browser could replace Internet Explorer, thus giving the end user an operating system with not only a new interface, but also new applications and updated features.
With this move, Microsoft seems to want to combat the negative perception that has been established for Internet Explorer. A new operating system after the “tumble” of Windows 8-8.1, and a new browser, it remains to be seen how the buying public will respond to Microsoft's plans.
