Microsoft Project Spartan will be the default web browser while Internet Explorer for legacy support

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer has been with us since the dawn of modern MS Windows operating system but as the company tries to bring the next big thing in modern computing, Microsoft announced that they will be introducing a new brand and a web browser starting with Windows 10. Based on Project Spartan, the new web browser will be the new flagship web browser for Microsoft Windows and will feature a new rendering engine that is more fitting in the modern web that we have today.

As a default browser, Project Spartan will have a new and exclusive engine and a more modern a clean UI approached similar to the Chrome web browser from Google. Originally, Microsoft announced earlier this year that they are developing new technology for both IE and Project Spartan but as the development progresses, the Redmond giant feels the need to focus on one product and deliver a more robust and feature-rich experience. While Project Spartan becomes the new default browser, Microsoft would still ship the current Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 for compatibility and legacy support.

IE 11 on Windows 10 would still be the same browser as it is found on Windows 8.1. Everything about IE 11 would still be intact will all the need bug fixes and updates for the browser but it will lack some of the features found exclusively on the new browser that Microsoft would be making available soon. At this point, it is still unclear whether Microsoft would be making the legacy browser available in all versions of Windows 10 or it might have specific key markets like business and enterprises for instance where most home users really doesn’t have use for them as they are most comfortable with modern browsers such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox.

When Windows 10 becomes available, users will have to deal with Spartan (or whatever the name would be in the retail version of the browser) and will have a new browsing experience that would go on par with other modern web browsers that Internet Explorer failed to offer during its time. But for anyone with Windows 10 who feels the need to launch IE 11 to browse the web can still get access to the web browser as it would still be lying around waiting.