EdgeHTML is a proprietary layout engine developed by Microsoft for the Microsoft Edge web browser. It is a fork of Trident that has removed all legacy code of older versions of Internet Explorer and rewritten the majority of its source code with web standards and interoperability with other modern browsers in mind. [2] The rendering engine was first released as an experimental option in Internet Explorer 11 as part of the Windows 10 Preview 9926 build.[3] It is the primary engine used by Microsoft Edge.

A review of the engine in the latest Windows 10 build by AnandTech found substantial benchmark improvements over Trident; particularly JavaScript engine performance, which is now up to par with that of Google Chrome.[4] Other benchmarks focusing on the performance of the WebGL API found EdgeHTML to perform much better than Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hachamovitch, Dean (2007-12-14), Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2: A Milestone, Microsoft 
  2. ^ “What’s powering Spartan? Internet Explorer, of course”. Neowin. 
  3. ^ Rubino, Daniel (2015-01-25). “Here’s how to enable the Spartan Edge rendering engine for IE11 in Windows 10”. Windows Central. Retrieved 2015-01-29. 
  4. ^ Brett Howse. “AnandTech – Internet Explorer Project Spartan Shows Large Performance Gains”. anandtech.com. 
  5. ^ “Benchmark Deep-Dive: Microsoft Windows 10 Spartan Browser vs. IE11 vs. Google Chrome 41 vs. Mozilla Firefox”. WinBuzzer. Retrieved 9 February 2015. 

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