The Internet Explorer team at Microsoft today held a Q&A Session on Twitter where they answered hundreds of questions from users about Project Spartan. Here are some of the interesting ones:
Internet Explorer won’t be pinned on the taskbar by default
#AskIE @ZacB_ IE won't be pinned to the taskbar or to Start. You'll be able to find it in Windows Accessories.
— Microsoft Edge Dev (@MSEdgeDev) April 2, 2015
CTRL+R shortcut to refresh webpages will come with Spartan
#AskIE @atbigelow o nice, we've added that shortcut recently and hopefully it'll be in a flight soon!
— Microsoft Edge Dev (@MSEdgeDev) April 2, 2015
Spartan will offer tailored experience across different devices
#AskIE @martinsuchan Spartan will use Continuum to provide a tailored experience across mouse/touch and desktop/tablet/phone on Windows 10.
— Microsoft Edge Dev (@MSEdgeDev) April 2, 2015
Microsoft to shift focus to Spartan in terms of updates, IE will get security updates only
#AskIE @ZacB_ It will still get security and other high pri updates, but vast majority of work is going into Project Spartan
— Microsoft Edge Dev (@MSEdgeDev) April 2, 2015
Live Tiles on Spartan will be supported
#AskIE @filfat Yup, live tiles will be supported
— Microsoft Edge Dev (@MSEdgeDev) April 2, 2015
As expected, Spartan won’t come to Windows 7
#AskIE @ericlaw For now we're investing fully in building for Windows 10. We don't currently have a plan to bring it to Windows 7.
— Microsoft Edge Dev (@MSEdgeDev) April 2, 2015
Microsoft will “continue to invest” in updating F12 Developer Tools on Spartan
#AskIE @mehedih_ We'll be integrating the F12 Developer Tools with Project Spartan and will continue to invest in updating them there.
— Microsoft Edge Dev (@MSEdgeDev) April 2, 2015
What will Microsoft call Project Spartan?
#AskIE @tomwarren Sorry, the marketing guy has left the room… when you find out, let us know! 🙂
— Microsoft Edge Dev (@MSEdgeDev) April 2, 2015
More details on Extension support will be revealed soon
#AskIE @josefajardo Stay tuned for more details on extensions plans…
— Microsoft Edge Dev (@MSEdgeDev) April 2, 2015
We’ll be updating this article if there is any more interesting questions. For now, what do you think about the above answers? Discuss in the comment section below.