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. Â For now, what do you think about the above answers? Discuss in the comment section below.