It’s fair to say Microsoft’s old
It’s fair to say Microsoft’s old “Edge” browser wasn’t the most popular piece of software in the world. While it was a decent-enough browser alternative in its own right due to a few unique features, it failed to make a dent in the user bases that Firefox or Google Chrome have amassed over the years.
Though Microsoft spent quite some time trying to make Edge work, leadership eventually decided it wasn’t worth the effort. Instead of continuing to fight an uphill battle, the company elected to rebuild Edge from the ground up using the power of Chromium. Windows 10 users finally got their hands on this revamped version of Edge in April, when the first official preview version went live.
