Windows 10 Features – Spartan Browser

Meet Spartan, something that a lot of us have been waiting for, a new browser that will replace Internet Explorer. Now that the often disliked Internet Explorer is on its way out the door, we can welcome this cool new browser.

The Spartan browser will look and feel more like Chrome and Firefox, but it will support extensions. The new browser will be available on both desktop and mobile devices in Windows 10. The main purpose of Spartan is as a lightweight alternative to Internet Explorer and as a sort of “do-over”, so that Internet Explorer can be nothing but a horrible memory.

The Spartan Browser has a variety of different modes; one of the coolest ones is the note-taking mode, which is exactly what you think. You can actually draw directly on the webpage! It lets you capture the images and join up with others by adding comments and notations.

The next mode is specifically for those of you who are readers. We all know with our busy schedules and hectic lifestyle, we can only get around to picking up a book every now and then. We hear of a good book and write down the name only to lose the paper or forget we had it in the first place, so downloading apps that you can use to create a reading list that’s quick, easy and efficient is every book lovers dream. Instead of having to download a lot of apps to do this one function, Spartan has a reading list built right into the browser that will sync across phones and tablets.

This is not the only built in feature, the much talked about Cortana will also be a part of the Spartan browser. When you are searching for something in the address bar Cortana will conveniently pop in and fill in the information it thinks you may be looking for. If you are going out to dinner or a movie, and you are looking for information about the specific restaurant or movie theatre, Cortana will pop in a side window and provide you with all the information you need.

Despite how much you despise Internet Explorer, it is still the most popular browser in the world, 58% of people used it throughout all of 2014, but Google Chrome is steadily climbing. Rebranding the official Windows browser would make a lot of sense, so hopefully the new Spartan Browser will get rid of Internet Explorer once and for all.

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Written By: Christine Romans

CopyWriter at The Computer Guyz Cape Town