Microsoft Spartan: Chrome Extensions targeted for native support - NeowinTomorrow is Microsoft's big day when they will pull back the curtain on Windows 10 and show off a new browser. We have been reporting on Spartan since September and at that time, we pointed out that Redmond was working on extensions too.
Neowin has learned a bit more about these extensions and how Microsoft plans to make its browser attractive for developers. Spartan will be able to use Chrome extensions and, while we are not sure if they will work 100% natively, the way extensions have been implemented is nearly identical to that of Chrome which will make it a simple process for developers to make their extensions work on Spartan.
Sweet... I can't wait to test out Spartan!!
Well, if Microsoft's goal for Spartan is to be able to run Chrome extensions, then why wouldn't a user just use Chrome? I have little confidence in Microsoft's extensions ability. Point in case, I use my Google Play as my main music app over all of Windows trinkets. Flash is embedded in chrome, no 3rd party. I do like MS online Office over Google Docs. I even use Google extensions for photo editing.
To me, it just seems, Microsoft just keeps trying to copy other products.
But, I guess another browser to choose from is not a bad thing. Again, I am thinking it will only work with Windows 10, maybe 8, and forward so I think adoption might be slow.
Personally, I would love to use IE only, but there are two or three addons/extensions which are pretty much unavoidable for my browsing experience, and only because of this I am using FF now, Chrome before. Support for Chrome extensions without Chrome would solve this conundrum for me, so looking forward to what future brings...
Awesome!
Wow...that's pretty awesome. That might make me think about giving Spartan a real shot.
Flash is made/updated by Adobe--and *nobody* else... Adobe Flash - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Google extensions are all 3rd party, just like Microsoft's IE & Firefox extensions, etc. That's why they are called "extensions."Well, if Microsoft's goal for Spartan is to be able to run Chrome extensions, then why wouldn't a user just use Chrome? I have little confidence in Microsoft's extensions ability. Point in case, I use my Google Play as my main music app over all of Windows trinkets. Flash is embedded in chrome, no 3rd party. I do like MS online Office over Google Docs. I even use Google extensions for photo editing.
I find Google software, including G. Play and Docs, to be very amateurish, but that's just me...Well, Microsoft was shipping a browser before Google wrote the first line of code for Chrome, and of course Microsoft is the author of Windows--for which Google has no analogue or counterpart. Indeed, like Netscape and then Mozilla, Google owes pretty much its entire existence to the Microsoft Windows market. Ironic, eh?To me, it just seems, Microsoft just keeps trying to copy other products.Unless a new browser brings something new and interesting to the table, I agree with you in thinking there are enough of them already. But maybe Microsoft will do some neat stuff with this...time will tell. (Just be glad you don't have to use Safari...)But, I guess another browser to choose from is not a bad thing. Again, I am thinking it will only work with Windows 10, maybe 8, and forward so I think adoption might be slow.
I definitely will give it a fair shake.
