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FIGURE 1-7 The Windows Store offers more than just apps—you can also find games, music, movies, and TV shows<br />

for purchase or for rent.<br />

More Info For more details on these apps and on the changes to the Windows Store,<br />

including the Windows Store for Business, see Chapter 11, “Universal apps and the new<br />

Windows Store.”<br />

A new default browser<br />

One of the signature features of Windows <strong>10</strong> is a new default browser, Microsoft Edge. Although its<br />

EdgeHTML rendering engine is based on the familiar Trident engine that has been part of Internet<br />

Explorer since its earliest days, the new engine is built with the goal of being highly interoperable with<br />

modern web standards.<br />

The Internet Explorer development team says it removed 220,000 lines of code when it began modifying<br />

the Trident engine for EdgeHTML. That major pruning was essential to rid the new browser of compatibility<br />

baggage that contributed to Internet Explorer’s poor reputation in the web development community.<br />

With that step out of the way, they added new and useful features, such as integration with Cortana, a<br />

new reading list, and the ability to annotate and share webpages. More importantly, the new browser offers<br />

excellent support for modern web standards and better interoperability with other modern browsers.<br />

Microsoft Edge has been developing at breakneck speed since its first public appearance (with an<br />

incomplete feature set) in an April 2015 Insider preview release. The initial (July 2015) Windows <strong>10</strong><br />

CHAPTER 1 An overview of Windows <strong>10</strong> 9

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