In a blog post today, Microsoft discussed various features, including extensions and performance tweaks, that it plans to work on for its Edge web browser this year.
Though the blog post was actually primarily aimed at helping developers to get the most out of Edge, much of the news also has relevance for Edge users. Most notably, Microsoft pledged to “deliver a modern extension platform powered by web technologies and the Windows Store”.
The Redmond firm stopped short of mentioning exactly when extensions would arrive for Edge, but did produce a long list of other intended enhancements – including to security, JavaScript performance, keyboard scrolling performance, and background tab suspension and processing.
Edge debuted last year on Windows 10 as its default web browser – a position that traditionally would have been reserved for the long-established but unpopular Internet Explorer.
