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{{Short description|Former browser engine use inof Microsoft Edge}}
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'''EdgeHTML''' is a [[Proprietary software|proprietary]] [[browser engine]] from [[Microsoft]] that was formerly used in the [[Microsoft Edge|Edge]], [[web browser]]. The debut of bothwhich wasdebuted in 2015 as part of the [[Windows 10]] release.
 
EdgeHTML is a [[fork (software development)|fork]] of the [[Trident (layout engine)|Trident]] engine of [[Internet Explorer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neowin.net/news/whats-powering-spartan-internet-explorer-of-course|title=What's powering Spartan? Internet Explorer, of course|work=Neowin}}</ref> It is designed as a [[Component-based software engineering|software component]] that enables [[software developer|developers]] to easily add web browsing functionality to other [[application software|apps]]. In this capacity, Microsoft still permits the use of EdgeHTML for [[Universal Windows Platform apps|UWP apps]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mackie|first=Kurt|date=10 December 2018|title=Microsoft Edge Browser To Get New Rendering Engine but EdgeHTML Continues|url=https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/12/10/edgehtml-continues.aspx|access-date=2021-02-13|website=Redmondmag|language=en-US}}</ref>▼
In 2018, Microsoft began rebuilding Edge as a [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]-based browser,<ref>{{citation |url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/06/microsoft-edge-making-the-web-better-through-more-open-source-collaboration |title=Microsoft Edge: Making the web better through more open source collaboration |publisher=Microsoft |first=Joe |last=Belfiore |date=2018-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdge/blob/7d69268e85e198cee1c2b452d888ac5b9e5995ca/README.md |title=Microsoft Edge and Chromium Open Source: Our Intent |date=6 December 2018 |publisher=Microsoft Edge Team |access-date=8 December 2018}}</ref> which meant that EdgeHTML would no longer be used in the Edge browser. This transition was completed in 2021.▼
 
▲In 2018, Microsoft began rebuilding Edge as a [[Chromium (web browser)|Chromium]]-based browser,<ref>{{citation |url=https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/06/microsoft-edge-making-the-web-better-through-more-open-source-collaboration |title=Microsoft Edge: Making the web better through more open source collaboration |publisher=Microsoft |first=Joe |last=Belfiore |date=2018-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/MSEdge/blob/7d69268e85e198cee1c2b452d888ac5b9e5995ca/README.md |title=Microsoft Edge and Chromium Open Source: Our Intent |date=6 December 2018 |publisher=Microsoft Edge Team |access-date=8 December 2018}}</ref> which meant that EdgeHTML would no longer be used in the Edge browser. This transition was completed in 2021.
▲EdgeHTML is a [[fork (software development)|fork]] of the [[Trident (layout engine)|Trident]] engine of [[Internet Explorer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neowin.net/news/whats-powering-spartan-internet-explorer-of-course|title=What's powering Spartan? Internet Explorer, of course|work=Neowin}}</ref> It is designed as a [[Component-based software engineering|component]] that enables [[software developer|developers]] to easily add web browsing functionality to other [[application software|apps]]. In this capacity, Microsoft still permits the use of EdgeHTML for [[Universal Windows Platform apps|UWP apps]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mackie|first=Kurt|date=10 December 2018|title=Microsoft Edge Browser To Get New Rendering Engine but EdgeHTML Continues|url=https://redmondmag.com/articles/2018/12/10/edgehtml-continues.aspx|access-date=2021-02-13|website=Redmondmag|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
== History ==
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EdgeHTML 13.10586 was released in multiple versions of Windows. On November 12, 2015, the ''New [[Xbox One]] Experience''-update for the Xbox One included EdgeHTML 13.10586, replacing [[Internet Explorer 10]] in the process. It was released to [[Windows 10]] as part of the November Update on the same day. On November 18, 2015, the updated got rolled out to Windows 10 Mobile users in the Insider Preview. Finally, Microsoft rolled out the same update to [[Windows Server 2016]] as part of Technical Preview 4.
 
On December 16, 2015, Microsoft released the first build of ''Redstone''. In January and February 2016, 4 other builds followed, all laying the foundational work for EdgeHTML 14. On February 18, 2016, Microsoft released the first version of EdgeHTML 14 as version 14.14267. This version of the engine contained almost no changes in standards support yet, but contained fundamental work for [[Web Notification]]s, [[WebRTC 1.0]], improved [[ECMAScript]] and CSS support and also contained a number of new flags.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gupta |first1=Prateek |title=Best Microsoft Edge Flags |url=https://gizmeek.com/best-microsoft-edge-flags |website=GizMeek}}</ref> Further, Microsoft announced that it iswas working on [[VP9]], [[WOFF 2.0]], [[Web Speech API]], [[WebM]], [[FIDO 2.0]], and [[Beacon API|Beacon]] and many other technologies.
 
===Releases===
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|12.0
|November 12, 2014
|style="text-align:left;" |[[beta software|Beta]] version that was part of a special Internet Explorer build
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|12.10049
|March 31, 2015
|style="text-align:left;" |Beta is now part of the Microsoft Edge browser
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|12.10166
|July 9, 2015
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|12.10240
|July 15, 2015
|style="text-align: left;" |Initial public release of Microsoft Edge. Contains improvements to performance, support for HTML5 and CSS3.
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|12.10525
|August 18, 2015
|style="text-align: left;" |This release contains initial groundwork for Object RTC in Microsoft Edge.
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|12.10532
|August 27, 2015
|style="text-align: left;" |New features such as Pointer Lock (Mouse Lock), Canvas blending modes, and new input types.
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|13.10547
|September 18, 2015
|style="text-align: left;" |Edge HTML has been updated to version 13, extended support for HTML5 and CSS3, Extended srcset (sizes), a[download] attribute, Canvas ellipse, SVG external content, WebRTC - Object RTC API (desktop).
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|13.10565
|October 12, 2015
|style="text-align: left;" |CSS initial and unset values, initial support for docked F12 Developer Tools.
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|13.10586
|November 5, 2015
|style="text-align: left;" |First public platform update, includes further enhancements to HTML5, including Object RTC support.<ref name=edgehtml-13>{{cite web|title=Introducing EdgeHTML 13, our first platform update for Microsoft Edge|url=https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/11/16/introducing-edgehtml-13-our-first-platform-update-for-microsoft-edge/|website=Windows Blog|access-date=19 November 2015}}</ref>
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|13.11099
|January 13, 2016
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|14.14267
|February 18, 2016
|style="text-align: left;" |Initial plumbing for Web Notifications support.
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|14.14279
|March 4, 2016
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|style="text-align: left;" |
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|14.14291
|March 17, 2016
|style="text-align: left;" |Preview support for the VP9 video format on some devices.
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|14.14316
|April 6, 2016
|style="text-align: left;" |new Web Platform features
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|14.14327
|April 20, 2016
|style="text-align: left;" |Beacon interface and accessibility improvements.
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|14.14342
|May 10, 2016
|style="text-align: left;" |Web Notifications, Beacon and Fetch APIs became enabled by default, Performance improvements for several common JavaScript APIs.
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|14.14352
|May 26, 2016
|style="text-align: left;" |H.264/AVC decoding became available through the ORTC API.
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|14.14356
|June 1, 2016
|style="text-align: left;" |Various performance and reliability improvements and bug fixes.
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|14.14361
|June 8, 2016
|style="text-align: left;" |TCP Fast Open is now disabled by default.
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|14.14366
|June 14, 2016
|style="text-align: left;" |Fixed an issue that could result in abnormally high CPU usage when open to a page with many animated GIFs, as well as an issue resulting in certain captchas not displaying correctly.
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|14.14367
|June 16, 2016
|style="text-align: left;" |Improvements to reduce battery usage on Windows 10 Mobile when Microsoft Edge is running in the background.
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|14.14376
|June 28, 2016
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|14.14393
|August 2, 2016
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|14.14901
|August 11, 2016
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|14.14915
|August 31, 2016
|style="text-align: left;" |Partial implementation of Webkit-Text-Stroke and CSS outline-offset, partial support for WebRTC 1.0.
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|14.14926
|September 14, 2016
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Improved performance on websites with changes to large numbers of HTML Elements containing text by improving spellchecker efficiency. This results in substantially improved performance on websites like TweetDeck. Addressed the largest cause of reliability issues in Insider builds of Microsoft Edge, which should improve reliability on major sites such as Facebook and Outlook.
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|15.14942
|October 7, 2016
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Enabled H.264/AVC support by default for RTC scenarios. Ongoing work to add support for CSS Custom Properties. Ongoing work to add support for CSP 2.0 and WebRTC 1.0
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|15.14959
|November 3, 2016
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|15.14986
|December 7, 2016
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|15.15063
|April 11, 2017
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|16.16299
|October 8, 2017
|style="text-align: left;" |[[WebAssembly]] enabled by default.
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|17.17134
|April 30, 2018
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|18.17763
|November 13, 2018
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|18.18362
|May 21, 2019
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|18.18363
|November 12, 2019
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|18.19041
|May 27, 2020
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