Firefox was once a major competitor of Chrome, and despite its favorable position in the industry and a slew of positive new features, it still has less than a tenth of Chrome’s market share. Microsoft’s biggest hurdle in launching any new browser would be in making an impact on the collective consciousness of web users the world over. Why download Chrome if Anaheim is basically the same thing? Although that may raise the question of why not just use Chrome if the new browser is fundamentally the same, that question could also be asked in reverse. That should clear up some of the performance and instability issues faced by current Edge users. Since the new browser will be based upon the same foundations as Chrome, websites should load and behave much like they do when using Chrome. When released, Anaheim will become the default web browser in Windows 10, replacing Edge entirely, according to anonymous sources.

According to a report from Windows Central, the new browser is currently code-named “Anaheim,” and will be built upon the Blink rendering engine currently used in the Chrome browser. Perhaps seeing the writing on the wall, then, Microsoft may well be pivoting to a Chrome-based browser model.

Chromium based