Microsoft Introduces Project Spartan
Having appeared almost out of nowhere in recent weeks, Spartan came to fruition today at Microsoft's event on Windows 10. The Redmond's new web browser is one of the surprises that will accompany the future Windows, providing an alternative to Internet Explorer out of the same offices. And a more than interesting alternative.
Built on the Windows Universal Apps platform, Spartan is a modern web browser designed for all devices, both PCs and tablets or mobiles. It has a clean interface and new features that not only aim to take advantage of this multi-device concept, but also provide tools for working on the web.
Three are the main functionalities that Microsoft has revealed so far. The first is the incorporation of a tool directly in the browser that allows to add notes on any page, either with a stylus, with your fingers or even with a mouse and keyboard . To do this, Spartan maintains a frozen version of the web that allows us to capture all our editions and makes it easy for us to share fragments and captures with our contacts.
The second functionality is something necessary for a new browser. In Redmond they have also understood how we consume information today and have added to Spartan a reading mode that highlights the content and allows you to save articles in the reading list for read them at any time. These will be consultable offline and will be synchronized between devices.
And to top it off, the third functionality could not be any other than the integration of Cortana in the browserSpartan will rely on the personal assistant to show us information of interest in the address bar and to help us with our searches. Cortana will also recognize the websites she has information about and display her avatar to allow us to access additional information about her, such as the address of a restaurant or images of the place.
The thing promises a lot. The pity is that we may still have to wait a bit to see Spartan working on our computers. At the moment, the browser will not be in future builds and we will still have to wait a few months to test it.
