{"id":78318,"date":"2015-01-09T20:27:46","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T18:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=78318"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:18:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:18:31","slug":"next-version-of-internet-explorer-spartan-first-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/next-version-of-internet-explorer-spartan-first-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s your first look at Spartan, the next version of Internet Explorer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We detailed rumors of Microsoft&#8217;s <a title=\"Rumor: Next version of Internet Explorer will get Cortana, grouped tabs\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/rumor-internet-explorer-spartan-cortana\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">upcoming version of Internet Explorer<\/a> yesterday and today, we have screenshots of what it will look like. Chinese blog <em>Cnbeta<\/em> published screenshots of the upcoming browser, codenamed Spartan.<\/p>\n<p>The screenshots don&#8217;t reveal much about Spartan but it looks completely different from the current version of <a title=\"Internet Explorer\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/b\/internet-explorer\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Internet Explorer<\/a>. Spartan will also feature flat design that finally matches the Windows &#8220;Modern UI&#8221; found in the Start Menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-78322\" title=\"Internet Explorer Spartan\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2015\/01\/Internet-Explorer-Spartan-568x330.jpg\" alt=\"Internet Explorer Spartan via Cnbeta\" width=\"568\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2015\/01\/Internet-Explorer-Spartan-568x330.jpg 568w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2015\/01\/Internet-Explorer-Spartan-256x148.jpg 256w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2015\/01\/Internet-Explorer-Spartan.jpg 1375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The biggest news about Spartan is that you&#8217;ll be able to <strong>talk to the browser<\/strong>. Microsoft is bringing its <a title=\"Cortana revealed\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/b\/cortana\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cortana<\/a> digital voice assistant over to the browser to help you search the web and perform tasks like adding reminders. You can also look forward to <strong>grouped tabs<\/strong> which will make finding articles much easier.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is <a title=\"Windows 10 event\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/rumor-microsoft-to-unveil-more-windows-10-features-in-january\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expected<\/a> to reveal more about Windows 10 and Spartain during its event on\u00a0<strong>January\u00a021st<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a title=\"Cnbeta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbeta.com\/articles\/361069.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cnbeta<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">Follow me on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lewisleong\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@lewisleong<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Related articles<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Best free office suite\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/best-free-office-suite\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Best free office suite<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Rumor: Next version of Internet Explorer will get Cortana, grouped tabs\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/rumor-internet-explorer-spartan-cortana\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rumor: Next version of Internet Explorer will get Cortana, grouped tabs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Download a preview of Office for Android\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/download-a-preview-of-office-for-android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download a preview of Office for Android<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We detailed rumors of Microsoft&#8217;s upcoming version of Internet Explorer yesterday and today, we have screenshots of what it will look like. Chinese blog Cnbeta published screenshots of the upcoming browser, codenamed Spartan. The screenshots don&#8217;t reveal much about Spartan but it looks completely different from the current version of Internet Explorer. Spartan will also &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/next-version-of-internet-explorer-spartan-first-look\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Here&#8217;s your first look at Spartan, the next version of Internet Explorer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":78322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-78318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329723,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78318\/revisions\/329723"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78318"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=78318"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=78318"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=78318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}