Articles by KENNETH

Making the web smoother with independent rendering Independent rendering allows the browser to selectively offload graphics processing to an additional CPU thread, so they can be rendered with minimal impact to the user interface thread and the overall visible performance characteristics page, such as silk-smooth scrolling, responsive interactions, and fluid animations. This technique was pioneered in Internet Explorer 11, and is key to providing a fluid experience. Today, we’re excited to share major improvements to the independent rendering pipeline in Microsoft Edge which will make pages significantly faster in EdgeHTML 16 and the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. Independent rendering is transformative to the user experience — but historically there have been a few elements that could disable it entirely when present on a page. <select> control <canvas> element certain <svg> elements Starting with EdgeHTML 16, we’ve enabled independent rendering [ more… ]

This Week on Windows: Minecraft, OneNote, Marvel’s The Defenders We hope you enjoyed today’s episode of This Week on Windows! Head over here to read more about the exciting changes coming to MINECON, learn how you can turn text into timelines in PowerPoint, or, keep reading for what’s new in the Windows Store. In case you missed it: Tune in for Xbox @ gamescom Live this weekend gamescom is just around the corner and we can’t wait to kick the week off with Xbox @ gamescom Live this Sunday. Don’t forget to tune in Sunday at 9 p.m. CEST / 8 p.m. BST / 12 p.m. PDT so that you can be the first to hear the latest news on highly anticipated games coming to the Xbox family and Windows 10. We’ll have world premiere trailers and, of course, more [ more… ]