Microsoft, Google, Others Join Forces to Improve Browser Compatibility

Microsoft’s migration to the Chromium engine for Edge allowed the company to finally become one of the big players in the browser market, and at the same time, to also contribute to the development of this technology not only for its own good, but also for other companies. Now Microsoft has announced that it joined forces with Google and a series of other companies for the creation of #Compat2021, a new browser effort whose purpose is to improve compatibility for everybody. “We’re excited to join with Google, Igalia, and the broader web community in committing resources to a cross-browser effort called #Compat2021, with the goal of substantial improvements in each area,” Microsoft announced today. “For this project, our joint working group identified the focus areas above based on feature usage data, number of bugs (or number of stars/upvotes on a given bug) in each vendo...