How am I supposed to test that my website works on Edge properly? The only option thus far is to setup a VM with Windows 10 on it so that I can run a browser to test my website.
I dont even bother testing stuff on IE x for that reason.
They have other tools there to help as well. Microsoft is pretty good about helping devs here.
It's not like testing sites in Safari is better, Apple isn't even bothering to update Safari on Windows as it has been dead for nearly more than 2 years.
At least Microsoft is updating more often than Apple. They already have IE11 on Win10 dev VM there.
WebKit works on every major operating system, including Windows and Linux. IE/Spartan/Edge does not work outside of Windows.
There are some minor feature differences between WebKit, OS X Safari, and iOS Safari, but the reality remains that WebKit exists on Windows, can be built on Windows, and can be used on Windows, while IE/Spartan/Edge works on nothing but Windows.
Edit: I'd love to hear from the ethically bankrupt downvoters about which fact in this comment they are trying to hide from.
(And while I can't speak for the downvoters because I'm not one of them, I suspect that it's not the facts presented in the post that are attracting the downvotes so much as that it's written in the form of a flame.)
While we are at it, let's talk about Mozilla's browser and rendering engine that also works on every major operating system.
Chrome didn't render the same as Safari when Chrome used WebKit, either. You're caping up for this, and I can't for the life of me figure out why.
You can't say the same for Apple's Safari browser.
beyond that, there are a ton of ways to easily test IE.
browserstack, saucelabs, free virtual machines for local testing, the azure remote tester amongst others.
And even if they did release linux or osx versions you would still want to test in windows, for the differences in font engines etc. Just like testing safari really requires osx.
One can even try to test it remotely, without downloading and installing VM, but in some cases, such as animations testing, VM is more comfortable.
But it did seem like they ported a lot of OS X libraries to Windows just to get it working. If I remember correctly, it had OS X font rendering for example.
How much will the user base grow by allowing a small fraction of desktop users the option of using this browser?