Microsoft is killing off Internet Explorer

Microsoft has now confirmed that it will use a new name for its upcoming browser successor, codenamed Project Spartan. Speaking at Microsoft Convergence recently, Microsoft's marketing chief Chris Capossela revealed that the company is currently working on a new name and brand.

         "We’re now researching what the new brand, or the new name, for our browser should be in Windows 10," said Capossela. "We’ll continue to have Internet Explorer, but we’ll also have a new browser called Project Spartan, which is codenamed Project Spartan. "We have to name the thing."

Internet Explorer will still exist in some versions of Windows 10 mostly for enterprise compatibility, but the new Project Spartan will be named separately and will be the primary way for Windows 10 users to access the web. Microsoft has tried, unsuccessfully, to shake off the negative image of Internet Explorer over the past several years with a series of amusing campaigns mocking Internet Explorer 6. The ads didn't improve the situation, and Microsoft's former Internet Explorer chief left the company in December, signaling a new era for the browser.

Microsoft is testing names with market research, but it’s unclear when the company plans to announce the final name for its Internet Explorer successor.