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Microsoft is working on a new Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge that will replace the current version of Edge that uses Microsoft's own rendering engine in the near future.

The move is a double-sided sword for Microsoft and the Internet community as a whole. It certainly has advantages for Microsoft such as better web compatibility, faster integration of new technologies or features, and an option to shift or free up development resources.

Downsides are that it benefits Microsoft's rival Google, as Google is more or less in control of development, and that it could lead to a web that is focused on Chromium features and optimizations.

How successful will the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser be?

One question that is of interest to a lot of users and companies is how successful the new Edge browser will be.

Bogdan Popa over at Softpedia thinks that the new Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser could be bigger than Google Chrome based on feature-parity with Chrome, cross-platform availability of the browser, and that Edge is backed up by Windows.