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The web platform tag on WindowsForum.com covers Microsoft's evolving relationship with web technologies, from the EdgeHTML rendering engine and its deprecation to the shift toward Chromium-based WebView2 and Progressive Web Apps. Discussions include historical context like Steve Ballmer's 2009 stance on browser-based computing, the Interop 2022 collaboration for web standards, and developer tools such as DOM mutation breakpoints in Edge DevTools. Topics also span creating custom browsers with HTML and JavaScript, open-source web demos, and IIS Application Request Routing. The content reflects Microsoft's strategic pivots in web integration, interoperability efforts, and the ongoing transition from legacy EdgeHTML to modern Chromium-based solutions.
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    Ballmer Denial, App Store Growth, and the 2009 Web Platform Pivot

    Steve Ballmer’s public shrug at a browser-based future captured a defining tension in 2009: a veteran platform company defending a proven stack while a new generation of devices and distribution models rewired how software is created, delivered, and monetized. The question then — whether a...
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    Microsoft Deprecates EdgeHTML Web Components, Accelerates WebView2 and Chromium PWAs

    Microsoft has quietly placed a cluster of legacy web components — the EdgeHTML-era pieces that once connected Windows and the web — onto Windows’ official deprecation list, signaling a formal step toward their eventual removal and accelerating the platform’s shift to Chromium-based embedding and...
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    Windows EdgeHTML Deprecation: Migrate to WebView2 and Chromium PWAs

    Microsoft’s quiet entry on the Windows deprecation list this summer signals a decisive end to another generation of web integration in the OS: Legacy Web View, EdgeHTML-based web apps, legacy PWAs, and the EdgeHTML DevTools are now officially deprecated, and developers are being pushed toward...
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    Microsoft releases Security Advisory 2659883, offers workaround for industry-wide issue

    Hello, Today we published Security Advisory 2659883 to provide a workaround to help protect ASP.NET customers from a publicly disclosed vulnerability that affects various Web platforms industry-wide. We are not aware of any attacks using this vulnerability, which affects all supported versions...
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