Microsoft Edge Gets New Logo as Internet Explorer Era Ends

The new icon is a surfing wave on the internet.

Microsoft has updated the logo for its Edge browser, which now looks like a wave and is created in the same free-form design style as the new Office app icons. This is reported by The Verge.

The logo somewhat resembles the letter “e”, but no longer looks like Internet Explorer, so it appears more modern. Everyone is curious why the company chose this particular design and broke its traditions.

The browser icon was initially discovered in a complex “Easter egg hunt”, in which Microsoft employees placed keys to a series of puzzles and images. Those who solved the puzzles had to render the browser icon as a 3D object, thanks to object code hidden in the image.

All of this led the Easter egg hunters to a series of words found in 7 hints, which then had to be entered into a Javascript function on the Microsoft Edge Insider website. The function showed which exact words to select in the end to unlock a secret surfing game and the new logo.

At the moment, everyone is waiting for the company to release the final version of the Edge Chromium browser. Since the new logo has appeared, everyone will soon learn the release date.

Earlier, Microsoft instead of Amazon won a $10 billion contract with the Pentagon, so it will handle cloud computing for the US Department of Defense.