
We’ve been told that Edge will be the only browser pre-installed on Windows mobile devices, and will be, for the time-being, an optional download on desktops. A far cry from the days when the company boasted over 90% of all online traffic.

According to, IE has a 56% share of desktop browsing, but only a 2.05% share of the mobile browser market. Mobile appears to be one of the key areas to have persuaded the Microsoft board of the need for change. An indication that Microsoft has finally embraced mobile.Įven the least informed companies are aware of the growth of the mobile web, so it’s hardly surprising that Microsoft Edge is aimed squarely at the mobile market. The other notable thing about the logo is that the stroke on the ‘e’ opens up the aperture, making the character far more legible at smaller devices sizes. This change indicates a shift in approach and hints at an increasing awareness of a wider set of interests, from cross-corporation cooperation, to adherance to web standards. In Edge’s logo, the orbital ring has been dropped, and the rotation is now part of the ‘e’ itself as well as being more minimal, it’s also more humble Microsoft no longer sees itself as the center of the Web. The Edge logo is colorful and stylish, it looks confident and strong, reflecting a high-quality software of the new generation.Microsoft no longer sees itself as the center of the Web The wave features a gradient blue and green color palette and a smooth sleek shape, showing the software as progressive and reliable. The current Edge Browser logo was designed in 2019 and is again a stylized letter “E”, but this time it resembles an ocean wave and looks vivid and dynamic.

The logo stayed with the browser for four years and became a good basis for a new concept. However, the Edge logo is different from the Internet Explorer one, it looks sharper and edgier, reflecting the name of the product.

The logo, created in 2015 admirer the globe beta version one, was composed of a blue stylized letter “E” in the lowercase, which is an instantly recognizable symbol of the Microsoft’s web browsers. The very first logo stayed with the software for less than one year and featured a simple two-dimensional image of the globe in the blue and white color palette. The Edge browser visual identity was created in 2015 and redesigned twice accord-ing to the design policies of the Microsoft company.
