First look at Project Spartan, Microsoft’s take on the modern browser

http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/project-spartan-980x653.pngThe Project Spartan interface is attractively minimal. 
When announcing that a Windows 10 Preview with the new Project Spartan browser was available, Microsoftmade clear that the browser ain't done yet. What we have now is an early iteration of the company's take on a legacy-free forward-looking browser—a browser that's going to ditch the venerable Internet Explorer name.
 
Superficially, everything about the browser is new. Its interface takes cues from all the competition: tabs on top, in the title bar, the address bar inside each tab. The look is simple and unadorned; monochrome line-art for icons, rectangular tabs, and a flat look—the address bar, for example, doesn't live in a recessed pit (as it does in Chrome) and is integral with the toolbar (unlike Internet Explorer).
 
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