Microsoft is rebuilding its Edge browser on Chrome and bringing it to the Mac New, 65 comments A Chromium version of Edge will also arrive on Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Microsoft has officially confirmed that they are going to be gutting Edge and converting it into a Chromium based browser. While the engine will change, Microsoft has stated that they will continue utilizing the Microsoft Edge name and will now bring the browser to all supported Windows platforms. Microsoft explains that they plan on switching Edge to a Chromium-based engine in order to provide better web site compatibility, a standardized platform for building and testing web sites, and better app compatibility for the enterprise.
'Ultimately, we want to make the web experience better for many different audiences,' stated Joe Belfiore, the Corporate Vice President for Windows, in a.
Click to expand.Same here I haven't seen any issue with Edge outside of some extensions that simply don't exist. Edge did seem to go through a period where it wouldn't recover previous tabs, however that looks to have been resolved in later releases. Little disappointed that Microsoft didn't try harder as Edge being new from the ground up clearly had potential. Another Chromium clone on face value is simply not attractive at all.
Worst comes to worst I'm fine with Firefox. As a lightweight & secure browser Edge is more than good enough for the basic tasks and ideal for lower power devices on the go. I don't get all the hate Edge gets. It's a lightweight and fast browser that is easy on the battery, and has some cool features, like pen features, saving and loading sessions.
My only gripes with it is extensions. Like there are huge issues with 1password extension, and it's not 1passwords fault. And the UI is ugly when in dark mode. But MS isn't famous for producing nice looking UI, so. As far as iOS version goes, well, they have to use what Apple says, and that is the old version of WebKit. Same goes for any other browser on iOS, including Chrome. So Safari has no competition at all on iOS.
And everyone loves Chrome, but I personally hate it. Chrome isn't powerful, not even with extensions. And it's bad news for battery life, and I hate that google gets to crawl on my drives. Personally I use Vivaldi, it's based on blink, but way more powerful then Chrome, it's the most customizable browser out there.
Even FF is a toy when compared to Vivaldi. But on laptops I've used Safari on MBP. Lightweight, excellent for battery, best gestures ever. And it's fast. On Windows laptops I use Edge.
Vivaldi for 'power' browsing on every platform. I edited the OP, I made a mistake, Edge wasn't gaining marketshare and the video mentions the reasons. I tried Edge early on, and it was horrible.
It was enough to turn me off. Microsoft is doing a lot right, yet they still seem to fall in design by committee and lack a level of precision that is needed at times.
While edge improved over the years, people have moved on, and Chrome is the defacto winner at this point. My company which is rolling out builds includes Chrome in the standard build - unusual since their stance is IE is the only supported browser permitted. At least that was the case, and looks they realized most people use Edge or IE now just pull up google and download chrome. I don't get all the hate Edge gets. It's a lightweight and fast browser that is easy on the battery, and has some cool features, like pen features, saving and loading sessions. My only gripes with it is extensions. Like there are huge issues with 1password extension, and it's not 1passwords fault.
And the UI is ugly when in dark mode. But MS isn't famous for producing nice looking UI, so. As far as iOS version goes, well, they have to use what Apple says, and that is the old version of WebKit. Same goes for any other browser on iOS, including Chrome. So Safari has no competition at all on iOS. And everyone loves Chrome, but I personally hate it.
Chrome isn't powerful, not even with extensions. And it's bad news for battery life, and I hate that google gets to crawl on my drives. Personally I use Vivaldi, it's based on blink, but way more powerful then Chrome, it's the most customizable browser out there. Even FF is a toy when compared to Vivaldi. But on laptops I've used Safari on MBP. Lightweight, excellent for battery, best gestures ever. And it's fast.
On Windows laptops I use Edge. Vivaldi for 'power' browsing on every platform. Click to expand.Here is a short video: I just fast tracked it, it's old and not really comprehensive, but for start it will do. Try out Tab Stacking, Split Screen, Session Manager, Quick Commands, Web Panels. Those are just for the start. There are literally 1000x more stuff in that browser, like your own theming (just pick colors and how they will behave), address bar and tab bar positioning, excellent notes integrated into browser, UI scaling, great syncing abilities (you can choose individually what you want to sync, and what not.), every KB shortcut is customizable, etc. I think it would take 10 pages just to list the DEFAULT possibilities of this browser.
And even with no extensions, it's way more powerful then Opera + FF + all extensions possible combined. And the best part is that EVERY chrome extension works. As do Opera extensions. Give it a week or so, then try using any other browser. It will be like going from a pick up truck to using BMX bike. Of course, not everyone needs all these features.
And everything can be turned on/off, entire point of Vivaldi is complete and full customization. That is the sole reason I love that browser so much. A true successor to Opera browser.