Microsoft's Edge Browser Now Generally Available For iOS, Android (zdnet.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft announced in October previews of new Edge browser apps for iOS and Android. On November 30, Microsoft officials are announcing that these apps are no longer in preview and are generally available for users in select markets. By making Edge apps available on non-Windows operating systems, Microsoft is hoping to do more than give Windows 10 users who use Edge a more convenient way to sync their bookmarks, tabs, etc., across devices. Microsoft also is doing this to improve its "Continue on PC" feature that it's been touting for Windows 10. With "Continue on PC," users will be able to share a web site, app, photo, and other information from their phones to their Windows 10 PCs in a faster and more seamless way. Microsoft is looking to Continue on PC to help keep Windows PCs relevant in a world where more and more computing is done on mobile devices.

Comments

Fuck off M$!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

I could also smear turds all over my phone. No thanks, Micro$hit.

Why would we want it?

[b0s0z0ku]

I mean, leprosy is available in the US for un-infected people, but it's not as if there's a big line to be infected.

Re:Why would we want it?

[Desler]

having a terrible track record of making secure designs, let alone secure implementations, and then often languishing efforts on fixes. All of that is a security nightmare.

So it’s right at home on 99% of Android phones then?

Re:Why would we want it?

[mark-t]

So I explicitly ask for the issue of how untrustworthy Microsoft might be perceived to be to the issue of not wanting to use Edge and all you give are reasons that are based only on the company and its history, not Edge itself.

You even go so far as to suggest that my remarks about having such predisposition are probably good enough to have such a bias should be discounted as non-sequitur while showing that to be exactly the reason that you are so inclined.

If you use one web browser and it's good enough, that's fine... but the question posed was "why would we want it?" The point of my question was to ascertain if there was anything actually technically inferior about Edge itself (not Microsoft or its history) that would suggest it actually should be avoided, and your comments do not do that.

In other news...

[mccrew]

Microsoft Stick now generally available for everyone's eye.

Re:Business as usual

[JcMorin]

I don't think it would work this time :)

Great news!

[Miles_O'Toole]

That's like announcing popcorn that causes ungovernable episodes of explosive diarrhea will be available at all your local supermarkets.

Really?

[kurkosdr]

Gotta love all the "No Micro$hit stuff on my phone" crowd. None of them mentioned any problems with the browser itself, but let's bash Microsoft because we are in neckbeardia (Slashdot) and therefore it's the cool thing to do. IMO Edge's problem is the lack of adblocking capabilities, which means you 'll have to tolerate heavyweight javascript from ads draining your battery and ad banners clashing with poorly-made mobile CSS. Chrome has the exact same problem. I use Brave Browser in my Android phone, but it doesn't have tab sync functionality between devices. Still, I am always on the lookout for something better (with ad blocking and tab sync).

Re:Lack of extensions cripples Edge from the start

[Noishkel]

well personally I went to Waterfox now that Quantum strips out the ability to use classic theme restorer as well as a few other 'legacy' add-ons. I just flat out HATE the new visual design. And my real work house extensions I use for privacy work just as well as they always have. Privacy badger, cookie autodelete, u-block, etc.