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Windows 10's Edge vs Chrome: We're Faster and Win in Battery Face-off, Says Microsoft (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the browser-war-lives dept.

Microsoft has kicked off 2018 with two new ads promoting Windows 10 Edge's battery efficiency and speed compared with Google Chrome. From a report: Microsoft published the two new ads on New Year's Eve, pitting Edge against Chrome, the world's most popular browser. "Microsoft Edge is up to 48 percent faster than Google Chrome," Microsoft says in one of the 30-second ads. Not only that, but Microsoft argues that Edge is safer too, thanks to SmartScreen, its built-in equivalent of Google's Safe Browsing anti-phishing technology. Microsoft says: "Edge blocks 18 percent more phishing sites than Google Chrome." Microsoft doesn't cite the source of this statistic, but in October, NSS Labs released a report comparing Edge on the locked-down Windows 10 S with Chrome on Chromebooks, suggesting that Edge blocks more phishing URLs than Chrome.

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  1. It's not terrible... by rwven · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Edge is OK. Where I think it lacks, in the same way that the latest Firefox lacks, is in its integration support, mobile features, and plugins.

    I use Google services a lot, and the fact that Chrome has native sign-in to Google, makes the integration really clean. Also the plugins on Chrome tend to be a lot more mature and stable than those for the "lesser" browsers. That's less of an issue with FF, but it's still present.

    Edge IS quite fast, and does a good job with proper page rendering.

    I think the problem is that Chrome is just a great browser. It doesn't matter if Edge is "just as great," or even "a little greater in this one area." A ton of people are embedded with Chrome now, and unless there's a REAL incentive to change, why would they?

  2. Battery claim is for when Edge isn't running by raymorris · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Last I checked, Microsoft's battery claim is for sitting there watching a video, without the browser actually doing anything at all.

  3. Microsoft cheats when it comes to Edge performance by acroyear · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When Chrome is running, Windows continues to run background processes like system updates.

    When Edge is running instead, I noticed the CPU and network usage of those background processes to drop to near 0.

    This is the exact same type of b.s. that got them sued by the DOJ 23 years ago.

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