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Microsoft Launches First Chromium Edge Builds (venturebeat.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft today released the first Edge builds based on Google's Chromium open source project, the same browser that Google's Chrome is based on. Microsoft is even adopting the same naming scheme that Google uses for Chrome development: It is debuting Canary (preview builds that will be updated daily) and Developer builds (preview builds that will be updated weekly) today. They can both be installed alongside the old Edge as well as each other. You can download these builds now from the Microsoft Edge Insider site.
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... when I can just install Chrome? ;)
What differentiates this from regular Chrome?
All the monitoring, tracking and advertising of Chrome, now with the added shiny telemetry of MicroSoft! and probably Bing search.
With all the leaks ot Edge that occurred it is obvious that they are letting people have it officially after the cat was let out of the bag. If it wasn't for the leaks they would probably wait until //Build/ to release them. My opinion is the Edge isn't for Slashdottters who use Firefox or it's clones, it is for the people who still think the Blue E is the internet. Giving them a half decent browser is better than letting them still use Internet Explorer which hasn't had engine updates for over six years now. With Windows 7 looking to be widely in use after the official end of support date, having Edge available instead of of IE eases the pain of web developers. Getting Internet Explorer off the public internet and only being used in enterprise intranets should be a priority for the web.
So basically the same browser, only the telemetry is sent to Microsoft and Bing is the default search engine?
Oh boy, where do I sign up?
For me the reason to switch is MS gathering data, not Google.
We use MS services intensively and don't want to remember tokens with Google or let Google track internal URLs usage. MS knows it anyway - they provide services first place.
1990's evil or 2010's evil?
A Hob son's choice!
Corporatism != Free Market
Coming soon for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and macOS.
https://www.microsoftedgeinsid...
No word on Windows 9. ;-)
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It appears if you login with your microsoft account, it will sync your windows, microsoft, chrome, (maybe firefox) accounts, syncing your passwords, payment info, addresses to your microsoft account if you login in.
Mine loaded my chrome profile, then offered to "sync" it with my microsoft account.
...and how this will not?
4wdloop
No thank you. I stopped using Microsoft browsers years ago. The main reason was pages would continue to load after I clicked the stop button, and repeatedly clicked the stop button. Another reason around that time was they added the ability to change the colors of the scroll bars. The vendor my company used for an application changed the scroll bar colors so they blended into the page. The security issues were a minor issue.
Working for a vendor, I also was in a position where one of my jobs was to resolve issues with software Microsoft felt was good enough to ship. The problem was the software was not quite good enough to use. It was job security, but sometimes you just want the crap to work.
So no thank you Microsoft, what else you got?
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or you don't know what Chrome is and just click the icon on your desktop that goes to the Internet.
As for why you'd want what is basically a pre-release build? You're a web dev and need to test your application.
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Totally agree.
I use Edge to play Netflix 4K videos. I wonder if this change breaks that capability.
The exact same functionality as Chrome, only with the telemetry and security holes of IE.
Microsoft is embracing Chrome so much that they're even adopting their user agent string. The market share for IE/Edge will jump from 6.1% to 69.7% overnight!
I, for one, welcome our new Microsoft Chromium Edgelords!
Breakfast served all day!
Edge is pretty meh.
But having a web standard compliant Chromium engine embedded in the OS on 3 platforms (Windows 10, Android, Chrome OS) allows the next generation of desktop web apps to take off - without the Electron boat-anchor.
Which as a developer it may be your cup of tea or a completely useless security hole; touch wood with Google writing the code, sandboxing issues that plagued IE6 and Windows 98 should hopefully be a thing of the past.
Maybe MS are hoping Google "giving up" on Chrome like they do with other products when they get bored with them then they can assume ownership - hows that for a conspiracy theory
"The hands that help are better far than lips that pray." - Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899)
What monitoring, tracking and advertising is that?
Please state specifically what monitoring, tracking and advertising Chrome does with the default settings. As far as I'm aware the only thing it sends is a randomly generated installation ID when checking for updates. Default search engine is Google but you can change it. Chrome does not have any advertising built in.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
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I have been using the Edge based on Chromium for a since yesterday morning.
Edge now allows you to import your bookmarks and cookies from Chrome.
Transitioning to the new version of Edge is easy.
Functionally, the two browsers seem similar.
When I searched for a method to change the default search engine, several web sites mentioned that it was not possible with the current Edge developer build as of yesterday morning.
I just searched for and found some instructions for changing the default search engine, that I may try tomorrow.
The Edge Chromium browser does appear to work with Gmail and other Google apps.
The only difference I noticed was that for the Developer build of Edge Chromium, the color scheme is very bland without much contrast.
I only just installed it, but the new browser seems to be missing all the features that made Edge my default browser. No inking support. No tab groups. No translate button in the address bar. No built-in reading mode.
Sigh. I hope this gets better.