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Two things on my wishlist as a developer: 1. Decoupling Edge updates from Windows updates for quicker adoption. 2. Custom Elements as the basic feature for We
by maga 8y ago
Two things on my wishlist as a developer:
1. Decoupling Edge updates from Windows updates for quicker adoption.
2. Custom Elements as the basic feature for Web Components.
- pjmlp 8y agoGiving the push for PWAs and access to UWP APIs from PWAs available via the store I think at least 1 might happen.
- rypskar 8y agoI want to add: 3. Use my hosts file so I can connect to my local dev environments
- vbezhenar 8y agoI just tested it and it uses my hosts file.
- rypskar 8y agoIt seems like some get it to work and others, like me have no luck with it https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/issues/8085332/ https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platfor.... I have the web-server running in a VM, all other browsers I have tested works with it but not Edge
- vbezhenar 8y agoEdge is a Windows component, why decouple its updates? Is there any problems with quick windows updates? Ordinary users can't even disable updates now, so it shouldn't be a problem.
- ohitsdom 8y agoWhy tie one program's update cycle to the update cycle of the entire OS? It would unnecessarily slow down updates to Edge. This is the opposite strategy that Microsoft adopted with .NET Core, where everything is being moved to smaller, individual packages so they can be updated on their own schedule instead of being tied to the overall framework version.
- maga 8y agoAccording to Statcouter, Edge 17 released 2 months ago is only used by 2/3 of Edge users, whereas it takes just couple weeks for a new Chrome to reach most of its users. When I hear about a new feature in Chrome/Firefox, I know I can start incorporating it into my code targeting those browsers immediately because by the time the code goes in production in couple weeks most users will have already updated their browsers. With Edge, I just put such news into "let's come back to it in half a year" box.