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Edge, as-is, seems to offer me no reason to prefer it over Chrome, beyond privacy concerns with Google - and I’m unfortunately just not knowledgeable enough to

Edge, as-is, seems to offer me no reason to prefer it over Chrome, beyond privacy concerns with Google - and I’m unfortunately just not knowledgeable enough to know if MS is any better. I personally use Safari. Because I’m on MacOS, I find Safari to certainly be the most immediately responsive, UI/UX-wise, and that’s pretty much what matters to be, since it’s all WebKit under the hood. I don’t see the benefit of Edge beyond Windows users dealing with a less shitty browser out of the box.

ThalesX 7y ago
> I don’t see the benefit of Edge beyond Windows users dealing with a less shitty browser out of the box. You hit the nail on the head, and it's great, having a good default.
eshyong 7y ago
> I don’t see the benefit of Edge beyond Windows users dealing with a less shitty browser out of the box. That's a huge benefit, considering > 75% of the world still uses Windows.
sahaskatta 7y ago
I switched from Chrome to Edge because: * No Google tracking. * Blocks 3rd party trackers. * Zoom/Scroll is smoother. * Better optimized for touch screens. * Longer battery life. * Seems to use less RAM. * All my Chrome extensions are compatible. * I can watch Netflix in 4K. Can't do that on Chrome or on a Mac.
- gjhr 7y ago
  The battery performance of old Spartan edge was amazing, great for laptops/tablets. Have they managed to keep that kind of performance with their new chromium version? (I haven't updated yet)
- cmer 7y ago
  Have you compared Edge to Brave? It got really good recently. I was going to start using Edge but 1password wasn't working and that was a deal breaker for me.
riquito 7y ago
> since it’s all WebKit under the hood But that's false, Chrome forked away from webkit years ago (using Blink now [1]), and they are very different [2] [1] https://www.chromium.org/blink https://www.chromium.org/blink [2] https://caniuse.com/#compare=firefox+72,chrome+79,safari+13 https://caniuse.com/#compare=firefox+72,chrome+79,safari+13
codycraven 7y ago
Chromium based browsers use Blink not WebKit. That's why Safari has all sorts of edge case issues, effectively making it the new IE.
- lostgame 7y ago
  Ahh, interesting. I haven’t been following Chrome’s development, for, apparently forever. Had no idea it was it’s own thing.

ThalesX 7y ago

> I don’t see the benefit of Edge beyond Windows users dealing with a less shitty browser out of the box. You hit the nail on the head, and it's great, having a good default.

eshyong 7y ago

> I don’t see the benefit of Edge beyond Windows users dealing with a less shitty browser out of the box. That's a huge benefit, considering > 75% of the world still uses Windows.

sahaskatta 7y ago

I switched from Chrome to Edge because: * No Google tracking. * Blocks 3rd party trackers. * Zoom/Scroll is smoother. * Better optimized for touch screens. * Longer battery life. * Seems to use less RAM. * All my Chrome extensions are compatible. * I can watch Netflix in 4K. Can't do that on Chrome or on a Mac.

gjhr 7y ago
The battery performance of old Spartan edge was amazing, great for laptops/tablets. Have they managed to keep that kind of performance with their new chromium version? (I haven't updated yet)
cmer 7y ago
Have you compared Edge to Brave? It got really good recently. I was going to start using Edge but 1password wasn't working and that was a deal breaker for me.

riquito 7y ago

> since it’s all WebKit under the hood But that's false, Chrome forked away from webkit years ago (using Blink now [1]), and they are very different [2] [1] https://www.chromium.org/blink https://www.chromium.org/blink [2] https://caniuse.com/#compare=firefox+72,chrome+79,safari+13 https://caniuse.com/#compare=firefox+72,chrome+79,safari+13

codycraven 7y ago

Chromium based browsers use Blink not WebKit. That's why Safari has all sorts of edge case issues, effectively making it the new IE.

lostgame 7y ago
Ahh, interesting. I haven’t been following Chrome’s development, for, apparently forever. Had no idea it was it’s own thing.