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Microsoft Edge becomes second-largest desktop browser, surpassing Firefox
- Proven 7y agoThat's great and was bound to happen, which reminds me of all of the pessimistic and negative comments about the browser made on this site in 2019. I now use Chrome about 1-2 times per month, when all the other browsers fail. MS needs to be kept honest but like Chrome, their Edge is becoming new default go-to browser for those who don't care what browser they use.
- ASVVVAD 7y agoHow many people download it by choice though?
- downerending 7y agoI did, early on. It largely seems fine, and really isn't very different from Chrome. I'm not a very picky browser consumer, though. And unfortunately, all browsers seem to lack my killer feature, which would be to never start a video or animation without an explicit act on my part.
- sharps1 7y agoBrave has the option in settings to stop autoplaying videos - https://brave.com/?ref=trn365 https://brave.com/?ref=trn365 There is also an option in Firefox settings as well.
- downerending 7y agoI feel like I tried these a while ago and neither was entirely effective. Maybe I was doing it wrong, though. (To be clear, the feature I'm looking for is some sort of irresistible button to start/stop the action that neither the website nor its Javascript can affect. Preferably it would not even be able to tell whether the video was running.)
- ASVVVAD 7y agoMe too. I am currently using Disable HTML5 Autoplay addon for Firefox which can disable preloading too. I found that useful on metered data