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> Microsoft has better alignment with free web than Facebook or Google. That would be precious: Microsoft taking Mozilla browser developers onboard, creating a

> Microsoft has better alignment with free web than Facebook or Google. That would be precious: Microsoft taking Mozilla browser developers onboard, creating a browser, shipping it by default bundled with their OS, and being able to claim it's to prevent monopolies. It would also be nice for those highly skilled developers who actually believed in the open web to be able to give the middle finger to those in middle and upper management for whom Mozilla is merely a stepping stone to some cozier job at a proprietary software house whilst running Mozilla into the ground.

sergiomattei 6y ago
I mean, didn't they already try building their own browser engine (EdgeHTML/Chakra) and failed? I don't see Microsoft ever adopting a strategy like this. It'd be nice, but given the disaster that Edge turned out to be — it's highly unlikely.
- Const-me 6y ago
  I've used it for years before Windows Update pushed the new Chromium-based one. It worked well for me, was faster and consumed less memory than the new one. The only problem with EdgeHTML was google abusing their monopoly, read this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18697824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18697824
  - garmaine 6y ago
    FYI you can revert to the old EdgeHTML-based browser, with a one-liner in an admin console.
    - Const-me 6y ago
      I’ve already upgraded to 32GB RAM, migrated bookmarks, found new extensions. But thanks, will do on a laptop where I have less stuff to migrate, slower CPU with less memory, and sometimes care about power consumption. To anyone interested, here’s the manual: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-sysupdate-access-old-edge https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-s...
  - sergiomattei 6y ago
    Yeah - I'm not arguing against its technical merits. Dumping it was mostly a business reason - it made zero sense for MS to continue making their own browser engine.

sergiomattei 6y ago

I mean, didn't they already try building their own browser engine (EdgeHTML/Chakra) and failed? I don't see Microsoft ever adopting a strategy like this. It'd be nice, but given the disaster that Edge turned out to be — it's highly unlikely.

Const-me 6y ago
I've used it for years before Windows Update pushed the new Chromium-based one. It worked well for me, was faster and consumed less memory than the new one. The only problem with EdgeHTML was google abusing their monopoly, read this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18697824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18697824
- garmaine 6y ago
  FYI you can revert to the old EdgeHTML-based browser, with a one-liner in an admin console.
  - Const-me 6y ago
    I’ve already upgraded to 32GB RAM, migrated bookmarks, found new extensions. But thanks, will do on a laptop where I have less stuff to migrate, slower CPU with less memory, and sometimes care about power consumption. To anyone interested, here’s the manual: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-sysupdate-access-old-edge https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-s...
- sergiomattei 6y ago
  Yeah - I'm not arguing against its technical merits. Dumping it was mostly a business reason - it made zero sense for MS to continue making their own browser engine.