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IMO, the integration with Edge is far more important. Then you are taking it with you anywhere and eventually I'm sure you can just have it interact with a page

IMO, the integration with Edge is far more important. Then you are taking it with you anywhere and eventually I'm sure you can just have it interact with a page you're on. Google losing Chrome users in a measurable way would be massive. One challenge though is how this will work on mobile devices where Google will have a much more entrenched advantage.

Fatnino 4y ago
Are people using Edge? I don't use windows much anymore so I wouldn't know. But yesterday my dad asked for help logging into TurboTax. He had the login page open in Edge and ui elements were just not responding to clicks. I didn't spend any time trying to debug that and simply opened the page in Firefox where it worked perfectly.
- axus 4y ago
  Now that it's "Chrome-powered", I use Edge occasionally. On computers where I'm using a Microsoft account, which I mostly use for the parental control features.
- Bootvis 4y ago
  I use Edge on my work laptop and it’s fine. It has a vertical tabbar and some ad blocking built in which is nice. I still prefer Firefox but unfortunately I can’t on that thing.
- aceazzameen 4y ago
  I only use it when I have to use a Chromium browser, which is extremely rare. And that's only because it's already installed on Windows. I'm a Firefox user without Chrome installed.
- partiallypro 4y ago
  This is a known bug if you're using an Insider Build (caused by the Windows build itself which will do this to any browser seemingly randomly, and it is absolutely enraging; though I think a recent build fixed this) but I've never heard this complaint for a final public build. In any case, Edge has a larger user base now than Firefox (https://www.statista.com/statistics/268299/most-popular-internet-browsers/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/268299/most-popular-inte...).
- technion 4y ago
  Most of our business customers would be using IE if Ms didn't kill it. We do however have the enterprise site list in edge, where we can list all the key urls to have edge open in embedded IE. Which is a killer feature. It's the only way to run many healthcare app for example.
- Valgrim 4y ago
  On Android, Edge has a an integrated text-to-speech engine which is vastly superior to Google's in my opinion, with a wide variety of natural sounding voices in lot of languages. I still prefer Firefox because of the adblocking capabilities, but anytime I want to listen to an article I use Edge.
- zwieback 4y ago
  I actually switch from Chrome to Edge whenever I can. Only drawback is I have to set Google search engine and maybe soon I won't do that! I can't really say why I like Edge better but it feels a little lighter weight in terms of memory, etc.
- hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago
  I once used it by mistake on a new install but once I realized it I downloaded Firefox* and unpinned the damn thing. *)Edge actually had the audacity of trying to convince me I don't need another another browser once I typed "firefox download" in the search bar.
- yellow_postit 4y ago
  I find the native vertical taskbar and tab snoozing to be the key features though the endless upsells keep trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory/conversion.
  - donmcronald 4y ago
    This is exactly my experience. Really awesome features like tab groups are offset by junk like coupons and integration with things I don't want. I even used Edge on Linux for a while, but eventually I got sick of the constant stream of new features I didn't want and switched to Firefox.
- solarkraft 4y ago
  Yup. IE had to be really bad for people to switch away, but Edge is good enough (better in a few areas) and MS is pushing it hard.
- WorldMaker 4y ago
  Edge since the Chromium switch is cross-platform now. You can use Edge on Mac or Linux, too. It's not just for Windows. I prefer Firefox these days, but my work won't let me install Firefox right now so I'm using Edge on my work laptop as the best of the allowed options. At home Edge is the only Chromium browser I keep installed as I've always disliked Chrome itself but now there's far too many websites taking a "Works Only in Chrome" approach. (My company's vendors doing the same the likeliest reason installing Firefox got forbidden. Sigh. I remember that era of IE6 when everyone was still mostly happy with IE6 and "Works Only in IE6" was fine and not a threat and continue to worry about the current "Chromium Hegemony".) Ironically, I was big fan of Spartan-Renderer Edge (from Windows 8 and the first few years of Windows 10) and Chromium-Based Edge just still feels so much like a sad shell of What Once Was. Though I do appreciate native vertical tabs now, at least. I guess that's one good thing to come out of killing a good alternative renderer.
  - trelane 4y ago
    > Edge since the Chromium switch is cross-platform now. You can use Edge on Mac or Linux, too. It's not just for Windows. Are they exactly the same, or do you have to be on Windows for the full feature set?
    - WorldMaker 4y ago
      The only Windows-only/Windows-specific features that I'm aware of are "Group Policy Configuration" and "IE Mode" and both of those are limited to Domain-joined machines and targeted only at Enterprise users (and specifically, if you are feeling nasty about it, only at making Enterprise users' experiences worse).
- ux-app 4y ago
  yes, it's a great browser
layer8 4y ago
Microsoft says it won’t be limited to Edge: Our intention is to bring it to all browsers. We're starting with Edge. Chrome has to implement some things to make it work, but our intention is all browsers.

Fatnino 4y ago

Are people using Edge? I don't use windows much anymore so I wouldn't know. But yesterday my dad asked for help logging into TurboTax. He had the login page open in Edge and ui elements were just not responding to clicks. I didn't spend any time trying to debug that and simply opened the page in Firefox where it worked perfectly.

axus 4y ago
Now that it's "Chrome-powered", I use Edge occasionally. On computers where I'm using a Microsoft account, which I mostly use for the parental control features.
Bootvis 4y ago
I use Edge on my work laptop and it’s fine. It has a vertical tabbar and some ad blocking built in which is nice. I still prefer Firefox but unfortunately I can’t on that thing.
aceazzameen 4y ago
I only use it when I have to use a Chromium browser, which is extremely rare. And that's only because it's already installed on Windows. I'm a Firefox user without Chrome installed.
partiallypro 4y ago
This is a known bug if you're using an Insider Build (caused by the Windows build itself which will do this to any browser seemingly randomly, and it is absolutely enraging; though I think a recent build fixed this) but I've never heard this complaint for a final public build. In any case, Edge has a larger user base now than Firefox (https://www.statista.com/statistics/268299/most-popular-internet-browsers/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/268299/most-popular-inte...).
technion 4y ago
Most of our business customers would be using IE if Ms didn't kill it. We do however have the enterprise site list in edge, where we can list all the key urls to have edge open in embedded IE. Which is a killer feature. It's the only way to run many healthcare app for example.
Valgrim 4y ago
On Android, Edge has a an integrated text-to-speech engine which is vastly superior to Google's in my opinion, with a wide variety of natural sounding voices in lot of languages. I still prefer Firefox because of the adblocking capabilities, but anytime I want to listen to an article I use Edge.
zwieback 4y ago
I actually switch from Chrome to Edge whenever I can. Only drawback is I have to set Google search engine and maybe soon I won't do that! I can't really say why I like Edge better but it feels a little lighter weight in terms of memory, etc.
hdjjhhvvhga 4y ago
I once used it by mistake on a new install but once I realized it I downloaded Firefox* and unpinned the damn thing. *)Edge actually had the audacity of trying to convince me I don't need another another browser once I typed "firefox download" in the search bar.
yellow_postit 4y ago
I find the native vertical taskbar and tab snoozing to be the key features though the endless upsells keep trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory/conversion.
- donmcronald 4y ago
  This is exactly my experience. Really awesome features like tab groups are offset by junk like coupons and integration with things I don't want. I even used Edge on Linux for a while, but eventually I got sick of the constant stream of new features I didn't want and switched to Firefox.
solarkraft 4y ago
Yup. IE had to be really bad for people to switch away, but Edge is good enough (better in a few areas) and MS is pushing it hard.
WorldMaker 4y ago
Edge since the Chromium switch is cross-platform now. You can use Edge on Mac or Linux, too. It's not just for Windows. I prefer Firefox these days, but my work won't let me install Firefox right now so I'm using Edge on my work laptop as the best of the allowed options. At home Edge is the only Chromium browser I keep installed as I've always disliked Chrome itself but now there's far too many websites taking a "Works Only in Chrome" approach. (My company's vendors doing the same the likeliest reason installing Firefox got forbidden. Sigh. I remember that era of IE6 when everyone was still mostly happy with IE6 and "Works Only in IE6" was fine and not a threat and continue to worry about the current "Chromium Hegemony".) Ironically, I was big fan of Spartan-Renderer Edge (from Windows 8 and the first few years of Windows 10) and Chromium-Based Edge just still feels so much like a sad shell of What Once Was. Though I do appreciate native vertical tabs now, at least. I guess that's one good thing to come out of killing a good alternative renderer.
- trelane 4y ago
  > Edge since the Chromium switch is cross-platform now. You can use Edge on Mac or Linux, too. It's not just for Windows. Are they exactly the same, or do you have to be on Windows for the full feature set?
  - WorldMaker 4y ago
    The only Windows-only/Windows-specific features that I'm aware of are "Group Policy Configuration" and "IE Mode" and both of those are limited to Domain-joined machines and targeted only at Enterprise users (and specifically, if you are feeling nasty about it, only at making Enterprise users' experiences worse).
ux-app 4y ago
yes, it's a great browser

layer8 4y ago

Microsoft says it won’t be limited to Edge: Our intention is to bring it to all browsers. We're starting with Edge. Chrome has to implement some things to make it work, but our intention is all browsers.