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What makes Edge a good browser among the several other Chrome-based browsers out there?

djfdat 3y ago
Workspaces is the first instance of synced tabs in a browser that actually works for me. A lot of nice features are included in the browser, that maybe they are in other browsers now, but that hasn't always been the case. I was a Vivaldi user prior to switching to Edge, but here are some things I like: - Tab groups. Vivaldi has this also, and has better tools for collapsing tabs by host - Some of the built-in features are nice. QR code, send to other devices, split view, capture & markup, easier profiles. - Bookmark bar has a per-bookmark option to hide title. Doesn't delete the title, so you can still use it for search. But this makes a really handy app bar. - Probably not true, but I expect it to be better optimized for Windows vs other browsers - Cross-platform w/ workspaces is great. I use a mac for personal and windows for work. Can't use Safari on Windows, and Vivaldi wouldn't sync tabs (at the time) - I expect Microsoft to integrate AI features in early and well, and I want to be on the cutting-edge to see what AI has to offer. I agree, I hate all the tracking BS also, but I turned a bunch of things off and the rest is probably a wash with everything else tracking me anyways. I really recommend you fire it up and give it a try. You're sure to be surprised, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. Edit: Feature that I'm missing most from Vivaldi - the speed dial page was just amazing, running through bookmarks. I've mostly supplanted by using the bookmarks bar, but it's still not a perfect replacement for me.
wintermutestwin 3y ago
Native Vertical tabs. Google Chrome doesn’t even have viable extensions for this (and yet brave and edge have it native). (My oft spoken rant) Horizontal tabs are useless if you have more than 8 tabs open at once. Or if you are one of the very few that has a monitor with more vertical pixels than horizontal. Also, Safari’s vertical tabs implementation is weak whereas Orion’s is workable.

Workspaces is the first instance of synced tabs in a browser that actually works for me. A lot of nice features are included in the browser, that maybe they are in other browsers now, but that hasn't always been the case. I was a Vivaldi user prior to switching to Edge, but here are some things I like: - Tab groups. Vivaldi has this also, and has better tools for collapsing tabs by host - Some of the built-in features are nice. QR code, send to other devices, split view, capture & markup, easier profiles. - Bookmark bar has a per-bookmark option to hide title. Doesn't delete the title, so you can still use it for search. But this makes a really handy app bar. - Probably not true, but I expect it to be better optimized for Windows vs other browsers - Cross-platform w/ workspaces is great. I use a mac for personal and windows for work. Can't use Safari on Windows, and Vivaldi wouldn't sync tabs (at the time) - I expect Microsoft to integrate AI features in early and well, and I want to be on the cutting-edge to see what AI has to offer. I agree, I hate all the tracking BS also, but I turned a bunch of things off and the rest is probably a wash with everything else tracking me anyways. I really recommend you fire it up and give it a try. You're sure to be surprised, sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. Edit: Feature that I'm missing most from Vivaldi - the speed dial page was just amazing, running through bookmarks. I've mostly supplanted by using the bookmarks bar, but it's still not a perfect replacement for me.

wintermutestwin 3y ago

Native Vertical tabs. Google Chrome doesn’t even have viable extensions for this (and yet brave and edge have it native). (My oft spoken rant) Horizontal tabs are useless if you have more than 8 tabs open at once. Or if you are one of the very few that has a monitor with more vertical pixels than horizontal. Also, Safari’s vertical tabs implementation is weak whereas Orion’s is workable.