Microsoft Edge (Chromium based) - News, Discussions & Updates

[Siva]

Microsoft is rolling out the latest version of Edge on Windows 10 this week. Ahead of the browser version’s debut, the company is already claiming it to be the “best performing browser” on the platform.

Is Edge the best performing browser on Windows 10? Microsoft thinks so.

Microsoft, in a blog post, claims that the best performing browser on Windows 10 is the company's own Edge Chromium browser.

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[Bapun]

New shopping features to help you save money for summer fun and all your back-to-school needs

Summer is almost here and for many this means planning family camping trips, outdoor barbeques and fun in the sun. This month, we’re excited to announce several new features that highlight why Microsoft Edge is the best browser for shopping. Onli

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[Bapun]

Available for preview: Automatic HTTPS helps keep your browsing more secure

Starting with Microsoft Edge 92, users can preview the Automatic HTTPS feature, which automatically switches your connections to websites from HTTP to HTTPS. As you browse the web, you may notice that the Microsoft Edge address bar displays a “not

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[sumitroy]

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[Siva]

As spotted by Windows Latest, it's now possible to send tabs from one device to another, just like you can on Chrome.

Microsoft Edge is borrowing one of Chrome's best features

Soon all Edge users will be able to send tabs back and forth between Android and Windows

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[Bapun]

Compat2021: Improving CSS Grid compatibility with GridNG

With next month’s release of Microsoft Edge 93, we’ll be releasing a rewrite of CSS Grid 1 module (“GridNG”), which substantially improves compatibility with other implementations of CSS Grid and addresses one of the top compatibility pain po

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[sumitroy]

There's an Amazon affiliated link in Quick Links added by MS. I removed that and added Amazon.in link, but somehow the affiliated link came back. Now I've two Amazon links, including one affiliated link.

Recently, Microsoft also added Outlook.com in Quick Links and if you hover over it says, "sign in to preview your email here".

We can't edit website URL in Quick Links, but at least it gives the option to remove those Quick Links and add our own.

I've never seen Google Chrome adding any affiliated links in shortcuts.

 

[Siva]

New update on iOS.

 

[Bapun]

Microsoft Edge is integrating Microsoft Editor for spellcheck and grammar corrections

The Microsoft Edge browser is now getting a built-in version of Microsoft Editor to check your spellings and grammatical errors.

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[sumitroy]

News content on New Tab page wasn't enough, MS has now added a Notification icon. Clicking on that shows News headlines.

I've turned off news content on new tab page, but I haven't found any way to turn off that bell icon. And clicking on the Settings does nothing.