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

[Bapun]

Google revoked YouTube support from Microsoft Edge Chromium. Now asking to download Chrome to use YouTube web. Monopoly!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1133329429382479873

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[Abhinav]

Google has Re-enabled Modern YouTube Experience for Microsoft Edge users.
You can now use the modern YouTube experience as usual, without being forced to install Chrome.

Google Unblocks Microsoft Edge Preview Users From Using the Modern YouTube Experience - Thurrott.com

 

[sumitroy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1134208764255637508

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• Fixed an issue where Edge sometimes crashes on launch.
• Fixed a crash when viewing settings in InPrivate.
• Clicking the shortcut for a pinned website will now select a tab that contains the shortcut’s website if one is already open instead of opening a new tab every time.
• Hovering over a website’s address on the history page now shows the full URL.
• Fixed an issue where the first launch experience doesn’t happen if the user isn’t connected to the internet.
• Fixed an issue where certain dialogs are cut off on small screens.
• Fixed an issue where the side panels on certain edge:// pages aren’t visible when the window is at a narrow height.
• Fixed an issue where the horizontal scrollbar did not appear on certain pages.

 

[sumitroy]

Dev channel update to 76.0.176.1 is live

• Fixed an issue where the whole window sometimes goes blank or black when playing a video.
• Fixed an issue where certain webpages hang as soon as they load.
• Fixed an issue where the toggle to sync favorites is disabled even though the master sync toggle is turned on.
• Fixed an issue where a “Microsoft Edge stopped working” dialog sometimes appears even though Edge is still running.
• Fixed an issue where the wrong account picture is sometimes used when a user signs in with multiple accounts.
• Fixed an issue where video control popups are cut off if they’re near the edge of the page.
• Fixed an issue where video control buttons may overlap each other on small videos.
• Fixed an issue where entries on the history page get cut off when the window is at a narrow width.
• Increased the height of the rows in the address bar dropdown.
• Fixed an issue where the first run experience didn’t render properly.

 

[Sarkar]

Microsoft: tell us if you want us to build an ad blocker into Edge - gHacks Tech News

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/c094uf

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[sumitroy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1140831257984507904

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1140851037751799809

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[sumitroy]

Dev channel updated to version 77.0.189.3

Full changelog: Dev channel update to 77.0.189.3 is live

 

[sumitroy]

Introducing Microsoft Edge preview builds for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 - Microsoft Edge Blog

 

[sumitroy]

Dev channel update to 77.0.197.1 is live

 

[sumitroy]

Update 6/26/19: Today we released the Dev channel for previous versions of Windows, now available in addition to the Canary channel released last week.

Introducing Microsoft Edge preview builds for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 - Microsoft Edge Blog