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The current version of Microsoft's Edge browser is legitimately fantastic
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If you tend to use more Microsoft services than Google services, then yeah, Edge is definitely the way to go. My only real complain with it is that some sites claim to be incompatible with it and suggest that you use Chrome, but I suspect that's just an oversight in terms of how those sites detect your browser.
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Yep. That was one of the biggest reasons I ditched Chrome for Edge. I usually have a ton of tabs open and Chrome is a beast.
It was something that approximately 7 people will remember from some crusty old version of Opera
Needs more sorting features for Bookmarks and Passwords like Firefox, but otherwise very solid.
Had been using Firefox as my main browser since the IE8 launch debacle back in 2009 until this year when I switched to Edge with Firefox Nightly on the side. On that note, Mozilla have been quite disappointing of late.
Had been using Firefox as my main browser since the IE8 launch debacle back in 2009 until this year when I switched to Edge with Firefox Nightly on the side. On that note, Mozilla have been quite disappointing of late.
I'm first and foremost a safari user as a Mac user, but I still dabble in other browsers for work and stuff. and I like edge a lot but I almost feel like it has too many features now...and chrome is just chrome. Same as I always remember it just better. Which I kind of appreciate. Don't get me wrong, Chrome is all bloat behind the scenes but that's just my take.
No, it's the result of spending over half a decade fixing shitty bugs on broken Microsoft browsers.
They had many chances to set things right, instead they repeated the same mistakes multiple times.
While web technologies were trying to move forward, Microsoft's browsers were like pulled-up handbrakes and it was all because of how convenient, or inconvenient in this case, Microsoft made it to update their browsers or help people use more modern ones. Even if Edge is considerably better and a very competent browser, they are pushing people to use it the same way they did with Internet Explorer and I've seen the end of that road three or four times. It's never good.
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I still use Firefox as my main - don't see that changing, just don't love the Chromium base, but Edge has totally replaced Chrome as my secondary/backup browser. I use Chrome as my backup on my Macbook - but if Edge is also good on MacOS.. I may need to try that. Safari is total garbage.
Also for some reason its the only browser a lot of streaming apps will allow for full resolution rather than restricting to 720p or lower (Hulu, come on now) on Windows so it gets a lot of use from that for me as well.
Also for some reason its the only browser a lot of streaming apps will allow for full resolution rather than restricting to 720p or lower (Hulu, come on now) on Windows so it gets a lot of use from that for me as well.
I mean now I think about it, Edge is the only PC browser that allows you to stream from netflix and amazon prime and stuff in 4k
whenever I watch netflix in the edge browser the quality is way better
If I didn't read this forum, I'd probably be totally unaware of Chrome as a "resource hog." Never felt my computer get slow or laggy when using Chrome. Sorry but it's overblown. Now that I'm on an M1 Pro machine, there's literally no chance I'll ever have performance problems because of Chrome.
Edge is fantastic. Replaced Chrome for me and haven't looked back. Unrelated but I remember it would keep crashing my entire computer, and the culprit was not Edge but... Proctorio, a spyware app my college makes us install. Once I got rid of it never crashed since.
I mean, just check your resource logs. The proof is in the pudding.
I was a huge chrome fan, for years. But it was around 2017 that I started noticing 60-80% of my ram being eaten up by Chrome. And this was back when I was running with a pretty barebones laptop.
Now I have a pretty decent rig. And I still have Chrome for testing and work, so I use it fairly often and my current PC has good enough specs to run it pretty smoothly.
But still, it blows my mind that Edge can match Chrome feature for feature while being way less resource intensive.
It's been my browser of choice since just after it came out (the new one, of course). It is fantastic.
Yup I switched over from Google Chrome and never looked back. It has some issues on IOS, but it still generally works pretty well there as well.
I went browser hopping last year and ultimately settled on Vivaldi for a couple of reasons
Now that Edge has a Linux version, it'll be my go-to if I ever decide to move on from Vivaldi, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
- I need a browser that offers sync support.
- I need a browser that has AdBlock built in on the Android version
- I need a browser that works on Android, Windows and Linux (I dual boot between Windows and Zorin OS)
Now that Edge has a Linux version, it'll be my go-to if I ever decide to move on from Vivaldi, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.
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That's exactly my use case. Firefox (or Waterfox once it updates to the new backend since it's all but inevitable) as the main, Edge as the backup browser. I still have Vivaldi installed with the hope that it'll one day take over from Firefox, but it lacks too many things to make that a possibilty.
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I try to use Edge when steaming Netflix 4K but the video stream consistently breaks with what looks like encoding glitches.
It's objectively resource heavy. Extremely memory hungry. It's bloated.
I don't think there's a browser that's worse in that respect. I think Firefox comes closest but still trails last I checked.
I agree, OP. Best thing MS makes next to VS Code. Tab grouping and tab sleeping are a life savers.
Vivaldi's my main browser for work, as the feature set is extensive and I like options and customization.
However, for work, Edge is the best. It's the most compatible browser with what I use, and my bookmarks and such are saved in the cloud.
Vivaldi has the vertical tabs feature too. It's VERY nice and I was happy to see Edge adopt it. Here's a picture of it in action on Vivaldi in Windows 11:
However, for work, Edge is the best. It's the most compatible browser with what I use, and my bookmarks and such are saved in the cloud.
Vivaldi has the vertical tabs feature too. It's VERY nice and I was happy to see Edge adopt it. Here's a picture of it in action on Vivaldi in Windows 11:
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I tried out Edge a while back, but scrolling was wonky in that it kind of populated the page as I scrolled, like a short draw distance in a open world game.
Does it still do that?
Does it still do that?
One of the main benefits is 4k streaming on (most of) the streaming services.
There are ways around it with extensions for other browsers but it's convoluted to say the least.
Edge was a bit buggy when it first came out.
I can almost guarantee performance will be aces for you currently. When they moved to Chromium backend, things really came together. But even before then non-Chromium Edge was hitting above its weight for a while too, imo.
They really did a bangup job.
Yep I use it on my work computer, switched early last year after chrome was just a massive resource hog. It's great and I get free reward points.
Odd, I wonder why that is? It's not going to bother me in the slightest as I don't have a 4K monitor (only upgraded to a 1440P ultrawide earlier this year) and it's going to be another few years before I do, by which time the other browsers will surely have sorted themselves out. But it is odd that only Edge can do it, natively or otherwise.
Edge is great, for all the reasons already mentioned.
I'm also gonna put a vote in for Bing. I switched from Google to Bing a couple of months ago when I was "degoogling" and while I'd have preferred a more privacy focussed search engine, only Bing is able to reach the same level of result quality as Google. It's not quite there yet with some of it's cards, but overall I really enjoy the experience there.
I'm also gonna put a vote in for Bing. I switched from Google to Bing a couple of months ago when I was "degoogling" and while I'd have preferred a more privacy focussed search engine, only Bing is able to reach the same level of result quality as Google. It's not quite there yet with some of it's cards, but overall I really enjoy the experience there.
It s the law of web browsers: Everything was in Opera first, but no one used it.
It was the finest web browser released for old flip phones and the Nintendo DS.