New Microsoft Edge

Taking a look at the privacy whitepaper [0], there&#x27;s a long list of data gathering initiatives that seemingly need to be turned off manually (a number of sections explicitly mention opt-out rather than opt-in). I can&#x27;t check the defaults though, since it doesn&#x27;t run on Linux. The main problem with opt-out is Microsoft&#x27;s track record of re-enabling telemetry after it has been turned off by the user, and that&#x27;s not something you&#x27;d want in a web browser.<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-gb&#x2F;microsoft-edge&#x2F;privacy-whitepaper" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;docs.microsoft.com&#x2F;en-gb&#x2F;microsoft-edge&#x2F;privacy-whit...</a>

I&#x27;m disappointed they didn&#x27;t put more effort into making the UI look like the old Edge. Things like the tab previews, or the sidebar-like way that bookmarks worked. Instead it&#x27;s Chrome with a different home page. There&#x27;s more changes behind the scenes of course, but from the user&#x27;s perspective it&#x27;s not obvious what the difference is between it and Chrome. And given the choice I think Chrome would win every time because for years there&#x27;s been a sentiment that tech people don&#x27;t use the Microsoft browser so it must be bad. The Edge rebrand was the attempt to reverse that perception, except now they&#x27;ve negated the benefit of the rebrand by taking away the things that distinguished Edge.

I am using Firefox at this time(only complaints are, performance which is less than chromium based browsers, and bugs in fenix).<p>I am not interested in Edge because it is just closed sourced fork of chromium.<p>Better use firefox or ungoogled chromium or new upcoming<p>Bold browser(brave browser fork without crypto or token)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;BoldBrowser" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;BoldBrowser</a>

Why is this here? That is, is there something new since Edge launched months ago?

I&#x27;ll stick to Firefox

Been using the new Edge Browser since two weeks, mostly for testing our new web app. I must say i&#x27;m really impressed. The speed definitely is better than Firefox (which is my default). To give due credit, this is the best browser from Microsoft.

&gt; More privacy &amp; control<p>I suppose that excludes MS&#x27;s aggressive use of telemetry in Edge itself

I just want them to properly sync tabs and bookmarks between PC and Android, and that would make Edge perfect for me.

I really like the reader mode and speech-to-text engine, it&#x27;s very high quality. Just one question though, is the browser going to have linux support at some point?

Still no version for Linux. A lot of Linux users are getting impatient waiting for Microsoft to release this app.

The main difference between Edge and Chrome is you have to reset your search engine to Google when you use Edge

I switched from Chrome for Edge&#x27;s native integration with Windows credentialing and Office 365. In a corporate environment that relies heavily on Windows and the Office suite, it really works very well. Its elegant account management between personal and work instances is also fantastic.

<i>Note: This web page is for the Microsoft Edge browser, but it seems to detect your OS and shows the Edge version and download information for that platform (others are hidden behind a menu). So if some comments here seem to be talking about specific platforms, this could be the reason why.</i><p>I’ve been using Edge on Windows for a few months now. It crashes so many times (all windows just disappear suddenly) and makes my system unresponsive. It’s clear that Edge isn’t able to handle a few windows with a few tabs each, with memory management being the core issue.<p>When starting out to try it, I knew Edge would be using a lot of RAM since it’s based on Chromium, but I didn’t expect it to crash so much.<p>So Firefox stays, and continues to be, the primary browser.<p>On iOS, Edge is just another “skin” over Safari&#x2F;WebKit underneath. It seems ok — i didn’t notice anything phenomenally better than some other browsers.

I found when using Ublock origin, when edge imported my extensions, it used the edge version, which has slightly different behaviour than the chrome store version. Install from chrome web store if you see inconsistent results

Thanks but no thanks.

If you have Edge by default then why would you want to install Chrome? Is M$ onto something here?

Interesting, while I can&#x27;t find any way to enable extensions, looks like the Edge Browser for Android has built-in adblocker! [0]<p>(It&#x27;s not uBlock.. But better than no protection).<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;T53p79k.jpg" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;i.imgur.com&#x2F;T53p79k.jpg</a>

I must admit, the landing page looks slick and very un-Microsoft.

Can you use ublock origin on android with edge?

I don’t understand why Microsoft are still in the browser game. It would be like continuing to make mobile phones or mp3 players which they also lost a long time ago.

Interestingly, one of the most important battles in the browser (and apps in general) market now is the privacy aspect. There are two vendor groups here: one explicitly mentions it (Apple, Mozilla), and the other remains silent, speaking only about non-provacy features (Google, Microsoft).