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Better battery life with Microsoft Edge

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Re: Better battery life with Microsoft Edge

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Post by m4x »

cr__ wrote: post #36
m4x wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it is the same old corporation that doesn't give a flying fuck about anything or anyone except for its own interests No, I don't believe it is. Their actions help themselves, their competitors and their users. That's really as good as you can hope for with a profit-driven company.

It's marketing.

Yes, but they're marketing something which benefits users and competitors. Unlike, for example, Google's constant in-your-face marketing when you use any of their services from outside Chrome. That doesn't benefit anybody but Google (assuming it even benefits them - in my case it causes a loss of respect which means nobody sees any benefit)

Companies will always engage in marketing and other profit-driven, competitive activities. Some companies manage to do so while having a positive effect on the world around them, some do not. Most long-lived companies (such as MS) will go through all the possible phases at various stages of their life.

Right now, MS is being a good player. They are releasing useful products and doing so in a way that benefits more than just themselves. They haven't always been like this, and won't always be like this, but deserve credit when they are. Like all other companies.

Re: Better battery life with Microsoft Edge

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Post by TwoBit »

nunez wrote: post #11

I would use Edge a lot more if Google Docs weren't such a mess on it. I would like to drop Google Docs altogether (I hate products that are tied to one browser like Google's are), but that isn't feasible right now.

I use Google docs of Firefox and Safari fine. Am I missing something?

Re: Better battery life with Microsoft Edge

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Post by TwoBit »

m4x wrote: post #5
brian_herman wrote: post #3

Independent reviews need to be done. I can only assume bias with this post.

> These tests are repeatable by other browsers or curious users, backed by methodology documents and open source code. https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/BrowserEfficiencyTest/ They have released their test methodology and code, so you can independently review to your hearts content. Despite obviously wanting to be the market leader, they seem to be genuinely interested in helping everybody else up their game too. It's…

That's great, but I'll bet the data set was chosen to maximize their results. That being said, last year they did win an independent test: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3087338/browsers/which-browse...

Re: Better battery life with Microsoft Edge

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Post by TwoBit »

My problem with Edge is that even if it did currently work better than Firefox and Chrome, I still wouldn't use it, because I don't believe they will respond to new technology requirements well. They are non-responsive and have a long history of not doing what users want, but rather doing what they want. The fact that Edge and IE to this day lack very basic functionality that most users want but has other whack ass functionality that users don't want is a testament to this.

Also their handling of security flaws is often terrible.

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