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Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher

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Re: Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher

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Installed, got temperature in Farenheit in the weather widget, found no settings to use Celsius, concluded it's not near polished enough. Back to Google Now Launcher.

Per the blog post, we're not localized broadly in the preview, but will be adding more locales/languages as we head towards a stable release. Hope you'll try it again!

Re: Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher

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post #91

Can Edge for iOS be selected as "default browser" in iOS so it is by default used in all the places Safari normally handles? The "send to PC" thing _is_ nice, but only if available everywhere and consistently.

No, Apple doesn't allow that.

Re: Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher

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Edge is a good browser, people seem to default to criticizing it because of its infamous predecessor. We should root for Edge, it is in the open Web best interest to have several browsers sharing the market.

The developer tools of Chrome and Firefox are better. There are more addons. There is more customization.

Re: Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher

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Edge is a good browser, people seem to default to criticizing it because of its infamous predecessor. We should root for Edge, it is in the open Web best interest to have several browsers sharing the market.

Edge is not a good browser. It is holding the web back with its slow adoption of HTML5 standards. (source: https://html5test.com/compare/browser/chrome-58/edge-12.html ) Edge still has a spoof referrer header vulnerability that's been known for more than 6 months now: https://www.brokenbrowser.com/referer-spoofing-patch-bypass/

Is this a deliberate lie or a massive mistake?

I'm asking to know if I should use my userscript to block you as a deceptive actor here or if I should just leave it at a down vote.

Re: Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher

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post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, and it's because of an Apple policy. They don't allow other rendering engines.

It is not that they do not allow other render engines. It is that APIs to dynamically execute native code are locked down on platforms such as Windows Mobile and iOS. If you cannot dynamically execute code you cannot build a JIT JS engine which makes your webbrowser too slow compared to the competition.

This is a policy who's primary goal is to ban other browser engines. They make exceptions for lots of other app types like games.

Re: Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher

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post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, and it's because of an Apple policy. They don't allow other rendering engines.

It is not that they do not allow other render engines. It is that APIs to dynamically execute native code are locked down on platforms such as Windows Mobile and iOS. If you cannot dynamically execute code you cannot build a JIT JS engine which makes your webbrowser too slow compared to the competition.

Pretty sure they don't allow you to download and execute code even if not using a JIT, unless it is an educational app. There are multiple policy reasons browser engines can't be on iOS.

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post #91

Can Edge for iOS be selected as "default browser" in iOS so it is by default used in all the places Safari normally handles? The "send to PC" thing _is_ nice, but only if available everywhere and consistently.

No, App developers are able to find out if Edge (or Chrome or Firefox) is installed on your device to give you an option to open links inside it, but most apps don't do that and you still can not change the default browser.

Re: Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher

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post #24

Had to happen sooner or later. I just wish Microsoft had not tied Edge so deeply into Windows 10 (did they not learn from doing the same with Internet Explorer?) as at the moment it is limited to updates as part of the OS (Windows Update) and not the Microsoft Store.

I think part of the reason for this is that you shouldn't be web browsing with old software. It's unsafe for you and others that your hardware could damage.

Re: Announcing Microsoft Edge for iOS and Android, Microsoft Launcher

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post #24

Had to happen sooner or later. I just wish Microsoft had not tied Edge so deeply into Windows 10 (did they not learn from doing the same with Internet Explorer?) as at the moment it is limited to updates as part of the OS (Windows Update) and not the Microsoft Store.

I 100% agree, it does limit releases too...but they are changing this with the next Windows release. They are going to make Windows more modular too in the future.
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