He was presenting Azure and the browser was enable to parse a XmlHttpRequest. It could be an error on the browser or on the server side application. Because he is on the server side team he blamed the browser. Rule #1 of pointing fingers: it's always someone else's fault.
From the comments on the article, it could also have been a beta version of Edge
Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've talked to some people on the team who works on Edge, and they are a fantastic group of people. They know they are in an uphill battle, and everyone is writing them off, but they are doing damn good work. Edge's performance is getting leaps and bounds faster every update, they are doing incredible things for battery life on many devices, they are catching up to google for web API support, and nobody is taking the…
Edge for Android and iOS is an interesting move: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/10/05/annou... I like the role reversal where an MS browser on a Google OS might have merit...like being able to run ad blocking extensions.
My life as a programmer would be better if I didn't have to support IE11 / Windows 7, but instead of doing that, they spent some time getting it running where no one wants it.
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#35From the presenter's comments, it sounds like a GPO locked down Edge. In that context, it makes sense to immediately install another browser and Chrome is the market leader.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've talked to some people on the team who works on Edge, and they are a fantastic group of people. They know they are in an uphill battle, and everyone is writing them off, but they are doing damn good work. Edge's performance is getting leaps and bounds faster every update, they are doing incredible things for battery life on many devices, they are catching up to google for web API support, and nobody is taking the…
If only Microsoft lets older Windows to install Edge. Yet they are stuck with IE. The only way to use Edge is to upgrade to Windows 10.
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#38It’s exactly this attitude of just get it done that has reignited Microsoft. They probably get flack for this, but it shows they’re focused more on results.
I've talked to some people on the team who works on Edge, and they are a fantastic group of people. They know they are in an uphill battle, and everyone is writing them off, but they are doing damn good work. Edge's performance is getting leaps and bounds faster every update, they are doing incredible things for battery life on many devices, they are catching up to google for web API support, and nobody is taking the…
Re: Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Edge for Android and iOS is an interesting move: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/10/05/annou... I like the role reversal where an MS browser on a Google OS might have merit...like being able to run ad blocking extensions.
It's a good bit ludicrous that they are providing Edge for IOS / Android but not for previous versions of Windows. My life as a programmer would be better if I didn't have to support IE11 / Windows 7, but instead of doing that, they spent some time getting it running where no one wants it.
Edge for Android is using Blink, Edge for iOS is using Webkit.
They could give you "Edge for windows 7" but it wouldn't be the same rendering engine from Edge on windows 10.
Re: Microsoft Presenter Gives Up on Edge, Installs Chrome
#40It’s exactly this attitude of just get it done that has reignited Microsoft. They probably get flack for this, but it shows they’re focused more on results.
I've talked to some people on the team who works on Edge, and they are a fantastic group of people. They know they are in an uphill battle, and everyone is writing them off, but they are doing damn good work. Edge's performance is getting leaps and bounds faster every update, they are doing incredible things for battery life on many devices, they are catching up to google for web API support, and nobody is taking the…
Chrome and Firefox run on Mac and various unices. Edge is just a pain to take seriously for me, a « various unices » user.