Improved JavaScript and WebAssembly performance in EdgeHTML 17

Post by NiveaGeForce » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 9:17 AM UTC

MaxBarraclough wrote: post #20

NiveaGeForce wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Edge is the most resource efficient and respects modern Windows conventions, therefore it has the best, pen, touchscreen, tablet (including share button and stuff) and precision trackpad support. And since it's WinRT/UWP, it can suspends its tab processes, and also itself when minimized or automatically during tablet mode in the background, and during fullscreen it also automatically unhides the taskbar when you hove…

> Edge is on both iOS Well, not really. It exists on iOS the same way Chrome and Firefox exist on iOS: as frontends for iOS's WebKit engine.

Post by beagle3 » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 9:20 AM UTC

NiveaGeForce wrote: post #8

TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #2

I've never seen a person using Edge. Does anyone here use it? Do you work at Microsoft or have a big technical investment in their technology? Do you find the lack of cross-platform support annoying, or do you primarily use a single OS? These changes all look like they apply to ChakraCore, which is open source and available outside of Windows. I'd be curious to hear what kinds of use-cases people have for using Node…

Edge is the most resource efficient and respects modern Windows conventions, therefore it has the best, pen, touchscreen, tablet (including share button and stuff) and precision trackpad support. And since it's WinRT/UWP, it can suspends its tab processes, and also itself when minimized or automatically during tablet mode in the background, and during fullscreen it also automatically unhides the taskbar when you hove…

Post by pjmlp » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 9:27 AM UTC

TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #2

I've never seen a person using Edge. Does anyone here use it? Do you work at Microsoft or have a big technical investment in their technology? Do you find the lack of cross-platform support annoying, or do you primarily use a single OS? These changes all look like they apply to ChakraCore, which is open source and available outside of Windows. I'd be curious to hear what kinds of use-cases people have for using Node…

Post by singularity2001 » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 9:29 AM UTC

TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #2

I've never seen a person using Edge. Does anyone here use it? Do you work at Microsoft or have a big technical investment in their technology? Do you find the lack of cross-platform support annoying, or do you primarily use a single OS? These changes all look like they apply to ChakraCore, which is open source and available outside of Windows. I'd be curious to hear what kinds of use-cases people have for using Node…

Post by laumars » Thu, Jun 21, 2018, 9:30 AM UTC

wernsey wrote: post #22

TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #2

I've never seen a person using Edge. Does anyone here use it? Do you work at Microsoft or have a big technical investment in their technology? Do you find the lack of cross-platform support annoying, or do you primarily use a single OS? These changes all look like they apply to ChakraCore, which is open source and available outside of Windows. I'd be curious to hear what kinds of use-cases people have for using Node…

My manager insists on using Edge because "it is the default browser on Windows so everybody uses it". I'm working on an in-house Angular application, and he has discovered a lot of compatibility issues that none of our other users have.