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Google features that Microsoft turned off in Chromium Edge

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Re: Google features that Microsoft turned off in Chromium Edge

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Post by harel »

larkeith wrote: post #8
harel wrote: post #2

I wonder if we'll get Edge for Linux then... Considering the shift MS products have gone (VS Code is great!) I would be happy to give it a try.

Out of curiosity, why use Edge over Firefox?

I use Firefox as well, but my main browser is Chrome. I just prefer the rendering on it, and the overall seamless integration with Google products which I use a lot. It's not uncommon for me to spin up 3 different browsers though to test various things from 3 separates 'angles'. Granted I might not get the seamless Google integration but at least it would be an alternative option. I like options.

Re: Google features that Microsoft turned off in Chromium Edge

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Post by fxbl0i »

skrebbel wrote: post #12
fxbl0i wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It doesn't use Gecko.

Sounds like a downside to me. Did you use Firefox recently? It's super fast.

Chrome is still faster. It's natural (and healthy) that users choose the fastest choice.

Re: Google features that Microsoft turned off in Chromium Edge

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Post by skrebbel »

I'm still sad they didn't partner with Firefox instead. It would suit the strategy of The New Microsoft very well to ensure competition in the browser market, and making an Firefox-based Edge plus a Firefox-based Electron clone would've been an amazing way to do that. They've shown competence in embracing, extending, and contributing back to OSS (eg they were instrumental in Nodejs getting to its amazing cross platform support).

Plus their browser would be faster.

Re: Google features that Microsoft turned off in Chromium Edge

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Post by realusername »

skrebbel wrote: post #14

I'm still sad they didn't partner with Firefox instead. It would suit the strategy of The New Microsoft very well to ensure competition in the browser market, and making an Firefox-based Edge plus a Firefox-based Electron clone would've been an amazing way to do that. They've shown competence in embracing, extending, and contributing back to OSS (eg they were instrumental in Nodejs getting to its amazing cross platfo…

I don't get it as well, what's the strategy behind that? They just reinforce Google's dominance so one of their main competitor just becomes stronger.

Re: Google features that Microsoft turned off in Chromium Edge

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Post by z3t4 »

daliusd wrote: post #10
larkeith wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Out of curiosity, why use Edge over Firefox?

While I use Firefox daily on Ubuntu there are still some pain points that affect me directly * Offscreen canvas. E.g. samples from here do not work for me https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/08/offscreen-... * There are two problems with development: 1. Firefox does not catch some exceptions. This problem is fixed in 67 version so I can wait (but I still need to wait). 2. Firefox crashes for me randomly so…

To be fair offscreen canvas is just a few months old and still experimental. But everything that can speed up the canvas is welcome!

Re: Google features that Microsoft turned off in Chromium Edge

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Post by nicoburns »

realusername wrote: post #15
skrebbel wrote: post #14

I'm still sad they didn't partner with Firefox instead. It would suit the strategy of The New Microsoft very well to ensure competition in the browser market, and making an Firefox-based Edge plus a Firefox-based Electron clone would've been an amazing way to do that. They've shown competence in embracing, extending, and contributing back to OSS (eg they were instrumental in Nodejs getting to its amazing cross platfo…

I don't get it as well, what's the strategy behind that? They just reinforce Google's dominance so one of their main competitor just becomes stronger.

The license is probably a big reason. Firefox is GPL, so Microsoft wouldn't be able to add any proprietary components to it.

Re: Google features that Microsoft turned off in Chromium Edge

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Post by l2dy »

nicoburns wrote: post #17
realusername wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't get it as well, what's the strategy behind that? They just reinforce Google's dominance so one of their main competitor just becomes stronger.

The license is probably a big reason. Firefox is GPL, so Microsoft wouldn't be able to add any proprietary components to it.

> Firefox source code is free software, with most of it being released under the Mozilla Public License (MPL) version 2.0.

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox, it's released under MPL. But sure it's more restrictive than most code in Chromium.

Re: Google features that Microsoft turned off in Chromium Edge

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Post by rodgerd »

larkeith wrote: post #8
harel wrote: post #2

I wonder if we'll get Edge for Linux then... Considering the shift MS products have gone (VS Code is great!) I would be happy to give it a try.

Out of curiosity, why use Edge over Firefox?

I am not using a browser that's partnering with CloudFlare, given their huge support for extremist right-wing organisations and sites, and their history of supporting online criminals (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/10/spreading-the-ddos-disea...).
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