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Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser

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Re: Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser

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Post by catalogia »

garkin wrote: post #30

I personally use Edge almost daily for their awesome in-browser TTS and reading-mode feature. I inspire you to try it. For general purpose Google account integration convinience grip is yet overweights their constant effort to ruin UI and extensions. Also Edge App Store still lacks uMatrix, but already has uBlock Origin.

> I personally use Edge almost daily for their awesome in-browser TTS and reading-mode feature. I inspire you to try it.

Why should I use Edge for that, instead of Firefox (which also has TTS in its reader-mode)?

Re: Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser

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Post by 40four »

prophesi wrote: post #22
forthefuture wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's an aggregate of the months you're selecting (2019/04 - 2020/03). If you select just March you can see what they're seeing: https://netmarketshare.com/?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22...

Ah, thank you. I wish they included the URL, or shown the entire filter they used.

It looks as if some Firefox users bailed to try out the new Edge since the update? Chrome usage remained mostly constant.

I'm curious to see if they stick with it, or switch back to Firefox. I like how the article talks as if it was some sort of inevitable milestone we've all been waiting for. And now, instantly, the second that Edge finally eek-ed past Firefox (if we consider desktop usage only), it will never change. It will just keep climbing and climbing onto browser dominance :)

Pretty lame article if you ask me. Not very interesting.

Re: Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser

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Post by Yizahi »

err4nt wrote: post #11
lolc wrote: post #3

> But all of these show that Microsoft Edge is now a fully-featured alternative to Google Chrome Given that it uses Chrome's engine, Edge isn't an alternative to Chrome. It's just an alternative version of Chrome. Sure, from a user perspective, it's an alternative. From a dev perspective, it adds to the dominance of Chrome.

From a dev perspective it also loosens Google's grip on Chromium, the #1 rendering engine :D Having Microsoft collaborate and diversify that project is a major win for all of us. I am hoping/wishing that Mozilla will drop gecko development and repackage WebKit - it would be great for them to join forces and pool resources with the #2 engine!

There is no such thing as Chromium, it is just a Chrome-lite. Nobody took Chromium and made a separate browser with a separate code from what Google pushes in the trunk. All others do is just add or remove whatever Google allows them, while accepting all serious commits coming down from Chrome. Webkit on the other hand had produced truly different engines - Chromium and Safari, developed differently and making different decisions. If Mozilla with switch to Chrome engine it will be yet another Chrome with mods.

Re: Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser

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Post by s_dev »

prophesi wrote: post #4

This doesn't seem to be the case? I visited NetMarketShare myself, and showed the market share stats for all browsers, excluding bots/spiders. It then shows Chrome > Safari > Firefox > IE11 > Edge. Pardon the large, ugly URL, but this is the filter I used: https://netmarketshare.com/?options=%7B%22filter%22%3A%7B%22... Edit: I see now that softpedia is talking about desktop browsers only. Even then, Edge is in fourth…

G Stats suggests the same: https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share

Re: Microsoft Edge is now the second most-used desktop browser

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Post by 40four »

For anyone who comes straight to the comments, I recommend passing on this article. If you already clicked through, I'm sorry :)

It it misleading, the writer is only considering desktop usage, and then constraining the data the the month of March. The 'evidence' is in the form of a single screenshot, from his lone data source NetMarketShare. He is trying to hype it up as some sort of 'grand' milestone.

Here is another data source that says otherwise - https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/desktop/worl.... Other commenters have also pointed out data that conflicts this premise.

It is poorly written, and over the top. The poster used the subtitle here, but the real title of the article is 'History in the Making: Microsoft Edge Overtakes Mozilla Firefox'. Also making points such as "While some expect Microsoft Edge to become the world’s top desktop browser...". Come on man.

Finally, it is just not that interesting. The real story should be, some Firefox/ IE users decided to try out the new Edge in the month of March, after a flashy new version was released. Maybe Edge really will continue to claw a few points of market share, let's follow up in a few months. But this particular article is really poor.

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