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An even faster Microsoft Edge

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Re: An even faster Microsoft Edge

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I once switched from Firefox to Chrome on old PCs because Firefox felt intolerably slow. I still use some of these PCs, including semi-old ones on which Firefox feels tolerably slow so I use Firefox. I expected Edge to be at least as as fast as Chrome but no, it feels more slow than Firefox. It also asks many questions (no, I don't want to make it the default nor to sign-in, nor to let it itself cookie-track me, and…

I wonder if the "new" Firefox is about as good on old PCs as Chrome as it improved quite a lot with Quantum/Photon. For me the switch to Chrome was also caused by the abysmal performance of Firefox at the time, but I immediately switched back when the performance was at least tolerable. Granted Chrome is still the faster browser from what I've seen in benchmarks and reviews.

> I wonder if the "new" Firefox is about as good on old PCs as Chrome as it improved quite a lot with Quantum/Photon.

On old PCs - not much, just slightly better. Perfect on modern PCs though so I se no reason (other than testing) to use Chrome on non-museum computers.

Re: An even faster Microsoft Edge

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post #46
post #9

Is Edge still sending all URLs and images to Microsoft by default?

With Recall, Windows will soon do this, regardless of browser.

I don't much like Microsoft's policies either but there is no reason to make stuff up. Recall is entirely local.

Re: An even faster Microsoft Edge

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post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With Recall, Windows will soon do this, regardless of browser.

I don't much like Microsoft's policies either but there is no reason to make stuff up. Recall is entirely local.

Absolutely correct for the current version of Recall. Hard for me to imagine that sharing of "anonymous" reporting of data to "select partners" for "quality and performance" reasons is not in the roadmap.
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