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Chromium-based Edge preview builds

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Re: Chromium-based Edge preview builds

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Post by partiallypro »

It looks nice so far, but Microsoft really needs to drop the E logo, and maybe even the Edge name. Both already have negative connotations; and I don't think Microsoft can now claim that it makes it easier to find access to the internet. Especially when Chrome and Safari on tablets and phones look nothing like the iconic blue E, and yet late age boomers can still figure out the devices.

Re: Chromium-based Edge preview builds

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Post by penagwin »

I think there's a tongue-in-cheek joke about IE/Edge being so bloated as is, that the only route they could take was to slap electron on top for even more memory usage.

All jokes aside, are they still using Chakra or switching to V8? I know there was a ton of work in node.js to make it work with chakra, not to mention edge was one of the early adopters of many ES2015/ES6 features, it seems odd to me to abandon all of that momentum.

Re: Chromium-based Edge preview builds

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Post by sverige »

Seriously, why is MS doing this? Internet Explorer died years ago, Edge never took off, and Google isn't about to give up their market share for spyware without a fight. It's like MS thinks this is Browser Wars 3.0. Heaven help me if it turns out that MS seems to be doing something comparatively good.

Re: Chromium-based Edge preview builds

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Post by iamjustlooking »

saagarjha wrote: post #3

> Support for Mac and all supported versions of Windows will also come over time. Is anyone actually planning to use Edge on macOS? What reasons would you have for doing so?

I would use it for browser testing websites if it's renders identically to the Windows version.
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