duddy Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 What You Need to Know About the New Microsoft Edge Browser Are you using Windows 10? If so, Microsoft is about to install a new browser on your PC via Windows Update. The new browser is still called Microsoft Edge, but it’s based on the same code as Google Chrome. What Is the New Edge Browser? The new Microsoft Edge is based on the Chromium open-source project. Chromium forms the basis of Google Chrome, so the new Edge feels very similar to Google Chrome. It includes features found in Chrome, supports Chrome browser extensions, and has the same rendering engine as Google Chrome. If a website was designed for Google Chrome and didn’t work properly in the old Edge, it’ll now work properly in the new Edge. Like Google Chrome, the new version of Microsoft Edge will be updated every six weeks. You won’t have to wait for major versions of Windows 10 released every six months just for browser updates, as you did with the Legacy Edge browser. When Will You Get the New Edge? Microsoft released the stable version of its new Edge browser on Jan. 15, 2020. You can download it from Microsoft’s website. After installation, it will replace the old Edge browser with the new version. The original version of Edge is now officially called the “Legacy” version of Edge. Technically, the old Edge will remain installed for compatibility reasons, but Windows will hide it. You can tell you’re using the new Edge because it has a new logo. It’s a blue-and-green swirl rather than simply a blue “e”, as the old Edge was. Microsoft plans to roll out the new Edge to all Windows 10 users via Windows Update. Microsoft hasn’t said when it will do this, but the company began testing an Edge update in Windows 10’s “Release Preview” channel for Windows Insider testers on Feb. 25, 2020. We expect Microsoft will release Edge to all Windows 10 users via Windows Update around or before the release of Windows 10’s 2004 update, expected around April or May 2020. Can You Stop Microsoft From Installing It? You can stop Windows Update from installing the new Edge if you like, but we don’t recommend it. Windows Update will just replace the old Edge browser on your Windows 10 PC with a new, more modern one that works better. If you ignored the old Edge, you’re free to ignore the new Edge. However, Microsoft understands that some businesses will want to block their PCs from installing the new Edge. Microsoft offers a Chromium Edge update blocker toolkit that will set a “DoNotUpdateToEdgeWithChromium” registry value, ensuring PCs don’t automatically download and install the new Edge. Why Did Microsoft Ditch EdgeHTML for Chromium? Microsoft announced it would replace Edge’s EdgeHTML rendering engine with the Chromium rendering engine in December 2018. That announcement was shocking at the time. After all, Microsoft had always gone its own way with web browsers. Even EdgeHTML was originally based on the Microsoft Trident rendering engine used by Internet Explorer. Joe Belfiore, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of Windows at the time, explained this decision was made “to create better web compatibility for our customers and less fragmentation of the web for all web developers.” Even if you use Google Chrome, Microsoft’s work on the Edge browser will improve Chromium. Microsoft’s effort will make Chrome a better browser, too. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacaxi Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Already tried latest stable version 80.0.361.66 (you can download on Softexia.com) and do not have access to Torrents websites . Guess it is my web server --»Vodafone. Same happens with Firefox but no problem with Google Chrome. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhjohns Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 9 minutes ago, Abacaxi said: Already tried latest stable version 80.0.361.66 (you can download on Softexia.com Why wouldn't you download from the official website https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge?form=MA13DE&OCID=MA13DE ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacaxi Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 16 hours ago, dhjohns said: Why wouldn't you download from the official website https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge?form=MA13DE&OCID=MA13DE ? 1st time downloaded from Microsoft and later from Softexia.com (faster). Same thing found about not possible to download when using Torrents. No Problem with Google Chrome. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abacaxi Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Need some VPN Freeware. Which one should I choose ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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