Microsoft Edge Is the Browser Every Windows 10 User Needs

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Edge is now just as good as any other browser out there

 

The transition to the Chromium engine has completely transformed Microsoft’s browser, and one of the best things it happened to the application is the cross-platform debut.

 

Thanks to Chromium, Microsoft Edge is no longer exclusive to Windows 10 but is also available on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, macOS, and even Linux. And with mobile versions already live, Microsoft Edge is now available on almost every platform out there.

 

Without a doubt, this is huge news for Microsoft, but the more important thing for both the software giant and its users is the actual experience that the browser is able to provide.

 

And after using Microsoft Edge for nearly one year, I can finally confirm this is the browser Windows 10 really needed.

 

In many ways, Edge is Microsoft’s very own version of Google Chrome, all with a personal touch that allows the app to better fit the needs of Microsoft users. So if you’re committed to Microsoft services in the long term, you can very well give Edge a try, as it sports one of the best feature packages available right now.

 

But what’s even more important is that Edge doesn’t force any feature on its users. And the living proof is the recent shopping update that provides us with coupons and price comparisons whenever we’re shopping online.

 

Microsoft itself is betting big on these capabilities in Microsoft Edge, and they are already live in the latest stable version of the browser.

 

“Microsoft Edge is the best browser for shopping this holiday. In fact, Microsoft Edge is the only browser with built-in tools to help you save time and money while shopping online with new features like auto-fill coupons and more proactive price comparisons. And this month, our new shopping hub, Shop the Look, and deals hub in Microsoft Bing make shopping even easier and quicker than before. And with many of us online more than ever, we want to be sure we’re safe when shopping online,” Microsoft said a few weeks ago.

 

And the software giant just doesn’t stop here. The company uses every single occasion to highlight how its browser is better than the ones built by rivals, including here Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox.

 

“Microsoft Edge is more secure than Chrome and Firefox by offering better protection against phishing and malware attacks on Windows 10. Just another reason to switch to Microsoft Edge. If you haven’t yet tried the new Microsoft Edge, launch it on your Windows PC and give it a spin. If you’re on a Mac or mobile device download it and let us know what you think!” the company said.

 

But as I said, what I like the most about Microsoft Edge is this new approach that lets users choose how they want the browser to work. The aforementioned shopping capabilities, for example, can be disabled in a matter of seconds, and certainly, this straightforward approach from one end to another is good news for the future of the browser in the long term.

 

Third-party statistics indicate Microsoft Edge is already the world’s second most-used browser on the desktop, as it managed to overtake Mozilla Firefox shortly after its debut earlier this year. Of course, it’s still far from Google Chrome, which controls some 70 percent of the desktop market (so more than 7 in 10 PCs out there run Google’s browser), but thanks to all these improvements, there’s no doubt Edge is already heading in the right direction.

 

In the meantime, if you haven’t tried Microsoft Edge just yet, you really should. And you don’t have to be a Microsoft user to like it, as there’s a little something for everybody in there.

 

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[steven36]

Nice Fluff  post by Bogdan Popa  that don't reflect on reality at all they got along ways to  go yet to ever become like IE before 2012

 

 

 

MAC OS  dont have  but  17.17 %  of the desktop market and Safari is in 2 place 

 

[NightWalker]

7 hours ago, steven36 said:

Nice Fluff  post by Bogdan Popa  that don't reflect on reality at all they got along ways to  go yet to ever become like IE before 2012

 

 

 

MAC OS  dont have  but  17.17 %  of the desktop market and Safari is in 2 place 

 

 

So how does a "low" market share invalidate the fact that "Microsoft Edge is the browser every windows 10 user needs" and the other points of the author?

 

Microsoft Edge doesnt need to have the monopoly of the market (like Chrome) to be relevant, it is a very competent browser and it obvious has space to grown.

 

[Ryrynz]

Give it time.. I expect Edge will do very well in the years ahead.. unlike Firefox.

[Pete 12]

Tried the new Edge for a few months , used IE11 only ............will not use IE11 anymore , Edge =   !

[halvgris]

not on a midrange pc or lower unless you want to wait up to 4 minutes just for starting up and additional minutes for loading,

 

chrome and brave are the ones that work fine with mid range and lower.

 

 

 

[NightWalker]

9 hours ago, halvgris said:

not on a midrange pc or lower unless you want to wait up to 4 minutes just for starting up and additional minutes for loading,

 

chrome and brave are the ones that work fine with mid range and lower.

 

 

 

4 minutes? Is this a midrange computer or an old Casio scientific calculator?

 

It literally takes one second (maybe less) to startup in my computer.

[Ryrynz]

On 12/4/2020 at 3:10 AM, halvgris said:

not on a midrange pc or lower unless you want to wait up to 4 minutes just for starting up and additional minutes for loading,

 

chrome and brave are the ones that work fine with mid range and lower.

 

 

 

 

Sounds like something is messed up, you should reset everything to do with Edge on your system. I can see this loading up within seconds on even a lowly A series AMD processor and a Hard Drive..

[UberGeek]

On 12/3/2020 at 7:40 PM, halvgris said:

not on a midrange pc or lower unless you want to wait up to 4 minutes just for starting up and additional minutes for loading,

 

chrome and brave are the ones that work fine with mid range and lower.

The quickest browser to load for me.

[halvgris]

no it's not a calculator i use, yet.

 

it's intel 3210m if i remember correctly it has 3500 score on cpubenchmark.net - all suited up.

 

thrust me i have tried everything but it even stalls when trying to load pages. since edge is fully supported on older ipad 4 it would actually benefit from using it since i do most searches on ipads generally.

 

i don't get why chrome and brave would work so good. to be fair brave is the fastest but my chrome has lots of extensions i can't live with out.

 

on linux i still primarily just use firefox because it runs so much better even on old intel core2duo devices. i left firefox when it became to heavy for my system and chrome got better.

 

i would be better of switching to linux but since i lack the security side of it, i.e. firewall malware settings. don't tell me there aren't any threats on linux it's not true. 

 

if a software just work for me i don't switch i do however try the competition yearly to see if it has changed. but as i mentioned the hardware i use are old but it works for me. there is no reason for me to change. i got to many spares. i used to work in a computer workshop so most of it was free or dirt cheap.

 

thanks for the effort you all!