Monday, April 6th 2020

Microsoft Edge Now 2nd Most Popular Web-Browser

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AleksandarK
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Microsoft's latest Edge browser based on the open-source Chromium browser is now the 2nd most popular browser in the world. Having launched just three months ago, it already has increased its userbase around the world to become more popular than even some long-lasting alternatives such as Mozilla Firefox, which is now the 3rd most popular option, showing that Firefox's userbase is decreasing in favor of the new Edge browser by Microsoft. The number one is still Google's Chrome which owns the majority of users at 68.5%, while Edge is at 7.59%. Firefox is present with a 7.19% market share, placing it just below Edge. It is impressive to see a new browser gain big userbase in such a short time, as alternative browsers often take years to gain even 2% of the market. You can check out the whole browser market share chart below.
Microsoft Edge Browser Browser Market Share
Source: TweakTown

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72 Comments on Microsoft Edge Now 2nd Most Popular Web-Browser

#26
Ravenas
My question is, how does this ultimately benefit Google?
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#27
R0H1T
It doesn't, Bing & by extension MS is the biggest beneficiary in this!
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#28
tfdsaf
Edge is basically Chrome with a new skin and a bit tweaked, it does give me some graphical issues, so I'm not using it. I like Firefox most though as its better for privacy and more secure.
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#29
Ravenas
R0H1TIt doesn't, Bing & by extension MS is the biggest beneficiary in this!
Google is benefiting from this probably by mainstreaming the source code for overall internet likeness to enable better advertising. Don't think Google would just loan out their source code as open source, without some intent behind doing so.
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#30
Frick
Fishfaced Nincompoop
JAB CreationsChrome monopoly works by herd mentality. If you can't think for yourself then you're part of the problem.
I don't even know what this means. MS base their business decisions on not thinking?
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#31
Easo
Vayra86Edge is good. But it lacks plugins and the effectiveness of its private browsing features leaves much to be desired.

Firefox on the other hand also has its bugs, but its never a dealbreaker. Its also not the fastest most zippy browser, but again, it offers a degree of control other browsers really can't approach, at least not without doing all sorts of advanced user stuff with them.
It does not lack plugins, it uses Google app store for that, same as Chrome... And it does not have any of the Google added stuff, if you are worried about security (heh, MS now).
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#33
CityCultivator
EarthDogThat is of zero relevance for me... an nvidia user. I also prefer not to have things like that integrated into my browser. No thanks....
Your graphics card also has these settings in Nvidia control panel. The browser also supports that.
These come as part of hardware acceleration that is required for Netflix 4k playready support.
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#34
EarthDog
CityCultivatorYour graphics card also has these settings in Nvidia control panel. The browser also supports that.
These come as part of hardware acceleration that is required for Netflix 4k playready support.
Right! Well aware. :)

I dont want/need these features accessible through my browser.

Edit: I see I misunderstood what he meant. Either way it isnt relevant. The he acceleration works fine in chrome and has done so for God knows how long.
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#35
CityCultivator
EarthDogRight! Well aware. :)

I dont want/need these features accessible through my browser.
This gives better quality video when using low resolution video. Also allows for lesser system usage on high definition videos.
As such, Edge, even the legacy one was my favourite YouTube browser.
Firefox will remain my main browser, it manages my tabs (and memory) better.
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#36
rutra80
On Windows, Edge (no matter the version) is the only browser that uses underlying technology very efficiently.
Easily seen on high quality YouTube or Netflix videos where other browsers fail.
As for FF, there's too much politics and not enough technical merit in Mozilla. FF can't even vsync properly.
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#37
T4C Fantasy
CPU & GPU DB Maintainer
My issue with chrome is (sometimes) when I close it I can't open it back up unless I remove it's process.. wtf
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#38
EarthDog
T4C FantasyMy issue with chrome is (sometimes) when I close it I can't open it back up unless I remove it's process.. wtf
Wow.. havent run into that...ever... thankfully!
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#39
HammerOn1024
Only because Mozilla will not get 4k HD into Firefox.
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#40
seccentral
DeathtoGnomesif Waterfox, or any other browser really, shipped as the default browser in Windows, I'd bet it would be just as popular.

This is not newsworthy, its propaganda.
Exactly
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#41
ARF
seccentralExactly
No.

Windows had previously shipped with Internet Explorer and actually still does ship with it but IE was slow and unstable.
Now with Edge you have a game changer - the superior Web Browser is Edge.
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#42
dyonoctis
I only have two issue with the whole "because it's bundled/ internet explorer icon" argument : windows doesn't upgrade classic edge to canary automatically, I had to do it manually, and even when reinstalling with a iso downloaded 4 days ago, it still wasn't the default browser.

And I find it hard to confuse IE icon with edge canary icon...
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#43
SIGSEGV
Nope. I use Brave browser
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#44
Kaotik
Probably already said, but this news has one big mistake: Edge is both EdgeHTML and the newer Chromium based one, not just the latter.
Microsoft isn't forcing people to jump to Chromium-version yet. When they do, I need to find some other browser, Chromium isn't an option because apparently it's impossible to do decent GUI on it. Also I'm not made of RAM.
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#45
bogmali
In Orbe Terrum Non Visi
Thread ban issued to those who argue and troll :rolleyes:
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#46
Makaveli
EarthDogThat is of zero relevance for me... an nvidia user. I also prefer not to have things like that integrated into my browser. No thanks....
lol you are a NV user its not intergrated into the browser.
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#47
EarthDog
Makavelilol you are a NV user its not intergrated into the browser.
I know...didn't I say that? Also, see my post later, the edit. ;)
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#48
Space Lynx
Astronaut
DeathtoGnomesWaterfox is better. Use it.

Firefox is better. Use it.

<insert more quips>
I switched to Vivaldi a couple weeks ago, I love it. I just ublock origin with it, change a few settings. Vivaldi is fantastic.
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#49
Totally
EarthDogNot for me.

Move along, Alf. I dont want to debate this with you. It's a preference, plain and simple.
It is laggy, do you not use youtube? Does it on both of my PCs and laptops.

Could only tolerate it for so long after the chromium update, before switching to FF and unfortunately Firefox is sloooow in comparison.
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#50
Fierce Guppy
R0H1TIt doesn't, Bing & by extension MS is the biggest beneficiary in this!
Yes... and I think the strategy is doomed. Force loading Bing into every new tab improves neither it nor the Edge browser, and is annoying. Bing is simply an inferior search engine.
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