Thursday, June 4th 2020
Microsoft's New Chromium Based Edge Browser Now Rolling Out Via Windows Update
Microsoft released the first preview of its overhauled chromium-based edge browser back in January, but users had to navigate to Microsoft's site to install the browser. The new browser will now automatically roll out to versions of Windows 10 from version 1803 onwards, this will mean up to a billion installs of the updated browser. The New Edge browser when installed via windows update completely replaces the previous Edge browser whereas the website install coexists with the existing Edge browser.
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76 Comments on Microsoft's New Chromium Based Edge Browser Now Rolling Out Via Windows Update
edit:slower than firefox,noticeably slower.
will search for updates
edit:can't find them
edit:found it,downloading
edit:updated,looks nice and clean,works fast.might do more with it.
As proven by the two members after your post.
My CPU is pretty fast for today's standards when most people are still struggling with 2nd and 3rd generation Core i-something.
I can play modern games pretty much maxed out at 2560 x 1440.
Two biggest annoyances so far:
- Horrible, horrible default fonts (anyone know which the default fonts were in the proper Edge? They were fine but can't seem to find what they exactly are)
- Why the F doesn't cursor jump to the "default dialog" on the webpage automatically? I mean, I write an adress, say, google.com, and press enter. When the page is loaded, the cursor should be in the search bar ready for typing, but instead it's still in the damn address bar (yes, I know you can search from address bar, google was just an example here) - how do I change that?
Default fonts as far as I know are the usual ones in both old Edge and new Chromium Edge: Arial, Times New Roman and Consolas.
Maybe post a screenshot comparing both of them?
Radeon or not, your image settings are F'ed beyond recognition.
I recognize these characteristics... its the same thing you see in many SweetFX presets: oversaturated, too high in contrast, in a desperate bid to create a more vibrant image. The reality is you've just grown accustomed to a higher contrast and it means a loss of detail. Color tones are simply gone and pushed to extremes.
The writing's on the wall too, as you said my FF pic looks better than Edge, but didn't Edge have full hardware acceleration? I agree Edge does more on/with GPU resources, scrolling and cursor movement inside an image are somewhat better. Its very minor, but its there.
Thanks all.
to each his own tho.I prefer smooth.
been trying out edge - I like.it's just a browser tho.one would think they've all come this far by 2020.
I couldn't take screenshots of the browser window either, it looked just like Chrome screenshots, way overbright (I'm using HDR colorspace on desktop), but after restarting the browser that seems to have fixed itself too
Why this hate towards Chromium-based Edge ? It's working and it's excellent.
It could be super cool if someone technical from Microsoft and/or AMD explains Radeon Image Sharpening, Virtual Super Resolution, this kind of stuff and how Edge works.
It's really great:
or to put it better I like firefox more.
for android opera is great.
I'll need to see a review from an actual researcher before I commit to it on the privacy aspect, and I'll probably get around to moving back to Waterfox, but for the time being, it does what it says on the tin.