Wednesday, June 17th 2020
Microsoft Fall 2020 Windows 10 Update will Make the New Edge Browser the Default Option
Microsoft has released its Chromium-based Edge browser some time ago and it is already capturing the market. Just in April of this year, it became the world's second most popular web-browser, just behind Google Chrome. Surpassing even Mozilla's Firefox web-browser, the new Edge is rising in popularity very quickly. So far, Microsoft gave an option for Windows 10 users to just download the new browser if they want to, or the only Edge browser you had would be the old version based on the EdgeHTML engine. Even though Microsoft has recently decided to start rolling out the new Chromium-based browser via OS updates, the old version could still find its way in the OS and there wouldn't be a new one present. Starting with update 20H2, Microsoft is bundling the new browser with OS update, making it a default option in the OS.
While the new browser is going to replace old Edge for default opening of links or some files like PDF, the old Edge will still be present. A lot of legacy applications are relying on opening some of their stuff in the old browser, and there sure would be problems if it would be gone. Additionally, gone are the year plus month names for Windows 10 updates, like 1803, 1903, and 1909. Now you get a year plus the first or second half of the year. For example, the next update is 20H2 (second half of 2020), and the one after it is 21H1 (first half of 2021). This is done to avoid confusion and with this Microsoft announced that updates will be faster in general.
Source:
ComputerBase.de
While the new browser is going to replace old Edge for default opening of links or some files like PDF, the old Edge will still be present. A lot of legacy applications are relying on opening some of their stuff in the old browser, and there sure would be problems if it would be gone. Additionally, gone are the year plus month names for Windows 10 updates, like 1803, 1903, and 1909. Now you get a year plus the first or second half of the year. For example, the next update is 20H2 (second half of 2020), and the one after it is 21H1 (first half of 2021). This is done to avoid confusion and with this Microsoft announced that updates will be faster in general.
70 Comments on Microsoft Fall 2020 Windows 10 Update will Make the New Edge Browser the Default Option
Personally, I never understood why they got sued for shipping a browser with their OS. They don't get sued for shipping a calculator, or a notepad. It's a piece of software. You can go and download any other replacement for it.
But still; the base of this browser is www.chromium.org/
Actually, your post is shooting itself on the foot. How do you suppose to download your favorite browser if they didn't ship any browser with the OS?? :kookoo:
The sad truth is web standards have only ever really been stable when Microsoft has its control-freak mitts prised off of them, and no matter how many people like Edge, there's no question that the health of the web as a whole is far better off if we don't return to "80% Edge market share = websites now coded specifically for Edge, oh look they 'accidentally' no longer render properly on Linux, Android and Apple devices" instead of simply being coded for HTML5 / CSS3 without the BS.
What separates a web browser from say a calculator or text editor, is that the marketshare of a web browser affects the whole web ecosystem. At the height of IE, other browsers had issues with compatibility. The same would not be the case for a calculator or text editor, thus I don't see vendors of calculators and text editors suing Microsoft any time soon. Especially since the versions Microsoft ships with the OS are fairly basic. It could in theory be problematic if Microsoft were to ship something like VS Code along with Windows, but again, I am not a lawyer.
In Linux it's a simple apt-get command.
Now watch them migrate to something in a Flash player next :roll::roll:
tax.nat.gov.tw/alltax-download.html?id=9
(this is an age test... :D)
I hate this so much.
I hate that once again Edge has forced its way onto all my systems without being asked.
I hate that once again, Edge has hijacked my links, added itself to my start menu, desktop, taskbar, and notification center without my consent.
I hate that once again, for the nth time, I have to confirm that I want to switch anyway and that no - I do not want to check out Edge even though it's "recommended for Windows 10" by a sinister organisation who does not have user interests at heart and just wants to track me and sell my usage habits and browsing preferences.
Where's the class action lawsuit? Sign me up!
For better or worse, the government is moving to online filing for some things, like human people's income and wealth tax, some cases of VAT and sales tax and a few other forms. I'd say for better or worse because they haven't upgraded the infrastructure, apparently, and the system goes down three to five times a day, sometimes even more. At the very least it works with nearly every current browser on the market (a decade ago or so you could only use Internet Explorer, nothing else)
On the other hand, the tax office helps you file taxes there? Man, I do envy Taiwan. The tax office' employees here are mostly as****** who don't do anything useful for the public.To be honest, I know about it only because related videos started to show up in my YT recommended after watching one of gildedguy. And to keep up the honesty, I probably wasted more than a couple hours in that kind of content :laugh:You want a class-action lawsuit for that? I get that you're pissed off about it, but I don't think it would qualify for a lawsuit.
Let's face it, the previous snafu cost Microsoft $794M + $449M + $1.44B so far. I would expect they've put one or two lawyers on it by this point.