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![]() This is a lot easier than manually adding everything, and takes the stress out of switching to a new browser. Depending on which one you’re coming from, that could include bookmarks, passwords, browsing history, settings, and any tabs you have open. The first time you start up the browser, Edge will offer to import data from Chrome, Firefox, or Safari. Here are some of the new features you should try: 1. This change should mean better performance and compatibility with websites. Instead of relying on it’s own web engine, Edge is now powered by the Chromium code base and the Blink web engine, both of which also power Chrome. For that, your only choices are Edge and Firefox.Microsoft Edge may have the familiar appearance you’ve seen before, but don't be fooled, Microsoft has finally rebuilt it’s browser from the ground up, and if you’re looking to try something other than Chrome, you should definitely check out what new features Edge has to offer. While Windows 11 can emulate any 圆4 app on an ARM64 processor, you'll probably want a browser that runs natively. If you use Windows on Arm, then you know that your choice in decent browsers is limited. Microsoft Edge is the only Chromium browser that works natively on Arm But Microsoft did what Microsoft does it continued to add new features instead of improving the features that actually matter. When opening Edge Chromium, you'd get a simple message asking if you wanted to import your things from Chrome, and once you did, you could quite literally pick up in Edge where you left off in Chrome. The team started out on such a good track too. If you're a Microsoft fan, you're probably not much of a Google fan, so basically getting Chrome but with Microsoft services seemed perfect. Microsoft Edge was supposed to bring balance to the force, so to speak. This went on for months and months.Įdge was supposed to be good, and some things are good This was eventually resolved, but at the time, no matter how many times I'd change the setting, it would still be changed back on a new PC. I had an issue once with Edge where every time I signed in, it switched the browser to light mode, and I'd have to change it to the system setting. Oh, and that amount of time doesn't include the 10-second animation you have to go through just to open Edge for the first time.Īlso, sometimes there are bugs in syncing. When I set up a new PC, I can open Edge, download Vivaldi, sign in to Vivaldi, and have all of my passwords and favorites sync in Vivaldi long before any of them appear in Microsoft Edge. And aside from the year or so that I used it as a default browser before I couldn't take it anymore, one of the first things I do on a new PC is use Edge to download a new browser. ![]() The old joke for Internet Explorer, and later Edge, was that it's a Chrome installer. That means that I'm setting up a browser. I'm something of a rare use case because I'm activating a new Windows PC just about every week. So you lose out on the experience and the monetization along with it. The problem is that if you sacrifice a good experience in the name of monetization, no one will use it. While I look at the ads and the headlines, it feels like just another way for Microsoft to monetize its browser instead of actually making it a good experience. Why would anyone want a busy, noisy new tab page? I don't know about you, but when I click that '+' icon to open a new tab, I have a pretty good idea of what I want to do with it. The thing is, even if the content was relevant, I wouldn't want to see any of that. ![]() There are also ads with headlines like, "Is a Recession Coming? 5 Things To Do ASAP", and frankly, it blends right in with the quality of content I'm seeing natively. Labeled as "My Feed", it's a bunch of stuff that I wouldn't care about in a million years, such as headlines about Rihanna's child, what Britney Spears posted on Instagram, football news, and more. Below that is what basically feels like spam.
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