Welcome to *new* Edge web browser. Chromium based Edge being rolled out to all.

[Bombastinator]

10 minutes ago, DeScruff said:

... Is it bad that all I can think about is how this will affect Merry's Web browser webcomic?


Also: Does anyone even say "Surf the web" anymore? To me thats such a... late 90s thing.

It’s older than that I think.  Anyone? Me. So I guess yes.  I may not count though.  It really still is kind of surfing.  You hit a link  and there’s a new wall of stuff and you wind up someplace else.

[Bombastinator]

5 minutes ago, Giganthrax said:

Has anyone tested the performance differences yet? 

 

If the Chromium Edge makes better use of system resources, I can see myself switching to it on my old laptop and maybe even on my 2ndary computer. 

I heard the lightest weight browser atm is(was?) opera.

[jjbeebe]

I have used it for a little while now and it still has some issues given its a beta. I like its new feature that makes it easy to create a "web app" for any website etc... As far as performance I would say based on what I have seen, without using any tools or software, it is in the same ballpark as plain chromium. 

 

 

 

Web app info 

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/using-web-apps-new-chromium-edge-windows-10/

[bcredeur97]

does this leave the old edge in place on your machine or replace it completely? I was hoping it would replace it so windows doesn't get fresh installed with 3 web browsers now lol

[Dabombinable]

21 minutes ago, Giganthrax said:

Has anyone tested the performance differences yet? 

 

If the Chromium Edge makes better use of system resources, I can see myself switching to it on my old laptop and maybe even on my 2ndary computer. 

It feels more responsive, but in the HTML5 test its identical (something that is not surprising since it has the same underlying engine).

[cesh me inside b0z]

1 hour ago, Dabombinable said:

Well I'm getting the same HTML5 results between Chrome 79 and Edge 79 (which means they are both a tad behind old Edge). That being said it does seem to be loading pages faster and to be more responsive.
And yes, IE 11 is a horrendous piece of shit.
 

HTML5 results:

 

IE11:

http://html5test.com/s/9cc3f549c6cee668.html

 

Chrome 79:

html5test.com/s/1b461949c6c56649.html

 

Old Edge:

http://html5test.com/s/18f88949c6c59446.html

 

New Edge/Edge 79:

http://html5test.com/s/bf4cc249c6cf9c5b.html

Then Firefox comes along and destroys all.

 

 

html5te.st/bf491149c51c8097

[CalintzJerevinan]

I just downloaded it and the gaming web browser Opera GX

[Quinnell]

All I can think about is how all I'm going to hear for the next 3 months is "Where did my E go!?!?"

[GoodBytes]

15 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

does this leave the old edge in place on your machine or replace it completely? I was hoping it would replace it so windows doesn't get fresh installed with 3 web browsers now lol

The old Edge will be replaced at the front user level. But the engine itself will actually remain for UWP apps that may use it... for now.

I think once Microsoft has a replacement and no more apps uses it, it will get axed out of the system.

[GoodBytes]

4 minutes ago, Quinnell said:

All I can think about is how all I'm going to hear for the next 3 months is "Where did my E go!?!?"

Quinnell: "Click on the blue wave!"

User: "Blue what?"

Quinnell: "The blue wave!!!"

User: "Honey, I think he gone mad..."

[cesh me inside b0z]

Just now, GoodBytes said:

Quinnell: "Click on the blue wave!"

User: "Blue what?"

Quinnell: "The blue wave!!!"

User: "Honey, I think he gone mad..."

*Sends parcel with a small violin in*

[Nowak]

I'll still use Vivaldi tbh

[Caroline]

Now with AI-powered Keylogger^TM

[SeriousDad69]

The reason I used Edge was the Epub reader functionality lol, now that it's just another Chrome clone you might as well just use Google Chrome.

[xAcid9]

Kept getting this error, i guess it was not meant to be.

 

[Ashley xD]

I'm gonna try this for sure. on macOS even! 

[RorzNZ]

I’ll stick to Safari. They all do the same stuff why bother? 
 

 

 

(For people saying Chrome is better - read the article !)

[Results45]

https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/8/18300772/microsoft-google-services-removed-changed-chromium-edge-browser

[GoldenLag]

been using Edge Dev for quite some time now, honestly like it more than Chrome. 

 

and if this replaces older edge, then i nolonger see a reason to use a browser to install another browser. because at this point im using edge to download edge..........

[GoodBytes]

4 hours ago, xAcid9 said:

Kept getting this error, i guess it was not meant to be.

 

Sounds like your anti-virus is blocking the setup (or you are out of disk space)

[xAcid9]

36 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

Sounds like your anti-virus is blocking the setup (or you are out of disk space)

oh shit.. i thought i still got over 5GB left. thanks. 

 

 

 

Spoiler

 

[Doobeedoo]

12 hours ago, F77 said:

Then Firefox comes along and destroys all.

 

 

html5te.st/bf491149c51c8097

Then Opera and Vivaldi come
https://html5te.st/01bb5849c81c46e2
https://html5te.st/9e629e49c81e4ba8

[Doobeedoo]

So far very good, fast and responsive. It's a whole new slate for Edge now being Chromium based. It just go released and it's looking pretty great though. So in time with more polish and extra added/returned features it can end up quite awesome. 
I'm mainly on Opera and Vivaldi but I'll use the new Edge in tandem though.

[kaiju_wars]

I already switched to Firefox fully across all my devices a few months back.  I'm not looking to install a new browser anytime soon.

[JustWantTech]

I use new edge, chrome, firefox and opera.

 

I don't think the new edge will sway existing web browser user but I can see new user will less likely to download chrome when installing Windows and more people on other platform who want to use old Edge feature but with chrome performance.