microsoft edge any good?

[ben dover kid]

so iv been using chrome for a long long time. im thinking about giving edge a chance. anyone out there using edge? is it a piece of poop like internet explorer? thoughts?

[ChrisCross]

Just now, ben dover kid said:

so iv been using chrome for a long long time. im thinking about giving edge a chance. anyone out there using edge? is it a piece of poop like internet explorer? thoughts?

its good with a touchscreen or a very slow machine but it doesnt scale well.

[Neverender]

I haven't used Edge much. The only times I use it are for Google Maps and a couple of flash game sites. I've had no issues with it. It seems to run pretty smooth for me.

[Tosa]

Microsoft took Internet Explorer, removed the poop, made a new browser and called it "Edge". Yeah, they took IE's code, removed a metric ton of properitary poop code that's both slowing it down and not complying with W3C standards. That's what, in my opinion, made IE poop, and it's not present in Edge. On the other hand, Chrome has been introducing things that doesn't comply with the W3C standards, which is bad because they easily can abuse their position in the browser market.

[Nexxus]

opps

[Nexxus]

its fine if you can deal with the lack of addons...its nothing special its nothing horrible only complaint I have is right click copy image url is still not a thing

[ThinkWithPortals]

Eh, I don't like it much. Might be because I'm just so used to Chrome, though.

[GoodBytes]

If you want to try Edge, wait for Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Edge is much improved in just about every way, making it more a complete web browser (and yes, it has extensions). Currently, if you are on the official build of Windows 10, it is very basic web browser, with a powerful engine under the hood.

 

 

Edge strength in terms of experience, is giving you a good web experience on slow machines, best high-DPI support, best and full touch experience, and the only one with digitize pen support.

 

[Nexxus]

2 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

If you want to try Edge, wait for Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Edge is much improved in just about every way, making it more a complete web browser (and yes, it has extensions). Currently, if you are on the official build of Windows 10, it is very basic web browser, with a powerful engine under the hood.

 

When is redstone due again?

[GoodBytes]

Just now, Nexxus said:

When is redstone due again?

Sometime in June or July

[Nexxus]

2 minutes ago, GoodBytes said:

Sometime in June or July

 

[GoodBytes]

25 minutes ago, Nexxus said:

 

Well if you want it now, join the Insider program. But don't complain about bugs.. but a great time to report issues if you want them fixed in the feedback app.

[Nexxus]

1 minute ago, GoodBytes said:

Well if you want it now, join the Insider program. But don't complain about bugs.. but a great time to report issues if you want them fixed in the feedback app.

Nah im good, im just impatient, but not enough to make my system potentially a bunch of unstable fuck. 

[LAwLz]

It's crap. It's not as horrible as IE was/is, but it is still a long way from being anywhere near as good as Firefox/Chrome. For every benefit Edge has, it also has 10 drawbacks.

If you only care about good high DPI support and touch screen support then go for it. If you care about basically anything else (features, customization, cross-platform compatibility, extensions, support for web standards, decent GUI etc) then just keep using Chrome (or even better, change to Firefox).