Microsoft Edge

[greendiff]

Slow, laggy, easily confused, just generally awful, why do people bother with it - chrome/firefox/et al are 100 times better.

How does MS get away with such shoddy software?

[ging84]

People don't usually choose an OS because it has good built in browsers.

[grumbledoak]

I like Edge; I've switched.

No doubt Chrome is still spying on me somehow.

[CountZero23]

Edge is faster than Chrome in many cases, uses less memory and even uses less power so great if you're using it on the go.

Still prefer Chrome as Edge does't have plugins available yet.

Certainly leaps and bounds ahead of IE11.

[grumbledoak]

CountZero23 said:

Still prefer Chrome as Edge does't have plugins available yet.

Yes it does, since the Anniversary Edition update. I wouldn't have switched without AdBlock.

[zippy3x]

greendiff said:

Slow, laggy, easily confused, just generally awful, why do people bother with it

Personally, I bother with it because in my experience it is none of those things.

Faster than Chrome and way less of a resource hog.

[gr1340]

[Crafty_]

^ what does that have to do with edge?

It seems Chrome is fast becoming the resource hog nowadays.

[Riley Blue]

What is the current 'browser du jour'? I've used Opera since V5 (now on V43) and I've never found it lacking.

[Pints]

Crafty_ said:

^ what does that have to do with edge?

It seems Chrome is fast becoming the resource hog nowadays.

A rose by any other name.

[zippy3x]

Pints said:

Crafty_ said:

^ what does that have to do with edge?

It seems Chrome is fast becoming the resource hog nowadays.

A rose by any other name.

Except that Edge has a completely new codebase, new rendering engine, no support for IE legacy cruft like ActiveX, BHO's etc. and is not even a Win32 application. It is a universal app and will only run on Windows 10.

So in actuality, you could argue that Chrome and Firefox are more like IE than Edge.

[chow pan toon]

I always wonder what people see in Chrome, it seems slower than Firefox and more of a resource hog. I use edge on my surface as the battery life is better and it is quicker than Chrome.

[NiceCupOfTea]

Best think about Chrome is that it syncs across all my devices.

[anonymous-user]

I like it. Its gfast enough for me and copes with a lot of stuff thrown at it - multi windows flash content

[Pints]

grumbledoak said:

Yes it does, since the Anniversary Edition update. I wouldn't have switched without AdBlock.

Educate the ignorant. How do I get the update, and how do I install an adblocker to Edge?

It's the number one reason I don't use it regularly.

Ooh! Nevermind. Have just found the extensions option in the App store. Whoop!

[chow pan toon]

Pints said:

Educate the ignorant. How do I get the update, and how do I install an adblocker to Edge?

It's the number one reason I don't use it regularly.

Ooh! Nevermind. Have just found the extensions option in the App store. Whoop!

It works nicely with extensions, I didn't use it until they were available but its probably my main browser now. I don't think MS help themselves by releasing unfinished software sometimes.

[Pints]

chow pan toon said:

It works nicely with extensions, I didn't use it until they were available but its probably my main browser now. I don't think MS help themselves by releasing unfinished software sometimes.

This is my first post using Edge. I wouldn't by any stretch of the imagination call it fast but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt for now and stick with it to see if things improve.

Edit: I think a problem was that I had both Ghostery and Adguard. Having disabled Ghostery, it seems to be much better.

Edited by Pints on Saturday 11th March 17:17

[chow pan toon]

Pints said:

This is my first post using Edge. I wouldn't by any stretch of the imagination call it fast but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt for now and stick with it to see if things improve.

Edit: I think a problem was that I had both Ghostery and Adguard. Having disabled Ghostery, it seems to be much better.

Edited by Pints on Saturday 11th March 17:17

Thanks, I wasn't aware of Adguard, much better than adblock

[grumbledoak]

Okay, trying AdGuard now.

Can't see any difference TBH.

[Pints]

grumbledoak said:

Okay, trying AdGuard now.

Can't see any difference TBH.

ABP are reporting issues with Edge so I thought I'd try AdGuard. Working well so far.