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I've been using it for several months now. MUCH faster, less resource intensive than Chrome. After trying it for a week I moved everything over.
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Re: Windows 10 coming soon!!
I'm still using Firefox, more as a force of habit than anything else. At work, we have Macbooks so I run Chrome there.
Is it worth going for Edge?
Is it worth going for Edge?
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Re: Windows 10 coming soon!!
Edge is based on Chrome. Apparently you can even use Chrome extensions and apps. If you have used Chrome for your daily browsing then there's probably not much different past slight UI differences.
I've been using Firefox for a long time, only recently do I use ungoogled-chromium as well for a few things. I can't tell for Edge in depth but the reason I'm specifically looking for ungoogled-chromium was that it doesn't do much of the Google services integration; although I'll say that it's very resource-intensive, esp. for video and stream playback (as probably expected from Chrome/Chromium). If Microsoft's version does better in performance and it doesn't do much in the integrations then it might be a solid browser to use if you don't have (or don't want to waste) the space to install another browser.
On my Android phone I've come across Kiwi Browser, it's basically Chrome but much, much lighter.
I've been using Firefox for a long time, only recently do I use ungoogled-chromium as well for a few things. I can't tell for Edge in depth but the reason I'm specifically looking for ungoogled-chromium was that it doesn't do much of the Google services integration; although I'll say that it's very resource-intensive, esp. for video and stream playback (as probably expected from Chrome/Chromium). If Microsoft's version does better in performance and it doesn't do much in the integrations then it might be a solid browser to use if you don't have (or don't want to waste) the space to install another browser.
On my Android phone I've come across Kiwi Browser, it's basically Chrome but much, much lighter.
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Other major browsers today based on the open source Chromium project are Brave, Opera, Samsung's default browser and for Kindle users, Amazon Silk.
Honestly Edge probably isn't the best browser, but it's lighter on its feet, than Chrome works very well and as you say, takes extensions from either the Microsoft Store or from the Chrome Web Store. I no longer feel the urge to immediately install Firefox (my preferred alternative) right away.
Honestly Edge probably isn't the best browser, but it's lighter on its feet, than Chrome works very well and as you say, takes extensions from either the Microsoft Store or from the Chrome Web Store. I no longer feel the urge to immediately install Firefox (my preferred alternative) right away.
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I do not like the UI of Edge because it's IMHO to minimised. Beside that it's the n-th Chromium-based browser. I use Firefox and for website testing and every when and then tasks Chromium or Vivaldi (also a Chromium-based browser).
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I do not like the UI of Edge because it's IMHO to minimised. Beside that it's the n-th Chromium-based browser. I use Firefox and for website testing and every when and then tasks Chromium or Vivaldi (also a Chromium-based browser).
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I tried edge, but once again found it lacking, and nearly immediately went back to Chrome, and uninstalled Edge. Although I have noticed Microsoft pulling their oft-used sneaking it back in when Windows updates, a long with other 'default' applications that come with stock Windows but can be safely removed from the system.
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I've made the jump to Brave, which is Chromium but with much better privacy controls and Googly bits removed.
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Yeah, your data would probably go to Microsoft, but to start with you already is in Microsoft hands by using Windows and whatever loopholes they might have.
This honestly is the most bleak problem with web browsers these days... Google pretty much only allows you to log-in using either Safari or Firefox-based or Chromium-based browsers (plus IE but IE is terrible to begin with). I once tried LXQt and the distro-maintained Falkon Browser and it doesn't allow me to log into my account for whatever reason. (probably why they ship off with Firefox as default, despite being heavier.)
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I only realized this now, but here are the previews for the 21H1 update :
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21286
The thing that caught most of my attention :
I'm not really interested in the news part, but the weather indication would be nice to have. Ever since I don't look at my phone as much it's something I wish I have in the background of my desktop... and while Rainmeter still exists and works well, most skin versions that I have seen is really intrusive for my liking, and the good old Enigma skin isn't maintained anymore (had a screenshot of it when I had it set up briefly). There's a similar widget on KDE already and ever since having it I've always wished for Windows to also feature them, as well as the trash bin in the toolbar thing.
Oh, and if it's any relevant to the Edge browser discussions, the widget will apparently use the Edge engine... so one will need it installed for it to work.
Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21286
The thing that caught most of my attention :
I'm not really interested in the news part, but the weather indication would be nice to have. Ever since I don't look at my phone as much it's something I wish I have in the background of my desktop... and while Rainmeter still exists and works well, most skin versions that I have seen is really intrusive for my liking, and the good old Enigma skin isn't maintained anymore (had a screenshot of it when I had it set up briefly). There's a similar widget on KDE already and ever since having it I've always wished for Windows to also feature them, as well as the trash bin in the toolbar thing.
Oh, and if it's any relevant to the Edge browser discussions, the widget will apparently use the Edge engine... so one will need it installed for it to work.
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I probably won't use the news as much, especially if it contains as much advertising as Bing News does. Ugh. But the weather? YES! I'm a weather junkie. I miss having a decent, low CPU/RAM app that just tells me what the weather is at a glance and doesn't sell me advertising or give away all my user data.
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I miss the gadgets/widgets Windows Vista had. I used to have a GPU/CPU usage meter & weather widget on my desktop at all times.kamnet wrote: ↑08 Feb 2021 22:22 I probably won't use the news as much, especially if it contains as much advertising as Bing News does. Ugh. But the weather? YES! I'm a weather junkie. I miss having a decent, low CPU/RAM app that just tells me what the weather is at a glance and doesn't sell me advertising or give away all my user data.
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Windows 11 is about to arrive:
Details here: https://www.news.com.au/technology/inno ... be13b54717
Further details here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/windows ... _Windows11
Details here: https://www.news.com.au/technology/inno ... be13b54717
Further details here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/windows ... _Windows11
Windows 10 discussion here: http://www.tt-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=72527
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I've been running it on my laptop since the dev channel release and I'm happy so far. It's like a big update for Win10 if I'm honest.
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Yes they did but no particular worries, Windows 10 is will be supported to 2025 (so they say)
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I look forward to Windows 11 but as of now I don't have any hardware that will run it. My laptop is 10 years old and my desktop is 13 years old. They'll be stuck on Windows 10 unless I switch over to a Linux of some sort, which at this point probably won't kill me since I have nothing left to run that is Windows-specific.
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Microsoft's default browser annoys me. Chrome and Firefox are much more convenient, faster and more functional, in my opinion.Auge wrote: ↑02 Feb 2021 11:57 Hello
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I do not like the UI of Edge because it's IMHO to minimised. Beside that it's the n-th Chromium-based browser. I use Firefox and for website testing and every when and then tasks Chromium or Vivaldi (also a Chromium-based browser).
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I don't like at all ...kamnet wrote: ↑29 Jul 2021 03:35 I look forward to Windows 11 but as of now I don't have any hardware that will run it. My laptop is 10 years old and my desktop is 13 years old. They'll be stuck on Windows 10 unless I switch over to a Linux of some sort, which at this point probably won't kill me since I have nothing left to run that is Windows-specific.
Windows 8 was bad and then they tried with 8.1, giving us an inch .... then 10 was worse by miles.
Remember how they forced it on you by shady tactics? <- read: the shady auto-'upgrade' they forced on us unless you removed that crap update
I really have no hopes for microsoft to be doing better any time soon ... really ... you can only install 11 unless you conform to their rules and have TMP on your system or just bugger off?
I am still using win 7 pro and when that stops working I'll be back to using linux exlusively or no more interwebs at all ... I've grown old enough to say "f*** it, I don't need this s*** !!!"
How can you be fine with being tracked all the time and having all your stuffs controlled by companies you don't even know all that well? There is nothing to gain only to lose ...
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