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A first look at Microsoft’s new Chromium-powered Edge browser
Microsoft is rebuilding its Edge browser on Chromium. The software maker has been testing versions of this browser internally at Microsoft, and now The Verge has secured an exclusive first look at the early work thanks to a source who wishes to remain anonymous. While the previously leaked screenshots made Edge look very similar to Chrome, Microsoft is adding its own touches and animations to make it look and feel like a Windows browser.
When you first install the Chromium version of Edge, Microsoft will prompt you to import favorites, passwords, and browsing history from Chrome or Edge (depending on your default). The setup screen also prompts you to pick a style for the default tab page before you start browsing.
Most of the user interface of the browser is a mix of Chrome and Edge, and Microsoft has clearly tried to add its own little touches here and there. There’s a read aloud accessibility option, and it simply reads the page out loud like it does in existing versions of Edge. Some features that you’d expect from Edge are missing, though. Microsoft hasn’t implemented its set aside tabs feature just yet, and write on the web with a stylus isn’t available. A dark mode is only available via a testing flag right now.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Monday March 25 2019, @05:18AM (3 children)
Ftp/sftp? Nntp? Etc etc
How about being able to host your own website?
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @05:39AM
Yes, yes, all that and much more! Chromium will soon become the systemd of browsers. Thanks Google!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 25 2019, @08:44AM
I'm not sure what you're trying to say, I think you're asking if I think Google will rewrite those standards, if so then I don't.
As for "How about being able to host your own website?": them rewriting the HTTP/HTML/JS/CSS specs will fuck with that yeah.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Monday March 25 2019, @09:43AM
You're certainly permitted to do that, customer, as long as Google is between your server and the rest of the Google customers [ampproject.org] that connect to it.