LOTS more description of
Edge on the Blog.
This is looking pretty darn good, folks. I'm a die-hard Firefox fan, and my hatred of I.E. knows no bounds. But I'm gonna give Edge the benefit of the doubt and see what they've done.
1 posted on
05/12/2015 5:50:07 PM PDT by
dayglored
To: dayglored; Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; Alas Babylon!; amigatec; ...
Great In-Depth Article on Microsoft's new browser Edge ... PING!
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2 posted on
05/12/2015 5:51:09 PM PDT by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored
This caught my eye:
Microsoft Edge provides no support for VML, VB Script, Toolbars, BHOs, or ActiveX. The need for such extensions is significantly reduced by the rich capabilities of HTML5, and using HTML5 results in sites that are interoperable across browsers.
I had to blink a few times and be sure I was still on Microsoft's site.
3 posted on
05/12/2015 5:54:43 PM PDT by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: dayglored
You know where this is eventually going? The end of anonymity and central control of all network usage.
We will eventually have our own cyber Stasi.
To: dayglored
As they are designing it from the ground up, it should be about as safe as a browser can be.
6 posted on
05/12/2015 6:03:09 PM PDT by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: dayglored
I hope they make Edge W3C complaint. Coding HTML for other browsers and having to make special exceptions for IE all the time is tedious, expensive for the client and bullshit.
8 posted on
05/12/2015 6:06:57 PM PDT by
upchuck
(The current Federal Government is what the Founding Fathers tried to prevent. WAKE UP!! Amendment V)
To: dayglored
I’ll believe they can make a better (and safer) browser when I see it. How many vectors to date have been based in I.E., and the hooks deep into the OS that micosoft insists on installing there?
10 posted on
05/12/2015 6:11:39 PM PDT by
zeugma
(Are there more nearby spiders than the sun is big?)
To: dayglored
This is looking pretty darn good, folks. I'm a die-hard Firefox fan, and my hatred of I.E. knows no bounds. But I'm gonna give Edge the benefit of the doubt and see what they've done Good to see advances in security, though other browsers also are working on that, but what it most likely means is a browser that enables even less customization than IE does, and is only better for browsing with no more than 5 tabs (and with Ctrl+Tab not toggling btwn the last active tab). Safer but sterile. If this were a car....
Thus Microsoft Edge provides no support for VML, VB Script, Toolbars, BHOs, or ActiveX. .
14 posted on
05/12/2015 6:19:26 PM PDT by
daniel1212
(Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
To: dayglored
Does it have a script blocker? If not, I don’t need it.
15 posted on
05/12/2015 6:31:51 PM PDT by
PAR35
To: dayglored
MS’ biggest problem with IE is backward compatibility. That requirement makes stability and security enormously complex.
This is a new browser from the ground up, and they know what they’re doing.
It is worth checking out.
19 posted on
05/12/2015 7:45:24 PM PDT by
MV=PY
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