Posted on 05/07/2015 9:52:21 AM PDT by dayglored
You won't have to worry about dodgy toolbars, rogue ActiveX controls, or buggy plugins when you use Microsoft Edge (née Project Spartan), Redmond's new web browser for Windows 10. But you can also forget about extending the browser in any way, at least at first.
Microsoft gave a sneak peek at its new, HTML/JavaScript-based extensibility engine for Edge at its Build developer conference in San Francisco last week. But on Wednesday we learned that this engine won't be available when the first general-availability build of Edge ships with the Windows 10 launch.
"We will enable this new model after our initial release of Microsoft Edge this summer and we look forward to sharing more details soon," the Microsoft Edge team wrote in a blog post on Wednesday.
Unfortunately, that will leave Edge users with virtually no ability to adjust the browser's behavior or add new features. (We're looking at you, AdBlock.) The new browser supports neither ActiveX controls nor Browser Helper Objects (BHOs), which developers could use to extend Internet Explorer with plugins and add-on toolbars, respectively.
Many will see that as a blessing, since those two technologies were the source of more unwanted IE popups, ads, and malware than any other. But Microsoft isn't going to give us any alternative to use with Edge – at least, not with its first release.
In addition to dropping support for ActiveX and BHOs, Edge also does away with support for VBScript, DirectX filters and transitions, and a host of other obscure, IE-only extensibility interfaces, including Active Documents, binary behaviors, custom download managers, custom printing handlers, custom security managers, MIME filters, pluggable protocols, and Web Slices.
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Win10 is apparently dropping Windows Media Center.
That could render previous versions of some hardware and software useless.
While it makes sense since it is a new browser from scratch, that is disappointing. Hopefully developers will get on this issue pronto.
Well, considering the new method is supposed to allow you to use extensions designed for any browser, it will probably be worth waiting for.
Things useful to “power users” that Firefox/PaleMoon/Waterfox browsers can offer (via extensions) that Edge and most others do not.
Tab Mix Plus 0.3.8.6 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-mix-plus
Reduce tab width; Enable multiple tab rows; Change how active tab looks, etc.
Memory Restart https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/memory-restart/
Shows how much ram FF is using, and enables easy restart to flush memory.
ColorfulTabs https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/colorfultabs/?src=search/
Make tabs distinctive. Options to change per site, etc.
FindBar Tweak https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/findbar-tweak/
Save search across pages. Keep search box open, etc.
Session Manager 0.7.5 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/session-manager/
Save sessions
Count word professional.https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/count-word-professional/
Select text and see how many characters and words. Useful for forums.
Menu Editor http://menueditor.mozdev.org/
Change items in menus
Googlebarlite https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/492/addon-492-latest.xpi?src=search
More options and customizations than Google Toolbar
Send Tab URLs https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/send-tab-urls/?src=ss
Copy and send list of all open tabs URLs.
Copy as HTML Link https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/copy-as-html-link/?src=search
R. click and Copy as HTML Link
Google/Yandex search link fix https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search-link-fix/
The actual URL is copied.
BBCodeXtra https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bbcodextra/
An extension which adds to the context menu new commands to insert BBCode/Html/XHtml codes in an easy and fast way...
Very useful for FR.
Lazarus: Form Recovery https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/
Saved text of comboxes. Has saved me loosing much typing after crashes.
Converter https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/converter/
Right click on metric sizes and convert to standard. Also for currency.
FlashGot https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashgot/?src=search
Google-translator-for-firefox/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-Us/firefox/addon/google-translator-for-firefox/
FT DeepDark https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ft-deepdark/
Best theme i found.
Noiascrollbars https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noiascrollbars
A work of beauty and far better visibility,. .
Classic Theme Restorer https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/
Options.
stay-Open Menu https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stay-open-menu/
Opens Bookmarks in tabs without losing the menu.
Xmarks Sync https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/xmarks-sync/?src=search
But can one run IE11 on Windows 10?
Plus, my favorite program, Paper Port, probably won’t run either.
Frankly, a browser that blocks the advertising that the internet uses for blood, is not likely to be widely available at any time, in the same way that the tech for blocking tv advertising, (available long ago) is rarely seen...
I have not used it in years..It’s pretty much redundant..
IE (maybe 11? 12?) will be available as a secondary browser on Windows 10, but its use will be severely curtailed.
And it will be dropped ASAP. It's an albatross around Windows' neck.
IE is rightfully dead. It just hasn't fallen all the way over yet.
So true, SO TRUE....
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