Microsoft To Replace (original) Edge With Its Chromium Browser This Wednesday (on Windows 10)

SlashDot ^ | Jan 13, 2020 | SlashDot user msmash

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Microsoft is replacing its Edge browser with the updated, Chromium-based version on January 15. Windows 10 users will be automatically transitioned over.

From the linked article (https://www.inputmag.com/tech/microsoft-is-replacing-edge-with-its-new-chromium-browser-next-week):

We already knew this was coming because Microsoft announced the new Edge's launch date last month, but it wasn't clear that users would be pushed to the new version. Thankfully it will look mostly the same as the existing Edge browser, with all the same proprietary Microsoft features, except for a slightly more Chrome-esque look. Since the new Chromium Edge will be based off the same browser as Google Chrome, Edge will now support all the same extensions. Last month developers were invited to port their Chrome extensions over to the Microsoft Store, with the company saying that most extensions could be transferred over without any additional work. Edge is the default browser for all 900 million Windows 10 users, so there's obviously an incentive there to port extensions.

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Hold onto your hats... we're going for another ride!

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Windows 10 Updates Edge Browser to Chromium-based (like Google Chrome)... PING!

You can find all the Windows Ping list threads with FR search: just search on keyword "windowspinglist".

[PROCON]

I recently bought a PC with Win 10 and am using the Brave browser with great results. Didn’t like the Edge browser.

[RayChuang88]

But why? I already run Google Chrome 79 on my Windows 10 Pro system at home.

[Dead Corpse]

Ugh. MS and Google in an unholy alliance...

Again.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

The new browser is a complete remake. Microsoft couldn’t beat Google so they joined them.

[RayChuang88]

Brave actually runs on the same Chromium code used by Google Chrome and soon Edge.

[Dr. Sivana]

I want my menu bar back.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

It seems to be working ok, and a little Faster than Google’s product.

One gripe is you still get that stupid prompt when opening 15 or more windows.

[novemberslady]

I also use the Brave browser. It’s pretty good.

[CatOwner]

I think that leaves Firefox and Safari as the only non-Chromium browsers that support a sizable market.

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

that’s gonna cost you extra...............

[Carriage Hill]

I’m staying with Win-7 Pro x64, Norton 360, MalwareBytes Premium and Opera v66. Screw Win-10, Chrome and its lousy junk crappola.

[PROCON]

Are you tech savvy enough to explain to me why chromium base is better?

[Nuke From Orbit]

if it was run by the same team that ran Edge it is a doomed platform...

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Brave/Proud/Rainbow it all sounds too gay for me.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Browsers have almost become their own operating systems in terms of complexity.

Chrome is the standard, everyone else has to be comparable with Chrome, or convince everyone else to accommodate their unique features.

[circlecity]

"if it was run by the same team that ran Edge it is a doomed platform..."

Edge is what finally prompted me to go to Firefox. I'm all set up on it so I doubt I would go back.

[deport]

Clemson has their orange wave items out.