

What's instantly noticeable is support for existing Chrome extensions. Right now, only your favourites are synchronised. Unlike Chrome, Microsoft has deployed their own account system which will eventually synchronise your data including favourites, extensions, themes and browsing history. With the above in mind, and the need to be able to produce a solid, competitive and secure web browser, Microsoft has decided to stop trying to build their own from scratch and move to a Chromium framework, which is the engine that powers Google Chrome and other browsers.Įdge is the release version of this new browser.

This is the trust placed by end users in Microsoft and their development.

When Edge was first launched, in a rather basic form, with limited extension support, we used to receive complaints from people who'd bought a security suite and wanted a refund as their new security wouldn't support Edge (overlooking this was an issue with Edge, not their security). Despite having far more powerful alternatives, users paranoid about the dangers lurking around the internet would insist on using Internet Explorer. Please use the new version, otherwise no new Canary will be downloaded.Microsoft never appears to be completely happy with their web browser.

The current versions are no longer selected and displayed via the APPIDs, but via the direct names such as «msedge-canary-win-圆4»ĥ/27/19 Change of update links by MS for the Canary. If you have installed a 32-bit Windows, you will only see the x86. The Microsoft Edge Stable can now also be downloaded.Ĭreate a folder for all versions, you can now select «All», «Only x86», or «Only 圆4». Instead of a link, a launcher is now created in the directoryĪ Profile.txt is now created in the Edge folder. If necessary, there is a link in the readme. However, this is already integrated and installed in the current Windows versions. So once turned inside out, improved and the package has become even smaller. The Microsoft Edge Updater has now been written in C #. Version 1.1.5.0 A minor error when reading in the Version.log file has been fixed.įrom now on, a shortcut can also be created directly on the desktop.
