A beta version of the new Chromium-based Edge is available for testers

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But only for testers. Mehedi Hassan has a good overview on Thurrott.com. I think it’s great that the world’s moving to a “standard” browser rendering
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woody wrote:

But it’s hard to imagine this move will make much of a dent in Edge’s adoption rate.

It’s the chrome that’s getting dented. 😁

(Edge version 74.1.96.24 (Official build) dev (64-bit) seems to work very well.)

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Not quite beta yet. A developer version probably more akin to alpha.

--Joe

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Should be pretty stable after all chromium isn’t a new engine so compatibility should be good. I suspect people will be more disappointed with lack of extensions and features included on original Edge. Things like pen support are also missing in action. I found it funny that I signed up to be notified when the preview was released to public as Insider preview. But Microsoft’s email to announce that was strangely tagged as spam mail in my Outlook mailbox. Leave it to Microsoft to send out mail destine to get tagged as spam.

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Meh, its Microsoft’s version of Chrome. Other then Firefox and a couple really niche browsers. Almost all browsers use chromium except for Safari sticking with WebKit (so far). Personally I think Microsoft plans to focus much less on their browsers and this move only proves it. Obviously Windows needs a built in browser and this apparently will serve that purpose. Honestly, I think Microsoft gave Edge its best shot and it just didn’t gain any foothold.

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Hopefully it will be able to be used with a Local Account same as IE11 and Edge, and not require being signed into MS.

Doesn’t Google Chrome require needing to sign up for and then sign into a Google Account for many of its functions?

Windows 10 Pro x64 v22H2 and Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 (RIP)

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It seems odd that the Edge Dev downloaded to my ThinkPad is an older version (74.1.96.24) than the one I have running on my Windows 7 tower (75.0.109). So it goes, I guess. Both run without incident, and both have Chrome’s uBlock Origin installed.

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Here’s some more information about Chromium based Edge channels:

What to expect in the new Microsoft Edge Insider Channels

--Joe

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All of the Google things that MS replaced in Edge.

Don't take yourself so seriously, no one else does 🙂
All W10 Pro at 22H2,(2 Desktops, 1 Laptop).

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