Neowin: Microsoft will support the new Chromium-based Edge, Chredge, for at least 18 months

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Yeah, I know, it doesn’t make any sense. But if you’re running Windows 7 after Wednesday, you’ll likely get nudged to install the new Chredge = the Ch
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Does it have any benefits/drawbacks compared to Chrome?

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Well, Bing (Microsoft) is collecting your browsing information instead of Google?

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For what it’s worth, this sort of telemetry is turned off by default in the new Edge:

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SueW, Cybertooth

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8 ways in which Microsoft Edge (Chromium) is better than Google Chrome [ghacks.net]

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It makes perfect sense if you think of is as an advertising platform.

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No thanks. For some reason, Chredge makes me think of cringe.

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IMHO it’s better than Chrome.   And this is for businesses and their needs.

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So, will Microsoft be issuing monthly Windows 7 patches for Chredge?

Otherwise, what does it mean to “support” Chredge on Windows 7?

 

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Edge will update on its own, independently of the operating system.  It’s just an application, like Chrome.

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Cybertooth

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No I’ll have to remain on Firefox and IE11(Just because Windows 7 can not be fully and completely extricated from its IE-component integration). So most of the internet browsing is Firefox and IE’s usage limited to some subset of web interaction where Firefox may have issues.

I will not even consider revisiting Chredge on Windows 7/8/8.1 usage until  Chredge has  been released as stable for at minimum 6 months on any Windows 7/8/8.1 based systems. I’m still rather unhappy that Firefox does not have a No Default search engine option and really Bing, and even Google, are not my first choice in search engines.

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Where is the surprise in supporting independent program? regardless the compatible host os

not to mention that Win 7/8.1 will not get cEdge through Windows Update in the first place, like Windows 10

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Will Chredge be available for Win8.1 tomorrow? Interested to try it, but I would probably stay on Firefox.

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Yes.  It’s been available for months….

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WildBill

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abbodi86 wrote:

Where is the surprise in supporting independent program? regardless the compatible host os

not to mention that Win 7/8.1 will not get cEdge through Windows Update in the first place, like Windows 10

What’s to say it won’t be included in tomorrow’s final Windows Update push?

No matter where you go, there you are.

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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/DeployEdge/microsoft-edge-blocker-toolkit

Microsoft will distribute Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) to Home and Pro Edition devices running Windows 10 version 1803 via Windows Update

All other versions and Editions of Windows are excluded from being delivered automatically

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I think that should say “1803 and newer“. It does in the next paragraph.

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PerthMike wrote:

What’s to say it won’t be included in tomorrow’s final Windows Update push?

The fact that it’s not released until the following day?

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There is an update :

Update: Microsoft has updated it’s statement to only say that it will support Edge on Windows 7, but not for how long. In other words, it’s exactly what we already knew.

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Good to hear, that Microsoft is going to support its own product.. oh sorry.. advertising tool for at least 18 months. I want to test it too, but I refuse to be canary at insider channels. But definatelly, I want to see this browser at work.

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doriel wrote:

advertising tool for at least 18 months.

Microsoft had a second thought and removed the ‘for at least 18 months’

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I downloaded it anyway and it looks very good. Also it imported my data from chrome within seconds. Im impressed. Also, all our web applications work within this browser. Just wow. Also there are major OFF switches for telemetry. Looks like this wedding went really good at first sight.

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I knew there will be some catch. See that chredge is snooping my information even if I turned both telemetry switches to OFF? Chredge somehow “logged me into Chrome with my device account credentials” !!! including my PC username and domain!!! Oh ! now my credentials are exposed on some server including my domain account? This is serious. Serious privacy invasion and security risk from my angle of view. If it gets my full name somehow, there is possibility to know our domain users login name convention. So this is the end. I will never use it anymore, this is just too enormous betrayal.

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so I guess that means that CrEdge will support Windows 7 until further notice, even past July 2021

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‘MICROFOX’ on the horizon after 18 months of Chredge?

Windows - commercial by definition and now function...

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Cybertooth

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Looks like Chredge is just a stand alone browser. Like Chrome, Firefox, Opera, etc. It is a x64 or x86 application that can run on any Windows version starting with Windows 7.

It does not replace Windows native Internet Explorer or it’s integrated parts. But it might make them less visible. Like the default placing of the app Edge on the taskbar in Windows 10 but still having IE 11 in the start menu. As such it can be maintained independently from the installed OS. Even though Windows 7 is going out of support. At least at first that does not effect Chredge the application from getting updates and patches on Windows 7.

But for users that are at least a tiny bit serious about privacy Firefox and it’s clones are the only browser I would use. Try to not feed big G. Or in this case M&G.

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From what I’ve read, there is NO option of a ‘blank’ homepage unless using an extension to do so? Can anyone confirm this?

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Here’s the closest I can get by setting the Home page to “new tab” then customizing the new tab page to have as little content as possible (30 seconds of my time):

There may be further options, but this was just a quick hack at the issue.

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[Alex5723]

Microfix wrote:

From what I’ve read, there is NO option of a ‘blank’ homepage unless using an extension to do so? Can anyone confirm this?

There is a setting for ‘new tab page’ in ‘appearance’ and in ‘on startup’ or setting a url…
You can then customize the new tab page to blank – content off.

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