New Chromium based Microsoft Edge now generally available

Fabler2 · 16 Jan 2020

DooGie said:

Can Firefox bookmarks be imported directly into the new Edge ?

Yes by the looks of it -

New Chromium based Microsoft Edge now generally available-screenshot_1.png

mrgeek · 16 Jan 2020

DooGie said:

Can Firefox bookmarks be imported directly into the new Edge ?

Easiest to export FF bookmarks as HTML file and import that into any browser you want. Good way to have a backup on hand too.

Burgurne · 16 Jan 2020

Well, this is weird. I have been using Edge BETA Chromium for some time, and now I have installed the final version of Edge. But it could not import settings, passwords aso from Edge BETA. Do I have an error or is this normal??

ossie · 16 Jan 2020

I installed and uninstalled pretty quick! I will wait until stable complete version will continue using Microsoft Edge Canary !

MattMcD488 · 16 Jan 2020

RK1997 said:

Edge://flags isn't available in Android version if that's what you mean to say in the last line.

Yeah, I know it's not accessible in Android. I meant on laptops or other portable PCs like the Surface products that run on battery. I should have worded that differently.

Edit: A few other flags that can potentially help with battery life:
Enable lazy image loading
Enable lazy frame loading
Tab freeze
Turn off caching of streaming media to disk
Show block option in autoplay settings

mrgeek · 16 Jan 2020

Burgurne said:

Well, this is weird. I have been using Edge BETA Chromium for some time, and now I have installed the final version of Edge. But it could not import settings, passwords aso from Edge BETA. Do I have an error or is this normal??

I've been on Edge Canary for many months and everything except Chrome Store add-ons and the new Collections were imported. Did your favorites import correctly ?
If you sign-in with a MS account, turn 'sync' on (select what you need synced, like passwords) in Beta, close, open new Edge and turn sync on.

DooGie · 16 Jan 2020

Brink said:

Sure you can.

How to Import Favorites and Browser Data into Microsoft Edge Chromium

Thanks Brink.

bbinnard · 16 Jan 2020

No problems for me - just had to enable extensions for LastPass and AdBlock. All bokmarks imported A-OK. I couldn't find a way to get it to start with a totally blank page - just a minor annoyance. But there is no smooth scrolling extension which has become a requirement for me. So I'll be sticking with Chrome for a while longer.

Brink · 16 Jan 2020

DooGie said:

Thanks Brink.

You're most welcome.

IronZorg89 · 16 Jan 2020

While it may be tempting to switch to the new Edge right away, users need to be aware that core features are not available yet. The biggest missing feature at the time of writing is that some synchronization options, syncing of the browsing history or extensions, is not supported yet.

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