A first look at Microsoft’s new Chromium-powered Edge browser

The message just before the downloader gives up trying, and freezes/quits

Resource Hacker's info

Code:

1 VERSIONINFO
FILEVERSION 1,3,101,1
PRODUCTVERSION 1,3,101,1
FILEOS 0x40004
FILETYPE 0x1
{
BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
{
    BLOCK "040904b0"
    {
        VALUE "CompanyName", "Microsoft Corporation"
        VALUE "FileDescription", "Microsoft EdgeUpdate Setup"
        VALUE "FileVersion", "1.3.101.1"
        VALUE "InternalName", "Microsoft EdgeUpdate Setup"
        VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright Microsoft Corporation"
        VALUE "OriginalFilename", "MicrosoftEdgeUpdateSetup.exe"
        VALUE "ProductName", "Microsoft EdgeUpdate"
        VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.3.101.1"
        VALUE "UpstreamVersion", "1.3.99.0"
        VALUE "LanguageId", "en"
    }
}

BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
{
    VALUE "Translation", 0x0409 0x04B0  
}
}

Interesting, Windows Vista supports it

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
<asmv3:application>
<asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">
<dpiAware>True/PM</dpiAware>
</asmv3:windowsSettings>
</asmv3:application>

<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2">
<security>
<requestedPrivileges>
<requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" />
</requestedPrivileges>
</security>
</trustInfo>
<compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
<application>
<!-- Windows Vista -->
<supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/>
<!-- Windows 7 -->
<supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/>
<!-- Windows 8 -->
<supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/>
<!-- Windows 8.1 -->
<supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/>
<!-- Windows 10 -->
<supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}"/>
</application>
</compatibility>
</assembly>

Interesting. Heard about this.

Microsoft caving into Google?

Compumind said:

Interesting. Heard about this.

Microsoft caving into Google?

Ummmm???
Yep!
They won't have to do this anymore, and embarrass their company, when giving public presentations, when using their OWN ecosystem, like Azure:

LEOPEVA64 said:

I was sure that this would happen at any time:

Microsoft’s new Chromium Edge browser leaked online

Using it now, actually sent this post from it

Youtube working better than in normal Edge, but the sound, specially the bass, isn't quite as powerful as in Chrome.

Youtube working better than in normal Edge, but the sound, specially the bass, isn't quite as powerful as in Chrome.

For dark "theme"

Use a light or dark theme (based on OS preferences) in your browser – Mac, Windows
edge://flags/#edge-follow-os-theme


Displays Edge version of Developer Tools light and dark theme – Mac, Windows, Linux
edge://flags/#edge-devtools-themes