Living on the (Microsoft) Edge

paulsalter · 01 Jul 2016

hTconeM9user said:

The Poster hates Windows 10 and Edge
Always slags it off so I cant see why he is even a tester if he hates it so much.
I myself am the same as you
Works ok and have never had any problems with opening tabs or bookmarks.
IE 11 used to give me hassle all the time, Edge no hassle at all

Double standards again

If you dont like negative comments about it, then stop doing the same about IE
Your comments are just as bad as ones that are negative about Edge

Edwin · 01 Jul 2016

Actually, Edge is improving quite a bit!
It's functionality, (on Desktops anyway), as far as mouse/keyboard focus, and the like, is where it sucks.

Edwin · 01 Jul 2016

larc919 said:

I'll move when Edge justifies it by doing everything Firefox can do and clearly doing it all better.

Yeah!

Joan Archer · 03 Jul 2016

I'm looking forward to the new version, I like Edge, OK there have been problems on this machine using it and I've had freezes and such but I keep going back to it after using Chrome and Firefox every so often. I had problems with IE on here as well but instead of sniping about it or having a go at others on their choice of browser I'll just carry on, if one doesn't work change to another for a while, there's always the chance it's my fault so I'll learn from my mistakes and move on.

Nothing is ever perfect and I wouldn't want it to be how would we learn and improve things if they were perfect to start with, it'd be very boring if they were.

Victek · 03 Jul 2016

Joan Archer said:

I had problems with IE on here as well but instead of sniping about it or having a go at others on their choice of browser I'll just carry on, if one doesn't work change to another for a while...

Agreed; why does anyone feel they have to use (and defend) only one browser? When customers ask me which one to use I say whichever one renders your websites best. I mostly use Firefox, but I regularly switch to Chrome or IE when a site doesn't work properly in Firefox. I will be revisiting Edge too once the LastPass extension becomes available.

Winuser · 03 Jul 2016

I have been using Edge as my daily browser when I'm on my Insider build and Pale Moon when I'm using the RTM build. I can truthfully say that even with the improvements to Edge I still prefer Pale Moon over Edge.

shakennstirred · 03 Jul 2016

Trust_No1 said:

Edge is a piece of garbage.
Without a doubt this is the worst browser to ever be released on a desktop. I just updated to 14379 or whatever the current flavor of the month is, and Edge still doesn't work. I was unable to move even a simple bookmark. This is typical of what is wrong with Windows 10 over all. Thank god Microsoft doesn't plan on releasing another version of Windows, because they will never get this one fixed.

works fine here since day 1 on win10 in the released version.
in the preview version, everything works fine but the spell checker

Samsung User · 03 Jul 2016

shakennstirred said:

works fine here since day 1 on win10 in the released version.
in the preview version, everything works fine but the spell checker

Same here worked fine for me from day one

zooburner · 03 Jul 2016

Victek said:

Agreed; why does anyone feel they have to use (and defend) only one browser? When customers ask me which one to use I say whichever one renders your websites best. I mostly use Firefox, but I regularly switch to Chrome or IE when a site doesn't work properly in Firefox. I will be revisiting Edge too once the LastPass extension becomes available.

I pretty much do the same, I use Firefox and use Edge when a website will not render or work properly in Firefox, though I'm finding fewer and fewer sites that wont render or work properly in Firefox.

If Edge ever gets up to the usability of Firefox, and can use similar extensions then I will consider using it as my main browser, simply because I like a clean lean system and want as few browsers installed as possible.

indianacarnie · 03 Jul 2016

Been using Edge almost exclusively since upgrading to 10. Sung its praises to one and all, but after the last update I've been having problems with it freezing. A lot. The "last update" thing is just an approximation but around that time anyway. I still use it about half the time as it is a decent browser, but I don't even try MSN anymore while using it. Cannot finish even a 1 page article without freezing. When I switch to either F.F. , Avant, I.E., or even Opera I have no such problems. Yes I have 5 browsers these days

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