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  • C Chris Maunder

    ...and it's kinda weirding me out. I mean: it's a good browser: I've seen no problems, no crashes, no rendering issues. I'm still getting used to the Search box being the default input (though if you put in a URL it acts just like an address bar) but this, at least, reflects how it's actually being used. However it's IE. OK, it's not, but it has the blue "e" and it's from Microsoft and I've signed the IE must die petition and everything, yet here I am using, and enjoying using, a browser by Microsoft starting with "e". It makes me nervous. It's my default browser because as a web developer I need to ensure the stuff I write will work on the platforms most used, and Windows 10 will be big. So I've made Edge my default browser, and I thought it would bug me, and...it's not. I'm liking Windows 10. A lot. In spite of my deep fears. Fears that have been honed from decades of frustration and disappointment with overhyped underdelivery. So far so good.

    cheers Chris Maunder

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    Kevin Marois
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    Lipstick on a pig

    If it's not broken, fix it until it is

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    • C Chris Maunder

      ...and it's kinda weirding me out. I mean: it's a good browser: I've seen no problems, no crashes, no rendering issues. I'm still getting used to the Search box being the default input (though if you put in a URL it acts just like an address bar) but this, at least, reflects how it's actually being used. However it's IE. OK, it's not, but it has the blue "e" and it's from Microsoft and I've signed the IE must die petition and everything, yet here I am using, and enjoying using, a browser by Microsoft starting with "e". It makes me nervous. It's my default browser because as a web developer I need to ensure the stuff I write will work on the platforms most used, and Windows 10 will be big. So I've made Edge my default browser, and I thought it would bug me, and...it's not. I'm liking Windows 10. A lot. In spite of my deep fears. Fears that have been honed from decades of frustration and disappointment with overhyped underdelivery. So far so good.

      cheers Chris Maunder

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      Ron Anders
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      Tasty Kool-Aid no? :-D

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      • C Chris Maunder

        ...and it's kinda weirding me out. I mean: it's a good browser: I've seen no problems, no crashes, no rendering issues. I'm still getting used to the Search box being the default input (though if you put in a URL it acts just like an address bar) but this, at least, reflects how it's actually being used. However it's IE. OK, it's not, but it has the blue "e" and it's from Microsoft and I've signed the IE must die petition and everything, yet here I am using, and enjoying using, a browser by Microsoft starting with "e". It makes me nervous. It's my default browser because as a web developer I need to ensure the stuff I write will work on the platforms most used, and Windows 10 will be big. So I've made Edge my default browser, and I thought it would bug me, and...it's not. I'm liking Windows 10. A lot. In spite of my deep fears. Fears that have been honed from decades of frustration and disappointment with overhyped underdelivery. So far so good.

        cheers Chris Maunder

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        Gary Wheeler
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        I find the karmic implications of your post... disturbing. You are asking for a Murphy strike from orbit, just to be sure.

        Software Zen: delete this;

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        • C Chris Maunder

          ...and it's kinda weirding me out. I mean: it's a good browser: I've seen no problems, no crashes, no rendering issues. I'm still getting used to the Search box being the default input (though if you put in a URL it acts just like an address bar) but this, at least, reflects how it's actually being used. However it's IE. OK, it's not, but it has the blue "e" and it's from Microsoft and I've signed the IE must die petition and everything, yet here I am using, and enjoying using, a browser by Microsoft starting with "e". It makes me nervous. It's my default browser because as a web developer I need to ensure the stuff I write will work on the platforms most used, and Windows 10 will be big. So I've made Edge my default browser, and I thought it would bug me, and...it's not. I'm liking Windows 10. A lot. In spite of my deep fears. Fears that have been honed from decades of frustration and disappointment with overhyped underdelivery. So far so good.

          cheers Chris Maunder

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          Bassam Abdul Baki
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          If you click above it, I think, where the URL normally is, the URL box appears.

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          • C Chris Maunder

            ...and it's kinda weirding me out. I mean: it's a good browser: I've seen no problems, no crashes, no rendering issues. I'm still getting used to the Search box being the default input (though if you put in a URL it acts just like an address bar) but this, at least, reflects how it's actually being used. However it's IE. OK, it's not, but it has the blue "e" and it's from Microsoft and I've signed the IE must die petition and everything, yet here I am using, and enjoying using, a browser by Microsoft starting with "e". It makes me nervous. It's my default browser because as a web developer I need to ensure the stuff I write will work on the platforms most used, and Windows 10 will be big. So I've made Edge my default browser, and I thought it would bug me, and...it's not. I'm liking Windows 10. A lot. In spite of my deep fears. Fears that have been honed from decades of frustration and disappointment with overhyped underdelivery. So far so good.

            cheers Chris Maunder

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            Bassam Abdul Baki
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            Talk about living on the edge.

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            • C Chris Maunder

              ...and it's kinda weirding me out. I mean: it's a good browser: I've seen no problems, no crashes, no rendering issues. I'm still getting used to the Search box being the default input (though if you put in a URL it acts just like an address bar) but this, at least, reflects how it's actually being used. However it's IE. OK, it's not, but it has the blue "e" and it's from Microsoft and I've signed the IE must die petition and everything, yet here I am using, and enjoying using, a browser by Microsoft starting with "e". It makes me nervous. It's my default browser because as a web developer I need to ensure the stuff I write will work on the platforms most used, and Windows 10 will be big. So I've made Edge my default browser, and I thought it would bug me, and...it's not. I'm liking Windows 10. A lot. In spite of my deep fears. Fears that have been honed from decades of frustration and disappointment with overhyped underdelivery. So far so good.

              cheers Chris Maunder

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              Jeremy Falcon
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              Chris Maunder wrote:

              I'm liking Windows 10.

              I'll always be a Mac fanboy, but I even like Win 8.1. People just fear change.

              Jeremy Falcon

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              • C Chris Maunder

                ...and it's kinda weirding me out. I mean: it's a good browser: I've seen no problems, no crashes, no rendering issues. I'm still getting used to the Search box being the default input (though if you put in a URL it acts just like an address bar) but this, at least, reflects how it's actually being used. However it's IE. OK, it's not, but it has the blue "e" and it's from Microsoft and I've signed the IE must die petition and everything, yet here I am using, and enjoying using, a browser by Microsoft starting with "e". It makes me nervous. It's my default browser because as a web developer I need to ensure the stuff I write will work on the platforms most used, and Windows 10 will be big. So I've made Edge my default browser, and I thought it would bug me, and...it's not. I'm liking Windows 10. A lot. In spite of my deep fears. Fears that have been honed from decades of frustration and disappointment with overhyped underdelivery. So far so good.

                cheers Chris Maunder

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                Scum.

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                • C Chris Maunder

                  ...and it's kinda weirding me out. I mean: it's a good browser: I've seen no problems, no crashes, no rendering issues. I'm still getting used to the Search box being the default input (though if you put in a URL it acts just like an address bar) but this, at least, reflects how it's actually being used. However it's IE. OK, it's not, but it has the blue "e" and it's from Microsoft and I've signed the IE must die petition and everything, yet here I am using, and enjoying using, a browser by Microsoft starting with "e". It makes me nervous. It's my default browser because as a web developer I need to ensure the stuff I write will work on the platforms most used, and Windows 10 will be big. So I've made Edge my default browser, and I thought it would bug me, and...it's not. I'm liking Windows 10. A lot. In spite of my deep fears. Fears that have been honed from decades of frustration and disappointment with overhyped underdelivery. So far so good.

                  cheers Chris Maunder

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                  Wonde Tadesse
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                  It's time to change RAM eater Chrome.

                  Wonde Tadesse

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                  • C Chris Maunder

                    ...and it's kinda weirding me out. I mean: it's a good browser: I've seen no problems, no crashes, no rendering issues. I'm still getting used to the Search box being the default input (though if you put in a URL it acts just like an address bar) but this, at least, reflects how it's actually being used. However it's IE. OK, it's not, but it has the blue "e" and it's from Microsoft and I've signed the IE must die petition and everything, yet here I am using, and enjoying using, a browser by Microsoft starting with "e". It makes me nervous. It's my default browser because as a web developer I need to ensure the stuff I write will work on the platforms most used, and Windows 10 will be big. So I've made Edge my default browser, and I thought it would bug me, and...it's not. I'm liking Windows 10. A lot. In spite of my deep fears. Fears that have been honed from decades of frustration and disappointment with overhyped underdelivery. So far so good.

                    cheers Chris Maunder

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                    Slacker007
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                    From what I heard/read, Microsoft could not make a decent browser anymore based on the old framework of IE, Edge allowed them to do something totally different, with a different model. Hopefully, the browser continues to do well. I also hope that Windows 10 does well, both for us the consumer/user, and for Microsoft, as a company. :thumbsup:

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                      It's time to change RAM eater Chrome.

                      Wonde Tadesse

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                      Wonde Tadesse wrote:

                      It's time to change RAM eater Chrome.

                      Such truth, there. :thumbsup:

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                      • J Jeremy Falcon

                        Chris Maunder wrote:

                        I'm liking Windows 10.

                        I'll always be a Mac fanboy, but I even like Win 8.1. People just fear change.

                        Jeremy Falcon

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                        Jeremy Falcon wrote:

                        People just fear change.

                        I welcome improvements, not random change. So, yes. As should be.

                        Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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                        • C Chris Maunder

                          ...and it's kinda weirding me out. I mean: it's a good browser: I've seen no problems, no crashes, no rendering issues. I'm still getting used to the Search box being the default input (though if you put in a URL it acts just like an address bar) but this, at least, reflects how it's actually being used. However it's IE. OK, it's not, but it has the blue "e" and it's from Microsoft and I've signed the IE must die petition and everything, yet here I am using, and enjoying using, a browser by Microsoft starting with "e". It makes me nervous. It's my default browser because as a web developer I need to ensure the stuff I write will work on the platforms most used, and Windows 10 will be big. So I've made Edge my default browser, and I thought it would bug me, and...it's not. I'm liking Windows 10. A lot. In spite of my deep fears. Fears that have been honed from decades of frustration and disappointment with overhyped underdelivery. So far so good.

                          cheers Chris Maunder

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                          Mladen Jankovic
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                          Who the hell do you think you are? Coming here spewing your bullsh*t. You like W10? Nobody likes W10! Nobody is allowed to like it around here! You think you own this place? Get back to your cave, troll! /s

                          GeoGame for Windows Phone | The Longue Explained In 5 Minutes

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                          • C Chris Maunder

                            ...and it's kinda weirding me out. I mean: it's a good browser: I've seen no problems, no crashes, no rendering issues. I'm still getting used to the Search box being the default input (though if you put in a URL it acts just like an address bar) but this, at least, reflects how it's actually being used. However it's IE. OK, it's not, but it has the blue "e" and it's from Microsoft and I've signed the IE must die petition and everything, yet here I am using, and enjoying using, a browser by Microsoft starting with "e". It makes me nervous. It's my default browser because as a web developer I need to ensure the stuff I write will work on the platforms most used, and Windows 10 will be big. So I've made Edge my default browser, and I thought it would bug me, and...it's not. I'm liking Windows 10. A lot. In spite of my deep fears. Fears that have been honed from decades of frustration and disappointment with overhyped underdelivery. So far so good.

                            cheers Chris Maunder

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                            Brady Kelly
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                            Yeah, I'm loving Windows 10, and Edge when I use it now and again.

                            No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. - Oscar Wilde

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                            • M Mladen Jankovic

                              Who the hell do you think you are? Coming here spewing your bullsh*t. You like W10? Nobody likes W10! Nobody is allowed to like it around here! You think you own this place? Get back to your cave, troll! /s

                              GeoGame for Windows Phone | The Longue Explained In 5 Minutes

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                              Slacker007
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                              Joke icon...perhaps? :confused:

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                              • C Chris Maunder

                                ...and it's kinda weirding me out. I mean: it's a good browser: I've seen no problems, no crashes, no rendering issues. I'm still getting used to the Search box being the default input (though if you put in a URL it acts just like an address bar) but this, at least, reflects how it's actually being used. However it's IE. OK, it's not, but it has the blue "e" and it's from Microsoft and I've signed the IE must die petition and everything, yet here I am using, and enjoying using, a browser by Microsoft starting with "e". It makes me nervous. It's my default browser because as a web developer I need to ensure the stuff I write will work on the platforms most used, and Windows 10 will be big. So I've made Edge my default browser, and I thought it would bug me, and...it's not. I'm liking Windows 10. A lot. In spite of my deep fears. Fears that have been honed from decades of frustration and disappointment with overhyped underdelivery. So far so good.

                                cheers Chris Maunder

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                                Rage
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                                Chris Maunder wrote:

                                to the Search box being the default input

                                You mean, like in Chrome, there is only one bar - honest question, I have never seen Edge ? I have never understood why the navigation bar and the search bar should be different. I cannot report one single occurrence in which having only one bar was a trouble since ever they came up with teh feature in Chrome (that means several years ago). I even installed the FF add-on Omnibar at work (we're compelled to Firefox) to get the feature as well there.

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                                • M Mladen Jankovic

                                  Who the hell do you think you are? Coming here spewing your bullsh*t. You like W10? Nobody likes W10! Nobody is allowed to like it around here! You think you own this place? Get back to your cave, troll! /s

                                  GeoGame for Windows Phone | The Longue Explained In 5 Minutes

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                                  Rage
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                                  Mladen Janković wrote:

                                  You think you own this place?

                                  :laugh:

                                  Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                                  • M Mladen Jankovic

                                    Who the hell do you think you are? Coming here spewing your bullsh*t. You like W10? Nobody likes W10! Nobody is allowed to like it around here! You think you own this place? Get back to your cave, troll! /s

                                    GeoGame for Windows Phone | The Longue Explained In 5 Minutes

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                                    Chris Maunder
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                                    +5 :)

                                    cheers Chris Maunder

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                                      Chris Maunder wrote:

                                      to the Search box being the default input

                                      You mean, like in Chrome, there is only one bar - honest question, I have never seen Edge ? I have never understood why the navigation bar and the search bar should be different. I cannot report one single occurrence in which having only one bar was a trouble since ever they came up with teh feature in Chrome (that means several years ago). I even installed the FF add-on Omnibar at work (we're compelled to Firefox) to get the feature as well there.

                                      Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                                      enhzflep
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                                      The one problem I have with the Omnibox is that it leaks information. It leaks info about previously visited sites - this would be acceptable if I was typing in an address, but when I'm doing a search it really isn't on. Info leaks into a Incognito mode session, though I doubt it leaks back out. I like the feature, but was left red-faced by it just last week. :doh:

                                      "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon

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                                        The one problem I have with the Omnibox is that it leaks information. It leaks info about previously visited sites - this would be acceptable if I was typing in an address, but when I'm doing a search it really isn't on. Info leaks into a Incognito mode session, though I doubt it leaks back out. I like the feature, but was left red-faced by it just last week. :doh:

                                        "When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon

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                                        Rage
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                                        enhzflep wrote:

                                        about previously visited sites

                                        But this is also the case for the separate navigation and search bar, ain't it ?

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                                          Chris Maunder wrote:

                                          to the Search box being the default input

                                          You mean, like in Chrome, there is only one bar - honest question, I have never seen Edge ? I have never understood why the navigation bar and the search bar should be different. I cannot report one single occurrence in which having only one bar was a trouble since ever they came up with teh feature in Chrome (that means several years ago). I even installed the FF add-on Omnibar at work (we're compelled to Firefox) to get the feature as well there.

                                          Do not escape reality : improve reality !

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                                          PIEBALDconsult
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                                          Rage wrote:

                                          there is only one bar

                                          That's how I have IE 11; why have two boxes that do the same thing?

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