Skip to content
  • Categories
  • Recent
  • Tags
  • Popular
  • World
  • Users
  • Groups
Skins
  • Light
  • Cerulean
  • Cosmo
  • Flatly
  • Journal
  • Litera
  • Lumen
  • Lux
  • Materia
  • Minty
  • Morph
  • Pulse
  • Sandstone
  • Simplex
  • Sketchy
  • Spacelab
  • United
  • Yeti
  • Zephyr
  • Dark
  • Cyborg
  • Darkly
  • Quartz
  • Slate
  • Solar
  • Superhero
  • Vapor

  • Default (No Skin)
  • No Skin
Collapse
Code Project
  1. Home
  2. The Lounge
  3. Edge is my new default browser

Edge is my new default browser

Scheduled Pinned Locked Moved The Lounge
help
35 Posts 20 Posters 0 Views 1 Watching
  • Oldest to Newest
  • Newest to Oldest
  • Most Votes
Reply
  • Reply as topic
Log in to reply
This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
  • 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

    B Offline
    B Offline
    Bassam Abdul Baki
    wrote on last edited by
    #6

    Talk about living on the edge.

    Web - BM - RSS - Math - LinkedIn

    1 Reply Last reply
    0
    • 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

      J Offline
      J Offline
      Jeremy Falcon
      wrote on last edited by
      #7

      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

      L 1 Reply Last reply
      0
      • 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

        S Offline
        S Offline
        soap brain
        wrote on last edited by
        #8

        Scum.

        1 Reply Last reply
        0
        • 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

          W Offline
          W Offline
          Wonde Tadesse
          wrote on last edited by
          #9

          It's time to change RAM eater Chrome.

          Wonde Tadesse

          S 1 Reply Last reply
          0
          • 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

            S Offline
            S Offline
            Slacker007
            wrote on last edited by
            #10

            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:

            C 1 Reply Last reply
            0
            • W Wonde Tadesse

              It's time to change RAM eater Chrome.

              Wonde Tadesse

              S Offline
              S Offline
              Slacker007
              wrote on last edited by
              #11

              Wonde Tadesse wrote:

              It's time to change RAM eater Chrome.

              Such truth, there. :thumbsup:

              1 Reply Last reply
              0
              • 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

                L Offline
                L Offline
                Lost User
                wrote on last edited by
                #12

                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)

                1 Reply Last reply
                0
                • 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

                  M Offline
                  M Offline
                  Mladen Jankovic
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #13

                  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

                  S R C 3 Replies Last reply
                  0
                  • 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

                    B Offline
                    B Offline
                    Brady Kelly
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #14

                    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

                    1 Reply Last reply
                    0
                    • 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

                      S Offline
                      S Offline
                      Slacker007
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #15

                      Joke icon...perhaps? :confused:

                      M N 2 Replies Last reply
                      0
                      • 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

                        R Offline
                        R Offline
                        Rage
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #16

                        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 !

                        E P 2 Replies Last reply
                        0
                        • 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

                          R Offline
                          R Offline
                          Rage
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #17

                          Mladen Janković wrote:

                          You think you own this place?

                          :laugh:

                          Do not escape reality : improve reality !

                          1 Reply Last reply
                          0
                          • 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

                            C Offline
                            C Offline
                            Chris Maunder
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #18

                            +5 :)

                            cheers Chris Maunder

                            1 Reply Last reply
                            0
                            • R Rage

                              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 !

                              E Offline
                              E Offline
                              enhzflep
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #19

                              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

                              R 9 D 3 Replies Last reply
                              0
                              • E enhzflep

                                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

                                R Offline
                                R Offline
                                Rage
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #20

                                enhzflep wrote:

                                about previously visited sites

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

                                Do not escape reality : improve reality !

                                E 1 Reply Last reply
                                0
                                • R Rage

                                  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 !

                                  P Offline
                                  P Offline
                                  PIEBALDconsult
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #21

                                  Rage wrote:

                                  there is only one bar

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

                                  1 Reply Last reply
                                  0
                                  • E enhzflep

                                    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

                                    9 Offline
                                    9 Offline
                                    9082365
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #22

                                    enhzflep wrote:

                                    I like the feature, but was left red-faced by it just last week.

                                    Oh, do tell!!!!!

                                    E 1 Reply Last reply
                                    0
                                    • S Slacker007

                                      Joke icon...perhaps? :confused:

                                      M Offline
                                      M Offline
                                      Mladen Jankovic
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #23

                                      One would assume that /s at the end would be enough.

                                      GeoGame for Windows Phone | The Longue Explained In 5 Minutes

                                      1 Reply Last reply
                                      0
                                      • 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

                                        T Offline
                                        T Offline
                                        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #24

                                        Cool. Did you do an "in place upgrade" or a "new install"? If an upgrade, how'd it go? Did you have VStudio installed and did it survive the upgrade? Any other notable apps and their survival rate?

                                        Decrease the belief in God, and you increase the numbers of those who wish to play at being God by being “society’s supervisors,” who deny the existence of divine standards, but are very serious about imposing their own standards on society.-Neal A. Maxwell You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

                                        C 1 Reply Last reply
                                        0
                                        • R Rage

                                          enhzflep wrote:

                                          about previously visited sites

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

                                          Do not escape reality : improve reality !

                                          E Offline
                                          E Offline
                                          enhzflep
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #25

                                          No really, no. When the bars are separate, I can type something into the search-bar without it betraying my previous browsing history. When they are the same input element, one opens oneself up to failures like I did last week.

                                          "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

                                          1 Reply Last reply
                                          0
                                          Reply
                                          • Reply as topic
                                          Log in to reply
                                          • Oldest to Newest
                                          • Newest to Oldest
                                          • Most Votes


                                          • Login

                                          • Don't have an account? Register

                                          • Login or register to search.
                                          • First post
                                            Last post
                                          0
                                          • Categories
                                          • Recent
                                          • Tags
                                          • Popular
                                          • World
                                          • Users
                                          • Groups