So I think Edge might finally be a good browser.
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I have been trying out Edge after most major updates since Windows 10 came out and always ended up hating it and going back to Chrome, but I think that has changed after this Creator's Update. Chrome seems to me like it has been getting slower and slower. Scrolling performance leaves a lot to be desired these days, and the latest update has tabs regularly freezing up for 5 seconds at a time on all my computers (1 mac laptop and 2 PCs). The one thing I really like about Edge is that it certainly feels a lot more responsive and the scrolling is buttery smooth. The only thing I'm kind of on the fence about is Edge's font rendering. Chrome has much smoother looking fonts, whereas Edge gives text a bit more contrast but it seems to come at the expense of smoothness. I don't think that will continue to be an issue after upgrading to a high DPI ultrawide in the near future, but it's a bit of an issue on my plebian 96 DPI monitor at the moment (although I do like the 30" of glorious real-estate). I removed my Chrome taskbar shortcuts and completely made the switch a few days ago and I gotta say I think I enjoy Edge more overall now. Anyone else try to make the transition after Creator's Update? What were your thoughts?
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
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I have been trying out Edge after most major updates since Windows 10 came out and always ended up hating it and going back to Chrome, but I think that has changed after this Creator's Update. Chrome seems to me like it has been getting slower and slower. Scrolling performance leaves a lot to be desired these days, and the latest update has tabs regularly freezing up for 5 seconds at a time on all my computers (1 mac laptop and 2 PCs). The one thing I really like about Edge is that it certainly feels a lot more responsive and the scrolling is buttery smooth. The only thing I'm kind of on the fence about is Edge's font rendering. Chrome has much smoother looking fonts, whereas Edge gives text a bit more contrast but it seems to come at the expense of smoothness. I don't think that will continue to be an issue after upgrading to a high DPI ultrawide in the near future, but it's a bit of an issue on my plebian 96 DPI monitor at the moment (although I do like the 30" of glorious real-estate). I removed my Chrome taskbar shortcuts and completely made the switch a few days ago and I gotta say I think I enjoy Edge more overall now. Anyone else try to make the transition after Creator's Update? What were your thoughts?
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
Chrome works fine for me - no freezing, no slow scroll, no problems at all - on my PC, the WookieTab, and Android devices I get no problems. Edge, on the other hand is an unmitigated pile of doggy do-dos - on Anniversary, admittedly but I doubt I'll use it when CE arrives here.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Chrome works fine for me - no freezing, no slow scroll, no problems at all - on my PC, the WookieTab, and Android devices I get no problems. Edge, on the other hand is an unmitigated pile of doggy do-dos - on Anniversary, admittedly but I doubt I'll use it when CE arrives here.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
Well as I said, I didn't like it on Anniversary either. Chrome scroll performance isn't "slow", but after you use Edge for a bit you will definitely feel the difference. It's like going from a 60hz TV to a 120hz TV. The 60hz TV isn't "slow", it's fine, but then you look at a 120Hz TV and it's like "woah, that's really smooth." The tab issue on Chrome seems to happen randomly maybe once out of every 10 or 20 times I open a link in a new tab, but I do that all the time so it gets a little bit annoying. It's only been happening for a few days so I'm sure they will fix whatever is causing it soon, but it was more of a reason to give Edge a real go for the time being.
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
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I have been trying out Edge after most major updates since Windows 10 came out and always ended up hating it and going back to Chrome, but I think that has changed after this Creator's Update. Chrome seems to me like it has been getting slower and slower. Scrolling performance leaves a lot to be desired these days, and the latest update has tabs regularly freezing up for 5 seconds at a time on all my computers (1 mac laptop and 2 PCs). The one thing I really like about Edge is that it certainly feels a lot more responsive and the scrolling is buttery smooth. The only thing I'm kind of on the fence about is Edge's font rendering. Chrome has much smoother looking fonts, whereas Edge gives text a bit more contrast but it seems to come at the expense of smoothness. I don't think that will continue to be an issue after upgrading to a high DPI ultrawide in the near future, but it's a bit of an issue on my plebian 96 DPI monitor at the moment (although I do like the 30" of glorious real-estate). I removed my Chrome taskbar shortcuts and completely made the switch a few days ago and I gotta say I think I enjoy Edge more overall now. Anyone else try to make the transition after Creator's Update? What were your thoughts?
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
How many times do we have to tell you not to skip your medication!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I have been trying out Edge after most major updates since Windows 10 came out and always ended up hating it and going back to Chrome, but I think that has changed after this Creator's Update. Chrome seems to me like it has been getting slower and slower. Scrolling performance leaves a lot to be desired these days, and the latest update has tabs regularly freezing up for 5 seconds at a time on all my computers (1 mac laptop and 2 PCs). The one thing I really like about Edge is that it certainly feels a lot more responsive and the scrolling is buttery smooth. The only thing I'm kind of on the fence about is Edge's font rendering. Chrome has much smoother looking fonts, whereas Edge gives text a bit more contrast but it seems to come at the expense of smoothness. I don't think that will continue to be an issue after upgrading to a high DPI ultrawide in the near future, but it's a bit of an issue on my plebian 96 DPI monitor at the moment (although I do like the 30" of glorious real-estate). I removed my Chrome taskbar shortcuts and completely made the switch a few days ago and I gotta say I think I enjoy Edge more overall now. Anyone else try to make the transition after Creator's Update? What were your thoughts?
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
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shhhh, don't say stuff like that! If microsoft hears that sort of thing they will only break it again.
Sin tack the any key okay
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Too true :(
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
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How many times do we have to tell you not to skip your medication!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Don't tell me how to live my life!!!
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
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Well as I said, I didn't like it on Anniversary either. Chrome scroll performance isn't "slow", but after you use Edge for a bit you will definitely feel the difference. It's like going from a 60hz TV to a 120hz TV. The 60hz TV isn't "slow", it's fine, but then you look at a 120Hz TV and it's like "woah, that's really smooth." The tab issue on Chrome seems to happen randomly maybe once out of every 10 or 20 times I open a link in a new tab, but I do that all the time so it gets a little bit annoying. It's only been happening for a few days so I'm sure they will fix whatever is causing it soon, but it was more of a reason to give Edge a real go for the time being.
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
Edge is a pile of doggy do-dos: I have to use it very occasionally for a few specific sites and it never ceases to annoy me. I'm glad you like it, but then - the chimpanzees they had throw the original version together were also probably very happy with what they produced ... doesn't mean it was a worthwhile browser. And chrome just hasn't given me any problems, recently or not.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I have been trying out Edge after most major updates since Windows 10 came out and always ended up hating it and going back to Chrome, but I think that has changed after this Creator's Update. Chrome seems to me like it has been getting slower and slower. Scrolling performance leaves a lot to be desired these days, and the latest update has tabs regularly freezing up for 5 seconds at a time on all my computers (1 mac laptop and 2 PCs). The one thing I really like about Edge is that it certainly feels a lot more responsive and the scrolling is buttery smooth. The only thing I'm kind of on the fence about is Edge's font rendering. Chrome has much smoother looking fonts, whereas Edge gives text a bit more contrast but it seems to come at the expense of smoothness. I don't think that will continue to be an issue after upgrading to a high DPI ultrawide in the near future, but it's a bit of an issue on my plebian 96 DPI monitor at the moment (although I do like the 30" of glorious real-estate). I removed my Chrome taskbar shortcuts and completely made the switch a few days ago and I gotta say I think I enjoy Edge more overall now. Anyone else try to make the transition after Creator's Update? What were your thoughts?
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
Until Edge has a full-screen mode, I won't bother revisiting it.
Slogans aren't solutions.
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Edge is a pile of doggy do-dos: I have to use it very occasionally for a few specific sites and it never ceases to annoy me. I'm glad you like it, but then - the chimpanzees they had throw the original version together were also probably very happy with what they produced ... doesn't mean it was a worthwhile browser. And chrome just hasn't given me any problems, recently or not.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
Um, you just said you haven't tried it in CE so I'm not sure what we are discussing. My post specifically indicated that I disliked it before and this is the first version I think might actually be good, so let's resume this discussion after you actually try it and have something more concrete other than "doo doos" to talk about, haha :)
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
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Until Edge has a full-screen mode, I won't bother revisiting it.
Slogans aren't solutions.
I never noticed it was missing, probably because I rarely ever use it, but it does indeed appear to be missing. Just curious - what do you use it for?
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
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Um, you just said you haven't tried it in CE so I'm not sure what we are discussing. My post specifically indicated that I disliked it before and this is the first version I think might actually be good, so let's resume this discussion after you actually try it and have something more concrete other than "doo doos" to talk about, haha :)
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
I'm not going to try it, or at least not by preference. Microsoft can shout about how good it is until they are blue in the face - but I remember that they shouted really loudly all over the TV that it was wonderful for the first one and that was a total lie, as you well know. The only good thing about that one was "you could use it to download Chrome"! So why should I believe a random person who - as far as I know - could well be working for the MS marketing department? :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I never noticed it was missing, probably because I rarely ever use it, but it does indeed appear to be missing. Just curious - what do you use it for?
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
Web-based VDI sessions mostly, but I also like to go full screen for some other things as my eyesight isn't overly brilliant and if I'm going to be on a tab for any length of time, the more screen estate I can get, the less eye-strain I suffer.
Slogans aren't solutions.
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Don't tell me how to live my life!!!
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
They are not telling you how to live your life, only which web browser to use, but in today's world it's practically the same thing :)
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I'm not going to try it, or at least not by preference. Microsoft can shout about how good it is until they are blue in the face - but I remember that they shouted really loudly all over the TV that it was wonderful for the first one and that was a total lie, as you well know. The only good thing about that one was "you could use it to download Chrome"! So why should I believe a random person who - as far as I know - could well be working for the MS marketing department? :laugh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
I never asked you to believe me. I just said this wasn't a productive discussion if you haven't tried the thing we are talking about. You don't have to try it, and I didn't ask you to try it...I just said that this is a pointless discussion until you've tried it.
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
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They are not telling you how to live your life, only which web browser to use, but in today's world it's practically the same thing :)
I was responding to the suggestion that I take my meds, so I'm not sure what you mean lol.
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
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Don't tell me how to live my life!!!
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
And only ever fly Qantas!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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How many times do we have to tell you not to skip your medication!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hey, if I have to explain a joke... ... I probably should have written it better in the first place :(
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Until Edge has a full-screen mode, I won't bother revisiting it.
Slogans aren't solutions.
So it won't work with windows 8? Damn!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
