So I think Edge might finally be a good browser.
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Good to know. I've never done any sort of intensive comparison. I use windows on a daily basis, the text looks fine. I use Chrome at work and Vivaldi (based on the same rendering engine) at home, the text looks fine. I don't use Macs regularly, but I've never had an issue with the font rendering on them. I realize other people can by more OCD about it, and it probably was more of an issue at the much lower DPIs of the early 90s when MS went in favor of making it look good on the screen, while Apple with desktop publishing as a major customer use went with trying to match print rendering above all else. High DPI screens should make all of that stuff a moot point in the next 10 to 15 years. High end laptops are already there, larger desktop monitors will need 6 or 8k to approximate the 300DPI baseline of modern printing.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
I'll repost the screenshot I posted to another message to highlight some problematic areas of rendering for Edge/Windows: Edge vs Chrome Edge/Windows is considerably harsher and more aliased in a lot of fonts, particularly bolded fonts.
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
Yes I do think so too. With features like restore tabs, it's becoming better and it was more responsive since it came out. But still it supports less extensions than chrome and debugging web apps still needs work. So, it will be some time till I make the switch
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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 there's an ad-blocker available for Edge it's useless to me.
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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
I have FireFox, Chrome, and Opera on my laptop. FireFox is a resource hog, easily taking more than 500MB RAM even though I only open one or two tabs. Chrome may seem to be using a few resource on the surface, but it spawns tonnes of child processes in the background. These browsers also become clunkier and clunkier with each update. I ended up using Opera for now. It has built in ads block, and it has free proxy to bypass blockade. Edge's scrolling is much more responsive and fast compared to all three, but it's still lacking in feature for now.
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Until there's an ad-blocker available for Edge it's useless to me.
There are ad blockers for Edge. Try searching "Ad Block" on Windows Store.
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CodeProject forums definitely look better in Edge. The higher contrast I was referring to really shines on fonts that don't have jaggy issues. But look at these examples: Edge vs Chrome Chrome's rendering always looks good, just sometimes with a bit less contrast. Edge's always has more contrast with harder edges but as a result it sometimes like like ass with much more aliasing. It's extremely noticeable in places where it happens, like the Facebook example above. The Edge rendering is extremely harsh.
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
Now that you point out that example (and having looked at a few more websites too), I totally agree. Oh well, that's *two* strikes against Edge for me now - Chrome it is (for now, at least!)...
Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p
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I can never seem to get into Opera but last time I tried it was probably a couple years ago. Maybe I'll give it another go sometime soon.
Blog: [Code Index] By Mike Marynowski | Business: Singulink
The new Opera is actually built on chromium so the effect is like Chrome however, the performance is fast. Plus, it also offers free vpn service in its developer edition, if you're interested. :)
Piyush K Singh
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There are ad blockers for Edge. Try searching "Ad Block" on Windows Store.
Hmm... I don't use the Windows Store, and don't imagine I ever will but here is an Open Source ad-blocker https://www.edgeadblock.com/ I may give Edge another try. I liked it back when I first tried it but back then there was no ad-blocker and I just can't surf the web without an ad-blocker.
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Hmm... I don't use the Windows Store, and don't imagine I ever will but here is an Open Source ad-blocker https://www.edgeadblock.com/ I may give Edge another try. I liked it back when I first tried it but back then there was no ad-blocker and I just can't surf the web without an ad-blocker.
I uninstalled all UWP apps myself, other than Windows Store. It allowed me to install Edge extensions, and buy movies in few clicks.
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The new Opera is actually built on chromium so the effect is like Chrome however, the performance is fast. Plus, it also offers free vpn service in its developer edition, if you're interested. :)
Piyush K Singh
