I've actually found something Edge does better than Chrome.

_Superman_

Now I get it - Edge Computing

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_Microsoft MVP (Visual C++) (October 2009 - September 2013)

dan sh

Edge is actually not that bad. Chrome is going little bit downhill IMHO. It has become considerably slower and number of background processes it now creates are increasing day by day (reminds of FF; don't know if foxie has changed). Still, Chrome is what I use all the time. Few more proper updates to edge and I might jump the ship.

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Allan Thomas

I use that all the time (with my non-DRM ebooks) and the fun thing with MS is you can pin the web page to your start menu so you have your current book on the start menu but it doesn't show the cover

Lost User

I went with Sumatra PDF too, Adobe was getting like chrome, memory hog, way too often firing off to check for updates chrome default install has it checking EVERY 10 MINUTES for updates - I guess even google realities chrome is so bad it needs to check that often for fixes - too bad if you're on a pay-by-volume/time connection (which sometimes I am) - which is why I'll remove chrome wherever I see it, these days it's just badly done: wastes memory, these days getting slow it wastes your time, and for many now wastes money too! Google, "do no harm" - well done. Once upon a time internet explorer was the biggest browser - because the masses had no idea how to get something better. Now chrome is the biggest for exactly the same reason - the dumb masses have no clue how to get something better.

Allan Thomas

I use this all the time for my non-DRM ebooks and pin the current book I'm reading to the start menu. But the only annoying thing is it doesn't show the cover on the start menu :( (which makes trying to work out if the pinned book is the current one I'm reading or not annoying) while explorer shows the cover when it's displaying files as tiles just fine.

Dominic Burford

I've been saying exactly the same for a while now. It also makes a great PDF reader.

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GKP1992

Chrome got bloated over time. I think MS is doing something right by keeping Edge just a browser and not making it your mother. I like the minimalist approach.

megaadam

Nother elephantingly annoying un-feature of Chrome is: - highlight word - Ctrl-F - Expect word in search-box - Be disappointed

"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"

RickZeeland

On my new notebook I didn't even bother to install an Ebook reader or PDF reader, just used Edge for that. Everything worked fine until a week ago CodeProject started behaving badly (or Edge), now I'm using Edge mostly and Chrome for some sites only.

GKP1992

No edge for edge here. :laugh:

MikeD 2

If its just a browser then why does it keep becoming my default pdf reader, something that I find intensely annoying Not surprised but strange that other companies can no longer automatically set themselves as default but microsoft products have no such limitation If Edge hadn't been forced on me by every update for years I might be more inclined to give it the benefit of the doubt.Edges behavior means I consider it to be malware

GKP1992

MikeD 2 wrote:

If its just a browser then why does it keep becoming my default pdf reader

Not sure about that, it never went back to being the default PDF reader after I changed it. I've been using Win-10 regularly at work and at home for more than 2 years now.

MikeD 2

I would say pretty much every major windows update has caused mine to revert to Edge for PDF and most of the earlier ones also reverted to default of Edge for browsing To me that's malware as it is changing the configuration of your PC after it has been explicitly configured to work differently, without asking for consent

BryanFazekas

I'm running Win10 Pro at home -- it seems like every time MS does a major update, my settings get hosed, including default application settings. Oddly enough, Win10 updates have also screwed up my Office default app settings. It's actually funny when opening an Excel file and Win10 asks me what application to use! :laugh:

Slow Eddie

Thar remark cuts both ways.... :laugh:

Information Technology is reliving the "Tower of Babel" and we all suffer as a result.

kmoorevs

BryanFazekas wrote:

every time MS does a major update, my settings get hosed, including default application settings

Glad I'm not the only one! After every major update I have to reset registry permissions for any custom tool that starts on a right-click. :mad::mad:

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obermd

Edge on Android is a better browser than Chrome on Android. I was rather surprised - with Chrome I kept having slow page loads. Edge fixed that.

StatementTerminator

That's the trend these days, we are losing more and more control over our computers and devices. They are now services owned and run by companies, you don't really own your system anymore. That's also why we keep getting non-optional updates forced on us with "fixes" that serve the needs of the company and advertisers rather than the needs of the end users.