I switched to MS Edge (Linux, MacOS, iPad)
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I'm now running MS Edge on my MacBook Pro M3 running Sonoma 14.4.1 I'm also running MS Edge on my desktop AMD R5 (12-core) running Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS. Also running it on my iPad (iOS) and I really like MS Edge so far. Sharing history and links across devices is good (if you want to -- you don't have to). I ran FireFox on all these devices but when I watched videos my Ubuntu desktop would lock sometimes -- became quite often. Switched to Brave and had an odd issue. Now I'm trying Edge and so far it's really nice. I use DuckDuckGo as my default search engine. I try to switch it up: use different OS, different search engine, different "office" suite. Mix it up a bit. Have you tried Edge? It's better than I expected. This message posted from MacBookPro and MS Edge.
I had given Edge a try when MS first introduced it, before they replaced the rendering engine to Chrome - I couldn't get used to it, so I went back to IE. I was just about the last guy to be using IE until they finally killed it for the...7th time? Then pages, even Microsoft's, started to get seriously broken. That was the end of it. I never felt particularly compelled to let some random browser keep a history or build a profile. Microsoft already has that (and more), whether I use their browser or not, so I figured why not let just one company have that data instead of 2 (or 3 or 4 or...?). Try as they might, they still can't make a dent into the advertising business, and that suits me just fine. Nowadays, even if going back to IE somehow became a viable option...I wouldn't. I've grown accustomed to a few things (basic as they might be) that I like: vertical tabs, collections, the way favorites are managed, having various profiles (so I won't be automatically logged into some work-related site unless I'm using my work profile), the fact that it now reliably reloads what I had opened after I reboot my system, syncing across devices...none of which was ever an option on IE. To me it's more than a "good enough default". I don't know what a browser would have to offer to make me switch, given my "only allow data to be collected by the fewest companies as possible" policy.
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For me at least it gets reactivated few days after. Not sure if domain policy or minor "updates"
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Sad to say, some of the rendering that works in Chrome fails in Edge. And Egde's integration with Windows and its accounts can be a headache (erased profiles, etc).
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Using it at work. Used it at home, switched to Firefox. All good and nice till an upgrade comes. There comes modal dialogs, sometimes Run as administrator modal dialogs. Especially when you have to do something quick. Unavoidable I have already answered questions like what to share, log in to link to the cloud, etc. On W7, even more Run as administrator dialogs. After fired up, a misclick and there comes the AI. I have never tried vertical tabs or else because, like in Minesweeper, a lot of AI buttons are all around.
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I'm now running MS Edge on my MacBook Pro M3 running Sonoma 14.4.1 I'm also running MS Edge on my desktop AMD R5 (12-core) running Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS. Also running it on my iPad (iOS) and I really like MS Edge so far. Sharing history and links across devices is good (if you want to -- you don't have to). I ran FireFox on all these devices but when I watched videos my Ubuntu desktop would lock sometimes -- became quite often. Switched to Brave and had an odd issue. Now I'm trying Edge and so far it's really nice. I use DuckDuckGo as my default search engine. I try to switch it up: use different OS, different search engine, different "office" suite. Mix it up a bit. Have you tried Edge? It's better than I expected. This message posted from MacBookPro and MS Edge.
I read a while ago that DuckDuckGo uses Google in the back end. The Brave Browser now uses its own search engine. I also often use Yandex.ru on my cell phone. It makes a big difference.
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Amarnath S wrote:
Only that it suddenly starts using the webcam on my laptop
That is a very odd behavior. I wonder what is causing that?? :confused:
Maybe it has AI thing to detect whenever i get a little edgy (its Edge, isn't it), so as to switch on the webcam ;)
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Would be domain policy. I've never seen this reactivate - not saying Microsoft won't do this, just that I've never seen it occur.
obermd wrote:
Would be domain policy.
I suspected it :sigh:
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I like Edge. Only that it suddenly starts using the webcam on my laptop, as indicated by a pop up message "Edge is using your webcam". Covered my webcam camera with an opaque sticker.
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I've noticed that it's only certain websites where it wants to turn on the webcam, like my bank. I assume it is the websites, not Edge. But I don't know why my bank thinks they need my webcam on.
Da Bomb
If a website can enable turning on/off my webcam, its kindof dangerous, isn't it? Sometime back, it was reported that Alexa records private conversations even when turned off - this will become similar to that. Privacy issues.
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Franc Morales wrote:
Sad to say, some of the rendering that works in Chrome fails in Edge.
I've only seen this on Google's own pages.
The vids on the SpaceX site also fail to load on Edge, for example.
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I like Edge. Only that it suddenly starts using the webcam on my laptop, as indicated by a pop up message "Edge is using your webcam". Covered my webcam camera with an opaque sticker.
Settings ⇒ Cookies and site permissions ⇒ Camera Do you have anything in the "Allow" list? If so, those sites will be able to use your camera without asking. You can also turn off the "Ask before accessing" option, which will allegedly block any sites not already in the "allow" list from accessing, or asking to access, the camera.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Settings ⇒ Cookies and site permissions ⇒ Camera Do you have anything in the "Allow" list? If so, those sites will be able to use your camera without asking. You can also turn off the "Ask before accessing" option, which will allegedly block any sites not already in the "allow" list from accessing, or asking to access, the camera.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Thanks for this info. Was not aware of this. Just checked my cookies / camera settings. No site is allowed. Sometimes, this "Edge is using your Webcam" message comes even when Edge is not open. Hope this is not a virus on my laptop.
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I like Edge. Only that it suddenly starts using the webcam on my laptop, as indicated by a pop up message "Edge is using your webcam". Covered my webcam camera with an opaque sticker.
Use metal foil. Some stickers and tapes are opaque to visible light, but not to IR.
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I read a while ago that DuckDuckGo uses Google in the back end. The Brave Browser now uses its own search engine. I also often use Yandex.ru on my cell phone. It makes a big difference.
