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Anybody else switched to Edge Browser?

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by what, Jun 24, 2017.

  1. what

    what Member

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    Obviously I've been using Edge since it came out. I'm a fan of it.
    My main reasons is that it's smooth scrolling capabilities are far superior to Chrome or Firefox. Also, it streams in 1080p.

    However, recently, with the new creator's update: the edge browser has gotten instant quick. Go to just about any webpage and it is there in a millisecond. The back button used to be really slow also, now it is responsive.

    Of course using Edge, the trade off is extension support. But I never used anything but the basic extensions anyway, so I don't feel it is a tradeoff.

    The bottom line is that Edge is amazing.
     
  2. Dairy Ashford

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    This is your second edge thread. It's the only browser that necessitates an option to "open this page in an older program, that is not this."
     
  3. Haymitch

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    Didn't you already make this exact thread?
     
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    Edge has gotten better, but yeah I started a thread before. I just thought if people haven't tried it to highlight how good it has gotten.
     
  5. Jontro

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    last time i used edge was to download firefox/chrome on a new computer. it did its job well.
     
  6. Mr. Brightside

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    What is your average cost per share of MSFT stock that you own?
     
  7. Mr. Brightside

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    Actually I started using IE browsers again, because some of the Java trading charts that I use no longer work on Chrome and Firefox as they disabled that Java plugin technology.
     
  8. RedRedemption

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    ^ Thank god. Now if they could just kill everyone on IE my job would be a lot easier.
     
  9. NateNate

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    So what is the fastest browser now days? Just bought a new ipad so I need to get up to speed.
     
  10. CCity Zero

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    For an iPad... Probably stick with Safari, I'm not sure if Apple still cripples other browsers but it'd be interesting to test. I think I heard over the last few years they've gotten better about other browsers being used.
     
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    Man, I don't know what it is... But ie is still alive... Hahah, fortunately only for internal sites at work but one day it might get retired
     
  12. theimpossibles1

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    Netscape.
     
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    This seems to be more to do with internal technologies that are freezing edgehtml out. Edge is still a by far better browser. Chrome sucks and the people that like chrome sucks too. I will never use that POS
     
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    I seem to experience lots of problems playing videos on Edge versus other browsers. For example, if I go to YouTube and play videos on Chrome...I usually get an ad that plays followed by the video (with autoplay turned on). When I go to YouTube in Edge and play the same video, I get no ad but the video doesn't autoplay (with autoplay turned on). I have to nudge the video to get it to start. And, other times it will autoplay but with no ad. It's very strange...albeit I don't mind the "not playing of the ads" at all because I'm usually playing song-based videos with my guitar strapped on ready to play along and I don't want to wait through no f-ing ad.

    Then, when I visit other sites like CNN, sometimes Edge won't play the video at all or is really slow to load/start to play. But, seems to come up instantly in Chrome. And, I other sites...I can't seem to play videos at all with Edge and no problem playing them in Chrome. So, sometimes I have to do the switcheroo if I want to watch the video. I guess some of that could be a video format incompatibility but seems doubtful as video formats usually have fallback formats if one format isn't supported where it falls back to another if not supported (depends on if multiple formats of the video are provided). But, wouldn't Edge support all the popular video formats? I have Flash installed so it's not specific to Flash videos or anything.

    One would think that, with Edge being a mainstream browser, it could play videos with no glitches. But, I get them all the time. Never have problems with Chrome. Now, I don't know if this is "my" problem or what? But, why the hell should I have to do anything special with Edge to play site videos? It either works right or it doesn't and, in my experience, it doesn't a lot of the time.
     
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    It's your system. Not edge. You probably need a clean install of windows 10.
     
  16. fallenphoenix

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    chrome with the duckduckgo add-on is the way to go. i use the duckduckgo browser on my phone over chrome too.

    will kick the tires on the chrome competitor that microsoft comes out with though
     
  17. Sajan

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    Yes..that's the solution. Redo his ENTIRE windows installation and reinstall every single app from start.

    Get the fk out of here.
     
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    "Have you tried rebooting your computer?" -- what
     
  19. heypartner

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    INB4 what explains how easy it is for him to reinstall Windows anytime Edge gives him trouble.
     
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