Slashdot’s gotten over 17,000 votes in its poll about which web browser people use on their desktop. (The current leader? Firefox, with 53% of the vote, followed by Chrome with 30%.) But Slashdot reader koavf asks an interesting follow-up question: “What’s everyone’s go-to Plan B browser and why?” To start the conversation, here’s how James Gelinas (a contributor at Kim Komando’s…
Tag: Internet Explorer
Unexpected Protection Added To Microsoft Edge Subverts IE Security
Dan Goodin writes via Ars Technica: A researcher has uncovered strange and unexpected behavior in Windows 10 that allows remote attackers to steal data stored on hard drives when a user opens a malicious file downloaded with the Edge browser. The threat partially surfaced last week when a different researcher, John Page, reported what he called a flaw in Internet Explorer….
Edge (Chromium) warns you if you run it with elevated privileges
The Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser warns users if they run the web browser with elevated privileges. Microsoft is working on a new Chromium-based version of the Edge browser and has released […]
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These Extensions are exclusive to the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge
One of the main advantages of the upcoming Microsoft Edge web browser that is based on Chromium is that it supports multiple extension stores. Microsoft Edge users may install extensions from Microsoft’s own extensions store for Edge, or enable an option in the web browser to unlock extension installations from the Chrome Web Store as… Continue reading These Extensions are exclusive to the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Translator integration in Chromium-based Microsoft Edge
One of the things that I missed in current versions of Microsoft’s Chromium-based Edge browser was native translation support. Microsoft released previews of the Chromium-based browser this week; previews are limited to Windows 10 officially (even though there is an option to install the Windows 10 installer on previous versions of Windows) and the Dev and… Continue reading Microsoft Translator integration in Chromium-based Microsoft Edge
Microsoft disabled or replaced these Google features in the new Edge
The new Microsoft Edge browser that is based on Chromium has just been released officially; the previews of the browser are available for Windows 10 only and some channels are missing at the time of writing but releases for other supported platforms and the first final build are not too far away at this point.… Continue reading Microsoft disabled or replaced these Google features in the new Edge
Official Microsoft Edge Preview builds available
Microsoft has just unveiled official preview builds of the upcoming Microsoft Edge web browser that is based on Chromium. Interested users can head over to the Microsoft Edge Insider website to download […]
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Chromium-based Microsoft Edge to support HD and 4K Streams (Netflix)
One of the advantages of running Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 is that you may play certain streaming content in HD or 4K resolutions. All other web browsers that you may use […]
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Chromium-based Edge: Linux support and IE integration
Microsoft’s upcoming Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge has not been unveiled officially but leaks give us a good idea of what to expect from the new browser. Some features were overlooked in the initial reviews. When Microsoft launched the Edge browser, it made it a Windows 10 exclusive. While you could gain access to Microsoft… Continue reading Chromium-based Edge: Linux support and IE integration