July’s statistics from web analytics firm Net Applications showed continuing changes in the most frequently-used web browsers. Softpedia reports:
Last month, Google Chrome increased its market share from 70.19% to 71.00%, while Microsoft Edge jumped from 8.07% to 8.46%… The migration to the Chromium engine allowed Microsoft to turn Edge into a cross-platform browser, and this is one of the reasons that…
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Microsoft Fixes Edge Bug That Made It Crash When Searching With Google
“Microsoft’s new Edge browser started randomly crashing when users typed into the address bar,” reported the Verge on Thursday. “The issues appear to have affected Edge users who had selected Google as the default search engine.”
Microsoft investigated the problem and now says it’s believed to have been resolved. The Microsoft Edge crashes started at around 7PM ET, and were affecting macOS…
Microsoft Edge Accused of Stealing Data From Chrome
Some Windows 10 users have complained that when Microsoft sets up its Edge browser, it steals data from Chrome and Firefox without asking first, writes ZDNet columnist Chris Matyszczyk. But today a reader sent him a new complaint involving Windows 7: “My wife’s computer, which is running Windows 7, got a Windows update this morning, which then gave the full-screen welcome…
Google Will Disable Microsoft’s RAM-Saving Feature for Chrome in Windows 10
“Google has decided to disable a feature in Windows 10 version 2004 that allowed Chrome and Microsoft Edge browsers to use a lot less RAM,” reports ZDNet:
Windows 10 gave Win32 apps including Chrome access to a ‘segment heap’ API to allow apps to reduce memory usage, but as Techdows spotted, Chromium engineers have decided for now to turn off the feature…
WSJ: ‘Quit Chrome. Safari and Edge Are Just Better Browsers’
The Wall Street Journal’s senior personal tech columnist just published an article urging readers to “quit Chrome. Safari and Edge are just better browsers.” It begins with the reporter pretending to break up with Chrome, adding “I’d say I’ll remember the good times — your speed, your superb handling of Gmail — but your RAM hoovering, battery draining and privacy disregarding…
Microsoft Announces New Windows 10 Start Menu Design, Updated Alt-Tab
Microsoft is testing a number of Windows 10 upgrades to a small number of testers, including changes to the Alt-Tab function and a new Start menu design. The Verge reports: “We are freshening up the Start menu with a more streamlined design that removes the solid color backplates behind the logos in the apps list and applies a uniform, partially transparent…
Safari 14 Will Let You Log in To Websites With Your Face or Finger
With Safari on iOS 14, MacOS Big Sur and iPadOS 14, you’ll be able to log in to websites using Apple’s Face ID and Touch ID biometric authentication. That’s a powerful endorsement for technology called FIDO — Fast Identity Online — that’s paving the way to a future without passwords. From a report: Apple disclosed the biometric authentication support in Safari…
Microsoft Edge Accused of Sneakily Importing Firefox Data In Windows 10
Some Firefox users have discovered that the new default Windows 10 browser, which is shipped to their devices via Windows Update, sometimes imports the data from Mozilla’s application even if they don’t give their permission. Softpedia reports: Some of these Firefox users decided to kill the initial setup process of Microsoft Edge, only to discover that despite the wizard shutting down…
Should Microsoft Release an Edgebook?
“All the pieces are coming together for Microsoft to launch a direct competitor to Chromebooks…” argues an industry analyst writing for ZDNet:
Since adopting the Chromium rendering engine, Microsoft Edge has featured virtually perfect compatibility with Chrome, right down to being able to install extensions from the Chrome app store. It’s also enabled Microsoft to more easily support operating systems that Edge…
Google Chrome 85 To Allow Users To Compose Tweets From Windows 10 Taskbar
In the “quick launch bar” of Windows 10, native app icons “support a shortcut menu for commonly or frequently performed tasks in the app. This menu can be invoked by right-clicking the app’s quick launch bar icon,” writes the Windows Club site — adding that Mac users can use similar functionality when opening a web browser from the MacOS dock. But…