04-29-2021, 01:28 PM
(04-29-2021, 05:25 AM)xdude Wrote: I have been a long-time user of Google Chrome and I have noticed slowness and a bit of freezing for a while now. It has happened in Windows 7 and It still happens in Windows 10. It doesn't freeze anymore but slowness is still there. Now You get Mircosoft Edge long with Windows 10 and I noticed it's faster and works pretty well. It's definitely by miles improved over old Internet Explorer. Also, they have plugins and pretty must most of the stuff you have in the Chrome app store.
Anyone here uses MS Edge for a while? How's your experience?
You didn't specify a Windows 10 version so I will talk about the two Edge separately:
- Edge UWP based on EdgeEngine was the first revolution of Microsoft after Microsoft Internet Explorer. It was nice, powerful and very stable. Some particular features as PDF-reader e annotations was a huge hit that Chrome and Firefox didn't provide. It was fast and top score on HTMLTEST. Unfortunately the "add-on" system was not standard and a lot of developer didn't port their extension to it. It has been discontinued by Microsoft by the porting on Chromium.
- Edge Chromium-based is the attempt of Microsoft to get their own browser, like they did with the first Edge, but with the pro of adapting to an already existing ecosystem with a lot of extension. Microsoft did a lot of contributions to the Chromium project and it is slowing implementing the special feautes of the first Edge such as PDF read and annotaiton. It is available for ALL the platform: macOS, Linux and Windows and it has the same UI for each of them!
- Edge Chromium-based: it integrates with the OS, follows Windows 10 Design... why use Chrome? They are the same just a different data collector lol
- Firefox, if you don't want to use a chromium based browser... firefox is the choice,