Microsoft Edge Updates

[Sushubh]

it's there every time i run apt get update. not that i have a good reason to. vedant tells me that i am running a pretty old kernel on my pi and maybe it's time to update by installing debian from scratch. i plan to wait till this one dies and i can get a much powerful pi to replace it.

 

[Sushubh]

so in recent weeks, edge added a new feature... which thankfully can be turned off. it can be useful or annoying based on how much control you want over your posts.

edge://settings/shareCopyPaste

 

[Sushubh]

No one asked for this Microsoft.

 

[Sushubh]

Disable this: edge://flags/#edge-show-feature-recommendations

 

[Sushubh]

Available for preview: Automatic HTTPS helps keep your browsing more secure

Starting with Microsoft Edge 92, users can preview the Automatic HTTPS feature, which automatically switches your connections to websites from HTTP to HTTPS. As you browse the web, you may notice that the Microsoft Edge address bar displays a “not

blogs.windows.com

 

[Navjot Singh]

TIL that you can't even save an mp4 video easily by using the right-click option "Save as video". It just opens it in your default media player instead of saving it.

 

---

[Sushubh]

Compat2021: Improving CSS Grid compatibility with GridNG

With next month’s release of Microsoft Edge 93, we’ll be releasing a rewrite of CSS Grid 1 module (“GridNG”), which substantially improves compatibility with other implementations of CSS Grid and addresses one of the top compatibility pain po

blogs.windows.com

 

[Navjot Singh]

Microsoft Edge release notes for Beta Channel

Microsoft Edge release notes for Beta Channel

docs.microsoft.com

• Update your passwords with ease. The browser will now take you directly to the Change Password page for a given website saving you time and clicks by avoiding the need to navigate to the page manually. Once you’re on this page the browser will also autofill your existing password and suggest a strong, unique new password. Please note: currently this feature is available on a limited number of sites.

It looks like they have finally gotten around to implementing the Help users change passwords easily by adding a well-known URL for changing passwords option.

 

[Sushubh]

They should come up with an api that lets you change password from the password page itself 🤪

 

[Navjot Singh]

Microsoft Edge is integrating Microsoft Editor for spellcheck and grammar corrections

The Microsoft Edge browser is now getting a built-in version of Microsoft Editor to check your spellings and grammatical errors.

www.xda-developers.com

 

[Sushubh]

Ugh. Grammarly Ko khareedne ke paise nahi hai kya. Even Samsung keyboard has integrated Grammarly.

Strange, I can't find it in settings.

I can't even find any news item about this. Did I just dream about this? wtf.

Looks like it is part of One UI 4.

 

[Navjot Singh]

Microsoft Edge celebrates customers moving to IE mode, Linux, and new search innovations

From the Microsoft Edge team, we want to thank and celebrate customers and users who continue to trust and partner with us to make Microsoft Edge the best browser for your environment. Customers like GlaxoSmithK

blogs.windows.com

Download Edge for Business

Download and configure Microsoft Edge for Business to enable your organization with the best, fast and secure business browser with multi-platform support

www.microsoft.com

Stable Linux version is out an year later.

 

[Sushubh]

Introducing Buy now, pay later in Microsoft Edge

“Buy now, pay later,” or BNPL, lets shoppers break their purchases into equal installment payments, often interest-free, which can allow shoppers to get their..

techcommunity.microsoft.com

 

[Sushubh]

download firefox - Bing

Pametno pretraživanje u tražilici Bing olakšava brzo pretraživanje onog što tražite i nagrađuje vas.

www.bing.com

 

[Navjot Singh]

Talk about being petty.