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sambul95
Iron Contributor
May 25, 2019

Broken Websites

Let's dedicate this thread to websites, which exhibit unusual behavior in Edge Insider. They either don't open or work as expected, or cause high CPU and/or GPU load when in focus.    One can check...
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sambul95
Iron Contributor
May 25, 2019

sambul95 

 

One popular website to report used by 5 mln folks per month is https://earth.google.com/web/. It doesn't work at all to navigate the earth. Here's the screenshot. I wonder if Edge Insider team can fix that?

 

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    sambul95
    Iron Contributor
    May 28, 2019

    sambul95 

     

    Another popular website that currently appears broken is YouTube showing older UI. It seems to be just a matter of Google selectively pushing different pages to varying browsers. Its likely to be fixed later by negotiating the issue with Google. 

     

    But if you're in rush to use modern YouTube interface, try this:

     

    Install https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher/clddifkhlkcojbojppdojfeeikdkgiae, then change UA to Opera for Windows. Or https://www.esolutions.se/whatsmyinfo and edit it to current Chrome UA string for MS Edge in the extension Options.

     

    Now if you're unhappy how Google treats Edge Chromium at their popular sites, isn't Edge team doing the same right now with many sites outside North America, like Western and Eastern Europe, by exhibiting high CPU load forcing users to switch back to Chrome that works perfectly well with near 0% CPU load on the same sites? Let's be fare to everyone instead of claiming Edge Chromium is discriminated against.

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      Foghorn
      Copper Contributor
      May 28, 2019

      sambul95 So, what is the point?  If Microsoft does that, it is ok to do for Google?  We are not talking about Microsoft here.  We are talking about Google.

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    Anonymous
    May 26, 2019

    sambul95 

     

    I think Google Earth will only work in Chrome.  I know it doesn't work in Firefox or IE.   This is from their website:

     

    With Google Earth for Chrome, fly anywhere in seconds and explore hundreds of 3D cities right in your browser. Roll the dice to discover someplace new, take a guided tour with Voyager, and measure distances and areas. Coming soon to more browsers.

     

    Bill

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      sambul95
      Iron Contributor
      May 26, 2019

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      Nope, the reason it doesn't work in Edge Preview is the Edge devs removed Google Portable Native Client plugin from Chromium. Its in the installer package, but not registered properly, despite they still use the same Pepper API with Flash Player.

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        May 26, 2019

        sambul95 

         

        I don't doubt what you are saying.  I just got the impression from other sources that Google Earth only works in Chrome.  Besides IE and Firefox not supporting Google Earth, Vivaldi also doesn't.  It is also a chromium based browser.  From ghacks.net:

         

        Google makes the new Google Earth Chrome exclusive

        by https://www.ghacks.net/author/martin/ on April 18, 2017 in https://www.ghacks.net/category/companies/, https://www.ghacks.net/category/google/ - Last Update: January 04, 2018
         

        Google https://www.google.com/earth/ a redesigned version of Google Earth today which, unlike its predecessor, is a web application. While that sounds good on first glance, as you may run Google Earth now without having to install software or an application first, the new version is limited to Google Chrome currently on the desktop.

        The desktop version of Google Earth is still https://www.google.com/earth/desktop/ on the official site though, so that non-Chrome users may download and use the application in its older form.

        Google https://blog.google/products/earth/welcome-home-new-google-earth/ that the new Google Earth works in Chrome on the desktop only. While that means support on Chromebook devices, and also better support on Linux, it also means that the new version of Google Earth is not available for users who run non-Chrome desktop browsers.

        https://www.ghacks.net/2016/03/21/firefox-47-tab-based-temporary-user-agent-switching/ does not help right now to get the new Google Earth to work in other browsers.

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