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Build 77.0.223.0 has been released to the Dev channel
David Rubino I love the new Edgium, really do. Like the fact that it's backward compatible with IE, good for the enterprise. Love that fact that it's simple and lightweight too. A browser should not be bloated with useless features.
Here's the "bloatware" features that I do NOT want in Edgium:
* Reading List (this was always confusing. when is it a bookmark? when a reading list item?)
* Set Aside Tabs (if you do this... do it as an Extension that ppl must install and thus opting INTO - can't tell you how many times I accidentally hit this button in the old Edge.)
* Hover over tabs (why? they're just tabs. no need to waste your time.)
* Books (this should return as a separate app if MS one day returns to books. Or better yet just work with Amazon to get Kindle on the MS Store.)
There are just 3 things missing before you go prime time:
1) Timeline integration in Windows 10 (this is major league important)
2) Pin to Start (I keep my Taskbar clean... only showing Windows that I am actively using. This is because I typically have 20 windows open at a time. So please give me back my Pin to Start.)
3) There should be a back button in the Apps/Install this site as an app wrapper. Honestly I will probably never use this feature. Tried is once on Mint.com. The experience was terrible on Mint.com. But I can see in the enterprise why one might want to use this button. In the enterprise there are actually a lot of web apps. For home use though there just aren't enough true PWAs yet to warrant this button. Anywho... a back button would at least allow some semblance of usefulness for a site that is close to a PWA, but not quite... like Mint.com.
With these 3 features I think you're ready to go into production with this browser.
In the future please live by the motto "Keep it Simple Silly". It's a great motto for a dev to live by. There may be new features, I'm not saying there won't, but please remember that a browser should be well... just a browser.