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Build 77.0.223.0 has been released to the Dev channel
Hello insiders! Today we published build 77.0.223.0 to the Dev channel. This build contains a number of fixes and improvements, the most notable of which is a new feature to clear browsing data on exit. You can find this option in settings under "Privacy and services". Some of the other changes are listed below. Please let us know if you experience any issues with the update, and thanks for being an insider!
Fixes and improvements in 77.0.223.0:
- Fixed an issue which was preventing Hulu playback for some users. Hulu would not play on a supported monitor if there was a second unsupported monitor attached.
- The user interface now uses Windows system settings and colors for high contrast.
- When importing your data from other browsers in profile settings, a new option to import cookies is available.
- Website permissions like access to location and devices are now migrated from the current version of Microsoft Edge when you install an insider channel.
- When Microsoft Defender SmartScreen identifies a malicious site, if you open the site information flyout from the left side of the address box you will see new options to "Report as safe" and "Show unsafe content".
- SmartScreen protection is now built-in on macOS, and the SmartScreen extension has been disabled.
- The option to disable SmartScreen is no longer available in guest mode.
- In response to feedback, we increased the width of pinned tabs to make them easier to see and click.
- The ability to export passwords to a CSV file has been restored.
- Updated the error messages seen when the PDF reader is disabled in site permissions. Different errors are now shown for local files versus web files, and the messages offer a quick link to the setting.
- In the download page, canceled downloads are now shown with gray color and strikethrough title.
- You can now use spacebar to choose items in menus, in addition to the enter key.
- When opening a menu with the keyboard, the first item in the menu is now selected by default.
Thanks! -David
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David Rubino Using the "Install this site as an app" feature for Word online it works pretty good... actually pretty "app" like. However when you click the File menu and open up another recent document it frustratingly kicks out Edgium itself, rather than opening it up in the "app" window or another "instance" of an "app" window. If you were to fix this... I could see myself using the "install this site as an app feature" for Office web.
- @David Rubino I am using Edge Dev for the Mac, and after upgrading to 77.0.223.0, I cannot open the browser at all. It crashes on launch. I am an insider fast track user and am running the latest Mac OS (10.14.5). Any thoughts?
There appears to be a bug with UWP web links not opening in this build:
When I click on a web link from say Outlook (UWP), it shows an error for every link about not being to open it.
If I go into Default Apps and change back to old Edge the links open.
Change Default Apps back to latest Dev and they don't.
Links do open correctly from Win32, like Desktop Outlook.
I have reported via Feedback link.
Kind Regards
Really Lot of improvements.. David Rubino
I've been using this as my primary browser across my devices since it launched and it's worked great! Can't wait to for the new Edge to launch so i can roll it out to my org! Keep up the good work!
David Rubino Loving the work so far, definitely the best browser out there.
There's a mind-numbing bug in the two latest versions, where if I right-click a link to open it in a new tab, or open it in a new tab by holding the Ctrl key, it will create a tab group and put both tabs in it, then eat up space on the tab bar while not actually organizing anything. There's not even any way to disable this behavior, and the number is seemingly random. In the image above, I was on the reply message screen, and opened the "blogs" link in a new tab. Doing this created Group 3 automatically, and added these two tabs to it, then added an unclickable tab that is highlighted, called "Group 3."
That's strange, tab groups is not even available for me.
No tab groups options in edge://flags/ either.
I checked that I have version 77.0.223.0- I have not ever seen or found any 'group' anything, either. One person had Group button on a HP laptop, but, no idea its origin or how to get rid of it.
Myself, I don't believe there is any kind of group tab(s) anything.
Cheers,
Drew
Sent from my Windows Phone
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.
- There is this annoying issue that needs attention. Whenever I do a search through Cortana or my search window I don't get any information. It just pops up a new tab and sits there. No longer brings up the original Edge like it used to.
David Rubino are you guys planning on changing downloading pop-up window from what it is to something more useful and less annoying like in Firefox or Opera? This Chrome all screen wide pop-up is the most annoying thing for me so far.
David Rubino, has this build addressed the extension corruption issues reported? My main one is Dashlane, but I know there are others.
