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Brass Contributor

Mar 08, 2021

Chrome Refugee with Initial Experience Questions...

First post here. Been in software development since the 80's on the human side - human factors, flight simulation modeling, user interface design, UX, etc... - and have used all popular browsers. ...

Noel Burgess

Iron Contributor

Mar 08, 2021

billyjk

This site isn't really the one for new users; it was created for discussions by Edge Insiders about preview versions of the browser. Basic questions like yours have been answered many times before in Microsoft's dedicated Edge forum for ordinary users: Microsoft Edge - Microsoft Community

Specifically, Edge did 'embrace the Chrome webstore' a long time ago. Any extension in that store that doesn't require a Google sign-in can be installed in Edge.

billyjk

Brass Contributor

Mar 08, 2021

Thanks for the direction.
I am using the Dev version on Crostini (Linux) on a Chromebook.
I'll refer to the MS Edge Community.

Noel Burgess
Iron Contributor
Mar 09, 2021

billyjk wrote:
I am using the Dev version on Crostini (Linux) on a Chromebook.
billyjk
In that case, you're in exactly the right place. Sorry for assuming that as a new user you were on the stable release 🙏
- billyjk
  Brass Contributor
  Mar 09, 2021
  Noel Burgess
  
  Cool - happy to be here!
  
  I am really liking Edge Dev on Linux and I am now using it is as my daily driver.
  
  So far the only niggles are lack of Sync and (to my design eye) the large type in the address bar, which I initially thought might be customizable. Even though I am running it within a Crostini container, on a 8gb/I3 Chromebook, it's quite snappy, and I thoroughly appreciate the privacy features - that alone will keep me from going back to Chrome.
  
  I am currently exploring Edge's Service Workers, by installing Edge PWA's in place of Chrome's PWA's, and looking at accessibility and performance on a Chromebook.
  -bk