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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. ...

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