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josh_bodner
Former Employee
Jun 19, 2019

Dev channel update to 77.0.189.3 is live

Hello insiders! Today we released build 77.0.189.3 to the Microsoft Edge Dev Channel.  As you can see, we’ve moved on to version 77, and as such, there are some fun new things to try out.  Those new ...
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null_character
Brass Contributor
Jun 19, 2019

orlando2bjr the "new tab URL" chrome extension works in Edge also. It will let you set the new tab page to whatever URL you want.

 

It would be nice if they added "blank page" and a custom URL to the new tab page.

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orlando2bjr
Brass Contributor
Jun 19, 2019

Thanks, null_character , but I want to keep the daily image from Bing.
I've tested the extension but if I set it to bing.com it also has no way of hiding the search bar. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Anyway, thanks for the suggestion.

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    Drew1903
    Silver Contributor
    Jun 20, 2019

    orlando2bjr 

     

    Oh it's so weird talking to people and not by name, geesh.

    Anyway, > Chrome store and grab this extension (see below).  I did heaps of looking & experimenting... and, it will do exactly what you want... although, maybe not using the Bing Daily picture, but, you will, still, probably love what all there is available (for background).  Trust me, from 1st hand use, this is perfect.  And look what one of the options is 😁

    This is it installed

    Just go grab it https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/infinite-dashboard-new-ta/meffljleomgifbbcffejnmhjagncfpbd & there you go 👍👍👌

    And see, no search bar

    In fact, the search bar is not needed since the address/search box is (always) at the top of the page, anyway; one hardly needs 2 search boxes on the same page, good point.
    Cheers,
    Drew


     

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      Loccy
      Copper Contributor
      Jun 20, 2019

      Drew1903 

       

      Excellent recommendation was excellent. Many thanks - just what I was looking for! Have just signed up to the forum to thank you. Don't seem to be able to like your post but consider yourself morally liked.

       

      Meanwhile - seriously, Microsoft, let us change the search provider on the new tab screen. I can't imagine this is any more than a few lines of code. It comes across as a deliberate choice of a dark pattern.

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        Drew1903
        Silver Contributor
        Jun 20, 2019

        Loccy 

        You are most welcome 😊 And, thanks for the 'Like' 😉 Yes, in that NTP you can, indeed, pick a search engine, so true. Although, with this one can, also, not even have the Search bar showing (btw).  We are talking about Infinite Dashboard (extension) from the Chrome store.  The videos for backgrounds are neat, too.

        Subject change:

        Here is an example of tabs being easy to see whilst using Dark Mode


        Cheers,
        Drew


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