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MicrosoftDev channel update to 79.0.294.1 is live
Hello insiders, today we’re releasing build 79.0.294.1 to the Dev Channel! It’s a pretty normal week this week, so you can see the most noteworthy changes below:
Added Features:
- Added messaging to warn users when they install an extension that has the ability to change their search provider, home page, or new tab page.
- Added improved messaging and reporting abilities when navigating to unsafe websites.
- Added a button to set up syncing from the profile flyout.
Improved Reliability:
- Fixed an issue where PDFs sometimes fails to load.
- Fixed an issue where Application Guard windows fail to navigate and show “This page is having a problem”.
- Fixed an issue where opening all items in a Collection sometimes leads to a browser crash.
- Temporarily disabled Renderer Code Integrity by default to prevent situations where it causes all tabs to crash upon loading.
- Fixed an issue where Read Aloud would sometimes stop when reading long words.
- Improved the success rate of single sign-on for work or school accounts.
Improved Behavior:
- Fixed an issue where tooltips don't appear when hovering over links, UI, etc.
- Fixed an issue where Edge opens in Application Guard mode when it shouldn’t.
- Fixed an issue where the various sync toggles sometimes don’t work after signing in with a work or school account.
- Improved the appearance of the Downloads shelf.
- Fixed an issue where the option to open a new tab from the tab band’s context menu appears twice.
- Fixed an issue where various sync toggles appear disabled even though they shouldn’t be.
- Fixed an issue where the button to sign out of the browser is sometimes missing from Settings.
- Fixed an issue where profile pictures sometimes don’t appear in Settings.
- Improved the appearance of the Task Bar icon when using multiple profiles.
- Fixed an issue where users with multiple profiles see a generic icon instead of their profile picture on the Task Bar shortcut.
- Fixed an issue where Tracking Prevention reported blocking trackers from one tab when viewing a different tab.
- Fixed an issue where IE mode tabs sometimes are zoomed improperly when they load.
- Fixed an issue where windows sometimes have a 1px colored line on top of them.
- Fixed an issue on Mac where keyboard shortcuts sometimes don’t work in Collections.
- Fixed an issue where mobile favorites that are imported from another browser aren’t placed in the correct folder.
As always, we thank you for using Edge, and for sending us all your great feedback and suggestions!
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josh_bodner this release claims there are fixes to IE Mode, however, I can't see IE Mode in all recent releases, though it's enabled in flags. How to work with it?
Hi,
in addition to enabling the flags related to IE mode, you also need to add the group policy files to your computer/server for the Edge insider, only Dev and Beta are supported for now.
you can get the policy files from here:
https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/enterprise
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-mode
HotCakeXThank you!
I hope IE Mode will get much easier to use, not only enterprises need it. For instance, there are banking and tax management applications written in Java (due to need to use cryptography, I believe), which require launching java plug in. And it looks like it's much easier for a consumer to launch IE directly than to configure IE Mode in Edge Preview.
In the Sync settings I see all the grayed-out options (like syncing tabs and history) are gone. I hope this doesn't mean you're dropping the future rollout of those features. I'm counting on syncing history, tabs, settings, etc. at some future point, please tell me you're doing this.
Speednet wrote:In the Sync settings I see all the grayed-out options (like syncing tabs and history) are gone. I hope this doesn't mean you're dropping the future rollout of those features. I'm counting on syncing history, tabs, settings, etc. at some future point, please tell me you're doing this.
Hi,
this is the developer's response to this:
"this is not a mistake. It is also not a change of plans. We are still working on bringing History sync, Extension sync, and Open Tab sync to our next version of Edge. We are cleaning up the UX in the meantime, as we have heard feedback that it is confusing to some people why the setting was greyed out."
- Whew! Thanks for the explanation from the developer, it's great to hear that the features are still coming. It's the one thing from Chrome that I miss.
Incidentally, I noticed in the latest stable Chrome that they added the cool favicon/spinner animation that Edge sadly removed in the last build. Hopefully that will make its way back in too. I thought it was very helpful.
Still no option to directly open a downloading file (without first saving it)
All other MS browsers support this feature.
Yes, it's a must-have feature!
it's still in their list as "under review", been there for 7 weeks now
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Articles/Top-Feedback-Summary-for-October-8/m-p/900617
Provide run / open / save / save as options when downloading files
I am having excessive cpu usage at startup. Besides edge becomes laggy while watching 1080p+ youtube video. Also it has the full screen open/close bug from chrome.
atifchy I also am seeing this issue with the laggy YouTube videos.
News feed is still completely broken in Dev Version 79.0.294.1. Is it still a bug or am I the individual facing the problem?
Please someone inform.
Thanks
- thanks so much!
- Bug - 79.0.294.1 is causing high CPU & GPU even when idle
- Same here - I'm on 79.0.294.1 (Official build) Dev (64-bit) on Mac OS Catalina. My fan was full speed with just two tabs open. I had to kill Edge to get it to calm down.
- Updating now...
Dennis5mile - hhmm, an hour later and no update yet.. still on version Version 79.0.287.3 (Official build) dev (64-bit)
Dennis5mile- Elliot Kirk
Dennis5mile HotCakeX, we had a pretty good wind storm last night and some of us lost power, which threw a bit of a monkey wrench in our plans. We just pushed the button to publish the build. It should be live now. Thanks - Elliot
- Ah, bummer about the lost power... Pray all is well now!
Dennis5mile
- That's a bit weird
