Hello insiders, today we’re releasing build 79.0.308.1 to the Dev Channel! The biggest news today comes from our sync team: syncing of open tabs between devices is now available. To see the tabs from your other devices, go to the History section of the … menu. Additionally, users with work or school accounts can now sync their data to Mac devices. Some of the other noteworthy changes for this week include: Added features: Added initial annotation features to PDFs. Added support for using a pen/stylus to move and resize windows. Improved the browser sign-in experience and added new profile icons. Added an error dialog for when the browser is in a state where it can’t be signed into (for example, when running as an Administrator). Added a link to the Microsoft Privacy Dashboard from within Settings. Added text indicating if a window is InPrivate or Guest to the tooltip that appears when hovering over the Taskbar icon. Added the ability to edit the names of items in Collections. Added more links to documentation from within the F12 Dev Tools. Added more icons to certain places in the browser such as context menus. Improved reliability: Fixed a crash when signing into the browser. Fixed an issue where trying to print a PDF crashes the tab. Fixed an issue where navigating within an IE tab sometimes causes a browser crash. Fixed a hang when using IE mode tabs. Fixed an issue where clicking on the prompt to restart Edge to apply an update causes a hang on Mac. Fixed an issue where Edge would randomly crash. Fixed an issue where Application Guard windows fail to open with no indication as to why. Fixed an issue where Application Guard windows fail to navigate to websites. Fixed a crash when using Application Guard. Fixed an issue where checking for Edge updates results in the following error: “We couldn't create that component (error code 3: 0x80080005 -- system level)”. Fixed an issue where users can’t click on certain browser UI while the print dialog is open. Fixed an issue where logging into the browser fails because the Sign In button isn’t functional. Fixed an issue where sync doesn’t work, and users unexpectedly had to sign into the browser again in order to restore sync. Fixed an issue where syncing doesn’t work after a user signs into the browser and tries to customize which types of data to sync. Fixed an issue where protected video like on Netflix doesn’t work on ARM devices. Changed behavior: Temporarily removed the “Block” autoplay media blocking option due to certain websites not being blocked properly. This can be re-enabled with a flag. Temporarily removed the UI for sync options that haven't been implemented yet, so they don’t appear constantly disabled. Fixed an issue where Edge icons on the Taskbar, Desktop, Task Manager, etc. are incorrect or missing. Fixed an issue where video playback on certain sites like Xfinity would appear blocky or scrambled. Note that there is still an active bug with similar behavior. Fixed an issue where adding a new folder to Favorites from the Favorites management page isn’t possible because the Save button is disabled. Fixed an issue where Flash doesn’t work on certain webpages in Application Guard windows. Fixed an issue where feedback screenshots appear all black. Fixed an issue where importing settings from Chrome causes webpage text to be smaller than normal. Fixed an issue where Reading View doesn’t properly support right-to-left languages. Fixed an issue where zooming doesn’t work in Reading View on Mac. Fixed an issue where some buttons appeared circular when they’re hovered over instead of square/rectangular. Fixed an issue where tooltips sometimes don’t draw their entire border properly. Fixed an issue where signing into the browser with an account that has no picture doesn’t properly set the browser’s profile picture to the default avatar if a profile picture was previously set for the profile. Fixed an issue where copy/paste doesn’t work in Collections. Fixed an issue where adding the current webpage to a Collection fails. Fixed an issue where the Tab key has unexpected behavior in certain areas of a Collection. Fixed an issue where Collections exported to Word have extra artifacts added to the documents. Fixed an issue where reordering items in Collections via the keyboard doesn’t work properly. Fixed an issue where downloads blocked by SmartScreen don’t have the button to delete them straight from the Downloads shelf. Fixed an issue where changing which content is shown on the new tab page sometimes causes the wrong favicon to be shown on the tab. Fixed an issue where “Your organization has turned off sync” messages appear when they shouldn’t be. Fixed an issue where the number of InPrivate windows currently open isn’t displayed next to the InPrivate indicator in the toolbar. Fixed an issue where the arrow keys sometimes don’t work in PDF documents. Fixed an issue where the search engine imported from the existing version of Edge isn’t set as the default search engine after import. Fixed an issue where the feedback dialog window control buttons appear to be blurry. Fixed an issue where Windows Firewall prompts appear inside Application Guard windows. Fixed an issue where the user’s name when signed into the browser has “Profile 1” appended to it. Fixed an issue where the first run experience greets users as “Profile 1” instead of their name. Fixed an issue where the first run experience sometimes appears on top of web page content instead of on a new tab. Fixed an issue where the F12 Dev Tools on Mac sometimes doesn’t use the proper theme. Fixed an issue where the F12 Dev Tools feedback smiley face doesn’t render properly in light theme. Fixed an issue where two “Initiator” tabs are visible in the F12 Dev Tools Network pane. As always, we appreciate all the feedback and suggestions you send us. Thanks for using Edge!

josh_bodner I am really excited by all the developments coming to fruition with this new (Dev) build and those that are planned. It is so good that so many of the superb features from Classic Edge that are perhaps unknown or simply missed by casual users (many of whom believe they 'need' Chrome because they mistakenly think that it is a search engine and immediately install it without trying Edge,) are coming to Chromium Edge. (I specialise in working with older people and assisting them to get the most out of their technology. I mourn the pure simplicity for the end user of 'the appearance' of having one OS that did everything - with Windows 10 running on PC and Tablet, and Windows 10 Mobile on phone, with Cortana in a pocket or in the car as a Satellite Navigation device - that mix made life so easy for people who really do not understand technology, but I understand its limitations and believe that Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile could never really be popular.) I have been using Edge as my default browser with Microsoft Launcher on Android phones for several years, and I often set up the same system on my clients devices. It is really exciting to see how Android and now Chromium Edge are bringing the best features Microsoft can offer in synchronising data, fluent design, and ease of use to the masses, whether on Desktop, 2:1/Tablet or Mobile via Windows 10 or Android, or even Mac/iOS. I came late to this forum but it is so good to be able to share experiences and notify issues as the project continues before launch, and hopefully grows afterwards. I have used Chrome, Firefox, Opera and other Chrome variants but I always disliked them. I liked the flexibility that Firefox gave the user, but often add-ons and features would crash. Opera had a slightly different feel, but to me Chromium Edge is going to provide a very different user experience that I hope will finally provide a viable alternative to Google's Chrome - without the need to be quite so heavily tied to Google - if the user so decides.

Yeah, creating a new profile fixes the zeroes issue in the Privacy and Security settings menu. But it seems impossible to remove my original profile and use the new one instead.josh_bodnerThanks. Also, I didn't notice it at first since I don't use online account/Sync but it appears that Sync is completely broken on my profile and on fresh installation as well. By default after fresh install my profile is named "Work" for some reason, also has PC name and Windows username below it but no Sign-in button and Sync itself is greyed out and says "Sync isn’t available for this account". Creating new profile enables Sync for that profile, and it also doesn't have PCname/username below the profile name if that's relevant. I attached screenshot examples from the 79.0.309.0 Canary running on Windows Sandbox (hence weird PC/username) but everything is identical on the current Dev build.

Graham-STMC I think you summed it up pretty well. I just did extensive updating and configuration of Windows 10 for a "not tech savvy" relative. She is precisely one of the "... many of whom believe they 'need' Chrome because they mistakenly think that it is a search engine and immediately install it without trying Edge." I installed, configured and hardened the newly released Edge Stable for her laptop today and I'm quite certain she won't miss either Google or Chrome.

josh_bodner Thank you for fixing the tooltip border issue. Please, please, please(!) fix the inconsistent scrolling behaviour where:Laptop multi-touch touchpad 2-finger scrolling/fling not as smooth in Chromium Edge as in Classic Edge. Multi-touch touchpad scrolling animations (e.g. rubber band/bounce) apply to main content area but not scrollable HTML elements. This is inconsistent with Windows 10, macOS, Classic Edge and Chromium Edge itself (main content area has this behaviour but not sub-content areas) and will also present as inconsistency in apps where WebView2 is used. It also makes Progressive Web Apps like Spotify act inconsistently with other modern apps.Multi-touch zooming animations (e.g. feedback bounce) don't occur when zooming too far in/out. Again, inconsistent with Windows 10, macOS, Classic Edge and also inconsistent with other Microsoft apps where "content is king" such as Photos, Mail and the modern Print dialogShock/horror: Scrolling arrows in Chromium Edge are the ones from Windows 7!! Not using the native arrows/icons from the OS. Notepad (e.g.) and almost every other app uses the correct ones from the host OS.I'd love to use Chromium Edge as my main browser but until these issues are fixed I will likely keep using Classic Edge as long as possible because the high level of polish makes my Windows laptop feel like a premium experience, regardless if other browsers are getting faster and gaining other improvements. Pictures:

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josh_bodner

Microsoft

Oct 22, 2019

Dev channel update to 79.0.308.1 is live

Hello insiders, today we’re releasing build 79.0.308.1 to the Dev Channel! The biggest news today comes from our sync team: syncing of open tabs between devices is now available. To see the tabs from your other devices, go to the History section of the … menu. Additionally, users with work or school accounts can now sync their data to Mac devices. Some of the other noteworthy changes for this week include:

Added features:

Added initial annotation features to PDFs.
Added support for using a pen/stylus to move and resize windows.
Improved the browser sign-in experience and added new profile icons.
Added an error dialog for when the browser is in a state where it can’t be signed into (for example, when running as an Administrator).
Added a link to the Microsoft Privacy Dashboard from within Settings.
Added text indicating if a window is InPrivate or Guest to the tooltip that appears when hovering over the Taskbar icon.
Added the ability to edit the names of items in Collections.
Added more links to documentation from within the F12 Dev Tools.
Added more icons to certain places in the browser such as context menus.

Improved reliability:

Fixed a crash when signing into the browser.
Fixed an issue where trying to print a PDF crashes the tab.
Fixed an issue where navigating within an IE tab sometimes causes a browser crash.
Fixed a hang when using IE mode tabs.
Fixed an issue where clicking on the prompt to restart Edge to apply an update causes a hang on Mac.
Fixed an issue where Edge would randomly crash.
Fixed an issue where Application Guard windows fail to open with no indication as to why.
Fixed an issue where Application Guard windows fail to navigate to websites.
Fixed a crash when using Application Guard.
Fixed an issue where checking for Edge updates results in the following error: “We couldn't create that component (error code 3: 0x80080005 -- system level)”.
Fixed an issue where users can’t click on certain browser UI while the print dialog is open.
Fixed an issue where logging into the browser fails because the Sign In button isn’t functional.
Fixed an issue where sync doesn’t work, and users unexpectedly had to sign into the browser again in order to restore sync.
Fixed an issue where syncing doesn’t work after a user signs into the browser and tries to customize which types of data to sync.
Fixed an issue where protected video like on Netflix doesn’t work on ARM devices.

Changed behavior:

Temporarily removed the “Block” autoplay media blocking option due to certain websites not being blocked properly. This can be re-enabled with a flag.
Temporarily removed the UI for sync options that haven't been implemented yet, so they don’t appear constantly disabled.
Fixed an issue where Edge icons on the Taskbar, Desktop, Task Manager, etc. are incorrect or missing.
Fixed an issue where video playback on certain sites like Xfinity would appear blocky or scrambled. Note that there is still an active bug with similar behavior.
Fixed an issue where adding a new folder to Favorites from the Favorites management page isn’t possible because the Save button is disabled.
Fixed an issue where Flash doesn’t work on certain webpages in Application Guard windows.
Fixed an issue where feedback screenshots appear all black.
Fixed an issue where importing settings from Chrome causes webpage text to be smaller than normal.
Fixed an issue where Reading View doesn’t properly support right-to-left languages.
Fixed an issue where zooming doesn’t work in Reading View on Mac.
Fixed an issue where some buttons appeared circular when they’re hovered over instead of square/rectangular.
Fixed an issue where tooltips sometimes don’t draw their entire border properly.
Fixed an issue where signing into the browser with an account that has no picture doesn’t properly set the browser’s profile picture to the default avatar if a profile picture was previously set for the profile.
Fixed an issue where copy/paste doesn’t work in Collections.
Fixed an issue where adding the current webpage to a Collection fails.
Fixed an issue where the Tab key has unexpected behavior in certain areas of a Collection.
Fixed an issue where Collections exported to Word have extra artifacts added to the documents.
Fixed an issue where reordering items in Collections via the keyboard doesn’t work properly.
Fixed an issue where downloads blocked by SmartScreen don’t have the button to delete them straight from the Downloads shelf.
Fixed an issue where changing which content is shown on the new tab page sometimes causes the wrong favicon to be shown on the tab.
Fixed an issue where “Your organization has turned off sync” messages appear when they shouldn’t be.
Fixed an issue where the number of InPrivate windows currently open isn’t displayed next to the InPrivate indicator in the toolbar.
Fixed an issue where the arrow keys sometimes don’t work in PDF documents.
Fixed an issue where the search engine imported from the existing version of Edge isn’t set as the default search engine after import.
Fixed an issue where the feedback dialog window control buttons appear to be blurry.
Fixed an issue where Windows Firewall prompts appear inside Application Guard windows.
Fixed an issue where the user’s name when signed into the browser has “Profile 1” appended to it.
Fixed an issue where the first run experience greets users as “Profile 1” instead of their name.
Fixed an issue where the first run experience sometimes appears on top of web page content instead of on a new tab.
Fixed an issue where the F12 Dev Tools on Mac sometimes doesn’t use the proper theme.
Fixed an issue where the F12 Dev Tools feedback smiley face doesn’t render properly in light theme.
Fixed an issue where two “Initiator” tabs are visible in the F12 Dev Tools Network pane.

As always, we appreciate all the feedback and suggestions you send us. Thanks for using Edge!

absteve
Copper Contributor
Oct 27, 2019
josh_bodner Not getting any crashes but my extensions still don't work. They are fine on the beta (see attached) but the last 2 Dev updates have killed my reddit experience. Not much in the grand scheme of things but this is one of the reasons I jumped from Chrome/Vivaldi and Firefox. What is different between the 2 versions in regards to extension support?
- HotCakeX
  MVP
  Oct 27, 2019
  absteve
  absteve wrote:
  Not getting any crashes but my extensions still don't work. They are fine on the beta (see attached) but the last 2 Dev updates have killed my reddit experience. Not much in the grand scheme of things but this is one of the reasons I jumped from Chrome/Vivaldi and Firefox. What is different between the 2 versions in regards to extension support?
  
  Hi,
  Which one of your extensions don't work?
  
  and as for the difference between Edge Beta and Dev channels, the former is supposed to be more stable and less buggy while the latter is more experimental, also as you know Beta is on ver 78 and Dev is on ver 79 (soon to be upgraded to ver80), and there are a lot of changes and differences between each version.
  - absteve
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 27, 2019
    HotCakeX Thanks for your reply. Reddit hover text and a discontinued app called Alien Hover (the one in the attachments) that is unpacked via developer options.
lindhartsen
Iron Contributor
Oct 26, 2019
josh_bodner Are there any reports of the Report Feedback link not working on macOS in this build? I was going to report a website where I'm seeing a rendering issue but every time I click the button the browser immediate crashes. On Windows I'm seeing black screenshots - but the window appears here at least.
FrankDeNunzio
Brass Contributor
Oct 25, 2019
josh_bodner

1. Extension updating feature always returns an "extensions updated" message but extensions are never updated.

2. Please add more granular control for Javascript, like Brave browser.

3. Still no response to my questions re: Edge AppContainer. Same as old Edge? improved? etc. ...
HotCakeX
MVP
Oct 25, 2019
Extensions are still not being auto updated

ublock Origin version 1.23.0 was released but the one installed on my Edge browser is still 1.22.4. the "update extensions" button on the extensions page never works.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm
- Deleted
  Oct 25, 2019
  HotCakeX
  Hello,
  
  I have the same issue with extensions not updating, either automatically or manually. The only way I can update my extensions is by removing them and then reinstalling (losing all settings and/or data for that extension in the process). I have reported this previously both here on the forum and via the "smiley" button in the browser. At one point this did work but it has been broken for several dev versions/builds now.
  - HotCakeX
    MVP
    Oct 25, 2019
    Deleted
    Deleted wrote:
    HotCakeX
    Hello,
    
    I have the same issue with extensions not updating, either automatically or manually. The only way I can update my extensions is by removing them and then reinstalling (losing all settings and/or data for that extension in the process). I have reported this previously both here on the forum and via the "smiley" button in the browser. At one point this did work but it has been broken for several dev versions/builds now.
    
    The Devs should give more priority to this
Dennis5mile
Silver Contributor
Oct 24, 2019
josh_bodner

epub

Just posted here today...

Dennis5mile
Matthew Wilkinson
Copper Contributor
Oct 24, 2019
josh_bodner

This version seems to have an issue with NTLM authentication used with a proxy.
Is support for NTLM being dropped?

It seems to be more the SSO to a proxy when using a FQDN for a pac file.
- Keith Davis
  Steel Contributor
  Oct 24, 2019
  Matthew Wilkinson
  
  I'm not sure what symptoms you are seeing to determine that is what is happening, but you might might read josh_bodner 's comment here:
  
  https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Windows-Authentication-Not-Working-Canary-amp-Dev/m-p/934866/highlight/true#M14559
josuegomes
Copper Contributor
Oct 24, 2019
I liked the greeting in the new tab page. However it shows the weather forecast in F. Is there a way to change it to Celsius?
- Drew1903
  Silver Contributor
  Oct 25, 2019
  josuegomes
  - HotCakeX
    MVP
    Oct 25, 2019
    Drew1903
    Spoiler
    Drew1903 wrote:
    josuegomes
    
    That's showing Fahrenheit/Celcius, I think it's only for the Weather location and not applied to how the new Edge insider browser detects location.
eliranngr
Copper Contributor
Oct 24, 2019
'josh_bodner
On Windows 10 Enterprise 1607 LTSB (build 14393.3025) with August 2019 cumulative updates, EDGE DEV 79.0.308.1 doesn't open and crashes immidiately with no message or pop-up error window.
Previous version 79.0.301.2 opens up with no hassle.
Didn't saw any relation to that issue,
Will appreciate your response,

Eliran Nagar
Keith Davis
Steel Contributor
Oct 23, 2019
Windows Integrated Authentication is now broken in Dev as well as Canary. I raised the issue when it was in Canary. I can't believe you pushed this issue down to Dev!!

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Windows-Authentication-Not-Working-Canary-amp-Dev/m-p/918793/highlight/true#M14286
- H_Vincent_Latus
  Copper Contributor
  Oct 23, 2019
  Keith Davis IWA seems to be broken for me too.
  - Keith Davis
    Steel Contributor
    Oct 23, 2019
    H_Vincent_Latus
    
    Just got a reply that explained what is going on:
    https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Windows-Authentication-Not-Working-Canary-amp-Dev/m-p/934866/highlight/true#M14559
monotwist
Copper Contributor
Oct 23, 2019
josh_bodner wrote:
Added features:
...
Improved the browser sign-in experience and added new profile icons.
...

I don't know what is improved in it, but I strongly hate when something says that it signed me in automatically without asking me and getting my permission. And no sign out button
- Drew1903
  Silver Contributor
  Oct 23, 2019
  monotwist
  
  Can do that because you are (already) signed in to your device/computer with your same account for both that & the browser. You're signed out when the browser is closed. And, also, allow me to show you... 1st on any & all pages, followed by MSN.ca Home page.
  
  The basic beginning is clicking on your Profile picture
  
  Next, click text in the red circle
  
  To
  And there is the sign out button
  
  And here is another Sign out button; or, again, use the Profile picture on the toolbar, same as above.
  
  Cheers,
  Drew
  - Ed Leeuwen van
    Copper Contributor
    Oct 25, 2019
    Drew1903
    This might be the case with a personal account. With a work account, the profile is added and no option to sign out or remove is available.
    ('Bewerken' is Dutch for 'Manage')

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