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josh_bodner
Microsoft
Oct 22, 2019Dev 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 f...
Graham-STMC
Oct 22, 2019Steel Contributor
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.
FrankDeNunzio
Oct 23, 2019Brass Contributor
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.