Dev channel update to 84.0.502.0 is live

josh_bodner 

I will not consider moving to Edge while I believe there is any chance you might remove the ability to turn off the abominable scrolling 'personality'. Make the switch a permanent on/off option in settings. Just to be clear, that one word 'temporarily' in the OP will mean me NOT choosing to move to Edge even if it otherwise qualifies.

I will not consider moving to Edge until desktop and Android versions can sync history.

I also will not consider moving to Edge (desktop and Android - it's both or neither) until Android Edge (i) provides an option to have the controls at the top; (ii) has access to the edge:// pages, especially flags; (iii) allows choice of sites pinned to new tab page; and (iv) has a method of 'darkifying' web pages. whether through an inbuilt option like in Android Google Chrome, or ability to use an extension like Dark Reader as with Android Firefox (old and new).

It's funny - or sad, depending how you look at it. Last November I was comparing the new replacement Firefox Android browser AKA Firefox Preview AKA Fenix with Android Edge, and realised I needed the exact same 5 things missing from both (the 4 in the paragraph above plus full syncing between Android and Desktop where for me 'full' syncing means passwords, favorites AND history). I provided feedback and reviews to both, and pretty much committed to going forwards long term either with Firefox or Edge (desktop and phone together) depending on which of you, Mozilla or Microsoft, dealt with my 5 issues first in your respective Android platforms. I moved onto testing Firefox Preview Nightly and Android Edge Beta, checking for those 5 things in each release - but not switching to either as default browser as I wouldn't until all 5 issues were addressed in one or other.

Here we are now in May. Mozilla added an option to move the controls back to the top in December (1/5), then gave access to their equivalent to the flags page (2/5), sync of passwords, favorites AND history (3/5), and pinning chosen sites to new tab page (4/5). Two weeks ago that moved to being the Android Firefox Beta; and at the same time Nightly gained the ability to use the Dark Reader extension (and zippily, not slow and crawling like in old Android Firefox). 5/5 and Firefox Nightly became eligible for me to make it my default browser on my phone. In that same November to May, Microsoft with the Android Edge have managed ... 0/5. Partial but not complete syncing (no History) and none of the rest.

When ability to use Dark Reader moves from Nightly to Beta, then I'll move my default phone browser to Firefox Beta. And when Fenix becomes the replacement main Android app, then that will become my default phone browser, Firefox will remain my desktop browser, and the Microsoft dev team will have lost. So, Microsoft, if you want me to change to being an Edge user you have that limited window left. You need to produce a BIG Android Edge update, addressing all 5 issues, plus the desktop update to give the history syncing with the phone, before Mozilla moves everything from the current Nightly to the main public Android Firefox. Given the deafening lack of Android Edge progress over the last 5 months I'm not holding my breath.