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Dev channel update to 90.0.782.0 is live
In my use case when I go to the history tab I am generally doing a deep dive into the things I searched for months in the past, so the pop up adding several extra clicks really is a bummer.
The download widget is also abominable. I use an old laptop as an HTPC. Yeah, interacting with that thing is actually impossible from across the room. I use mouse without borders to interact with it, so sitting at my desk where the only keyboard is and trying to click the infinitely small widget text is a nightmare. Please allow for this to be configured in settings. All I ask.
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Ebsolas wrote:
Ok, I'm fine with the new features additions for the history menu and downloads and what have you, but please make it optional.
In my use case when I go to the history tab I am generally doing a deep dive into the things I searched for months in the past, so the pop up adding several extra clicks really is a bummer.
The download widget is also abominable. I use an old laptop as an HTPC. Yeah, interacting with that thing is actually impossible from across the room. I use mouse without borders to interact with it, so sitting at my desk where the only keyboard is and trying to click the infinitely small widget text is a nightmare. Please allow for this to be configured in settings. All I ask.Hi,
I'd advise using Remote Desktop instead,
Remote Desktop properly sets the correct scaling for the display you are using. it has client for all devices. I use Remote desktop on my 5inch smart phone to control my Windows 10, and i never have any problem with these flyouts because everything is scaled properly to my 5 inch mobile display.
you can add many computers, either in home network or from the Internet, to your Remote Desktop client and control all of them with the same mouse + keyboard.
also supports seamless file transfer, microphone/speaker pass-through and more.
about search in history and having extra clicks, you don't have to go to here all the time:
edge://history/all
you want to use search? the flyout has the same search. you get the same results. there is also a Pin option where you can Pin all the flyouts to have a bigger area.
- I have several remote desktop apps I use. However, using them for my tv computer doesn't work in my use case (I'm not going to hash out the reasons why, but I've tried this in the past and it doesn't work for me) and doesn't make clicking the history widget any easier.
And yes, I do always need to go to the edge://history/all I have trouble reading the new history widget. It's cramped and overwhelming and I find it unusable when trying to find past pages, even if it's something I had open today. Even on my desktop computer it feels claustrophobic and makes me feel anxious whenever it is opened. Pinned or not.
