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Dev channel update to 90.0.782.0 is live
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.
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.