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josh_bodner
Microsoft
Feb 09, 2021Dev channel update to 90.0.789.1 is live
Hello Insiders! Today we’re releasing build 90.0.789.1 to the Dev channel. Before we get into the changes, we wanted to make sure you knew about the latest status of our password management feature...
HotCakeX
Feb 09, 2021MVP
Thanks for the update,
I had a question about this policy:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-policies#webwidgetallowed
I see it mentioned web widget available on Edge 88 Windows. that Edge version is on stable channel right now.
does this mean that Edge stable is running this experiment?
is web widget in its current implementation (which i tried on Canary) is the final form? because I see lots of things wrong with it and sent feedback for each of them.
is it going to come to other platforms too?
it's never been officially introduced to us on the community.
thank you
- josh_bodnerFeb 10, 2021
Microsoft
HotCakeX a feature rolling out even in stable doesn't mean it's in its final form. Some of the work on the web widget specifically will also be coming in future Windows updates, so expect this to continue to evolve for a while. For example, the Windows Insider blog has a look at some of the upcoming work on their end: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/01/06/announcing-windows-10-insider-preview-build-21286/.
- HotCakeXFeb 10, 2021MVP
I just wasn't expecting something not finished/final show up on a the stable channel,
I have news and interest on Windows insider build, one of the major problems with it and this web widget on Edge is that they both act like a picture. everywhere you click on, a browser tab opens.
they both don't have the capability to open anything in themselves.
like when I click on a news article, I want it to be opened in web widget and not a regular Edge tab.
or when I click on show/view more at the bottom to reload more news, when i click on weather, when i search something in the address bar.
hope when they are finalized they will be able to do these things I'm expecting.
- josh_bodnerFeb 12, 2021
Microsoft
HotCakeX I mean, is anything really finished? At some point we have to decide it's good enough for v1. Think how long people waited for us to initially release Stable! I wouldn't be surprised if these widgets will get more powerful in what they can do for themselves in the future, but in the meantime I assume you've also filed feedback about that specific behavior?