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Dev Update to 76.0.159.0 is live
ShieldAgent wrote:
Please add this feature:
1. Open a link in a new tab on website A;
2. Use gesture of “go back to previous page" in the new opened tab;
3. The new opened tab shall be closed and back to website A.
Ooh, I like that feature. It's how Safari behaves on macOS. Whether the browser opens a new tab or I manually open a link in a new tab, as long as I haven't navigated further in that new tab, I can swipe back and Safari will close the tab and take me to the tab that generated it.
- I installed. But don't know how to do so to make it like Safari or how I said above.
- It seems ludicrous that stuff has to be added all the time from that Google store to try to have this back to what we like and is familiar.
Cheers,
Drew"It seems ludicrous that stuff (like Tabs Control) has to be added from Google store to try to have this back to what we like and is familiar."
Lets uncover what happens behind the scene. You remember, its Chromium behind the curtain, not EdgeHTML and other MS stuff? So Edge devs to bring the Tabs Control back (whatever scarce it was) now have to deal with https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/tabs API with only goForward and goBack methods they have to master.
They need to add some functions and relevant checkboxes to Settings so you can alter default Chrome Tabs behavior as you like. Despite the API may have serious limitations for the task, you don't want to know it, all you want is getting Edge Tabs Control back. But can it happen like that in real life? In fact I wonder, if Edge devs contribute to Chromium APIs while developing Edge Preview features?
That's why its a lot simpler to use existing extensions, each of those been result of countless hours spent by their authors, some polished for years.
"It seems ludicrous that stuff has to be added all the time from that Google store to try to have this back to what we like and is familiar."
I disagree with that for several reasons:
- Google Chrome is https://netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx? more popular browser compare to Edge Classic, largely owing to very big extensions pool - small programs that free users from browser developer vision what is right or wrong thus engaging thousands of new contributors;
- Edge Classic never had such reach and freedom driven choice of features offered by Chrome extensions you claim it did;
- current Edge Chromium releases as stated by the MS Edge CVP are various prototypes of the future browser that will likely be released in autumn 2019 with next Windows Feature update. As such they are ongoing experiments, and internal code may grossly differ from one release to another;
- be very thankful to large pool of Chrome enthusiasts who enable you now to seamlessly enrich your user experience with both core rendering engine and extensions. Take this opportunity while exists.
You need to configure extension settings, just like you configure browser settings. Use your ingenuity. :)
sambul95
That is the same release time suggestion as I put forth a few weeks ago. It will take at least that long for it to be ready; certainly, not less.
More doesn't necessarily mean better. Although, 1 thing may be better from one store & for another item it could be the reverse. Better would be have just 1 store; people like simplicity & one stop shopping.
Rounded corners or not isn't critical, but, keeping the Features we have, now, is, but, they will come in time. Many of us are making it very clear what those Must-have, Must-keep, items are. And most find changing pages for the ellipsis items unappealing, not intuitive & counter-productive.
Cheers,
Drew
Drew1903 wrote:
It seems ludicrous that stuff has to be added all the time from that Google store to try to have this back to what we like and is familiar.
Cheers,
DrewIt seems ludicrous that people expect instant gratification from the Microsoft developers. This is a developer version of a work-in-progress. Expressing your exasperation that it's not happening fast enough is like stomping your foot in the playground.
Put down your pitchforks, people.
Shawn Stambaugh
Shawn,
My point is not in regard to how long anything takes. I am fully hip to the work-in-progress concept. I have oft tried to pacify others & suggest patience is a virtue in things like this.
The point was regarding having to > Chrome/Google for stuff over & over. Stuff we already have & like. Or the idea of involvement with Chrome & Google 'style' or approaches. Stuff & or ways, some of us have never cared for in the 1st place.
I know enough not to be impatient with something like this. Had nothing to do with the speed at which anything is done. Please, forgive if it was misleading. It was, indeed, a reply to what the other person had said in the same context.
Heck, we Windows Insiders never stop being involved with a work-in-progress with Windows 10 LOL. We are pretty accustomed to waiting 😉
Cheers,
Drew
