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Download Speed - Too slow in comparison...
I did a few side by side tests, and my speeds were more or less the same on each browser. I ran multiple tests at multiple times. However I used Edge Canary and not Edge Dev.
This is one of my results. Blue bar is Chromium and the yellowish bar is Edge Canary:
Download wise my speeds were about the same downloading the same file.
Anthony
I cannot compare to Chrome since I don't use it, but... y'all may find this casually interesting. I really didn't expect it (variation).
Ran in Speed Test in all 4, Edge & 3 Insider Channels.
Edge was about what I expected, around 300 DL. Upload 16.1.
The 3 Channels, Upload 16.2 for all. BUT,
Beta DL 55.4
Dev DL 123.1
Canary DL 179.3
And something to note, w/ Edge the DL jumps up & runs flat. The Insiders would peak (higher than final values shown) but, drop off over test time; ending w/ the low(er) numbers.
I will suggest, even if an Insider Build is set as default browser, this speaks to difference between the browser being 'actual' & integrated as part of the OS, as opposed to Insider (beta) Builds; running like apps*.
NB: If I run a speed test app which, is not running inside any browser to give the level for the OS, the PC... that is about the same as when done w/in Edge, the 300. In other words, the values w/ the Insider Builds are sort of like 'false positives' or not, 'true colours', not credible. *Proven by Edge & the App being about the same & the Insiders way out to lunch.
Cheers,
DrewThe thing is that on SpeedTests, the Edge Dev looks exactly the same in comparison with Chrome.
But when i download something, from Google Drive, the download speed looks stuck in the value of 2MB/s, but the Chrome runs at my highest speed of 10MB/s.
The interesting fact, is that i've tried on Edge and Edge Dev, and both have stuck around the 2Mb/s.
I've try to set the Edge Dev as a default browser too... as you said.
