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scrbl
Iron Contributor
Apr 13, 2020

Each Installer for EACH seperate Channel of Edge should carry the proper Branding

There are seperate versions of Edge.

 

They are called "Channels"

 

There are, to date, in order of freshness: Canary, Dev, Beta, and "Release".

 

Each Channel's Installer SHOULD carry the PROPER BRANDING for the Channel it is for.

 

Who agrees? Why? Why not?

 

Are there technical reasons that this cannot be acheived? If so, why? If so, this is terrible product identification and bad branding. Opinions?

7 Replies

  • abbodi1406's avatar
    abbodi1406
    Steel Contributor
    Apr 14, 2020
    The online installer does have the channels branding in file name, except stable (which don't have brand in the first place)

    http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2084706&Channel=Canary&language=en
    MicrosoftEdgeSetupCanary.exe

    http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2084706&Channel=Dev&language=en
    MicrosoftEdgeSetupDev.exe

    http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2084706&Channel=Beta&language=en
    MicrosoftEdgeSetupBeta.exe

    http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=2084706&Channel=Stable&language=en
    MicrosoftEdgeSetup.exe
    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Apr 14, 2020

      Hi,

      I think such a file name is correct. Because such a file name can help us distinguish the version of the Edge installation package (Beta, Dev, Canary or official version); because such a file name can avoid causing trouble to users; because such a file name can help us avoid installing ourselves Unneeded Edge version.

         All in all, I think this is correct.

      • scrbl's avatar
        scrbl
        Iron Contributor
        Sep 05, 2021
        By "Branding" I meant for the Task Manager or for ex. Ear Trumpet or Volume Controls or Task Bar where the ICON for Edge (insert CHANNEL version name here) doesn't show up any different:

        ie "Standard" Edge icon (for Stable/Release) but the version/channel of Edge for that Process or Source in the Audio Sink is say, Canary, or Beta, and FAILS to show the icon with the Channel Tag, which, if that was corrected, would make identifying, managing, and testing various Channels of Edge all at the same time, MUCH much easier. It also seems more User Friendly.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Apr 13, 2020

    scrbl嗨！
    我认为您不必担心太多。我们只需要享受有助于Edge改进的愉快过程即可。我们绝不能像“杞人忧天”这个成语故事中的主人公一样想太多不切实际的事情，否则会给我们的生活和思想造成不必要的麻烦！
    最后，我祝您生活愉快！