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Features that were native to Edge shouldnt have to be "Re-thinking.."
In retrospect why would anyone use Edge-Chromium if its basically the same thing as chrome? If they are taking away features from Edge-Chromium and are just falling in line with Chrome, there is no need to switch from Chrome to Edge-Chromium.
From my understanding of the original post about adopting chromium, Microsoft said that they would only be adopting the chromium engine along with keeping/enabling the Edge (classic) features and looks, and at this point, it seems like that is not true.
Meier23 "From my understanding of the original post about adopting chromium, Microsoft said that they would only be adopting the chromium engine along with keeping/enabling the Edge (classic) features and looks, and at this point, it seems like that is not true."
That was my understanding, too. And based on the build conference, I'm starting to wonder how committed Microsoft is to the features/functions that distinguished Edge from Chrome and Firefox.
On a related note, I'm worrying (I hope needlessly) about whether Microsoft is committed to keeping Edge Chromium as secure as Edge (Classic). Edge Classic was very secure, and Microsoft kept moving it in that direction. It isn't clear to me whether that is going to be the case going forward.
Two things make me wonder.
(1) Chrome can be run in administrator mode. Edge (Classic) cannot; Edge (Classic) will not open in administrator mode, period. Granting administrator privileges to a browser is dangerous, because anything (malware, for example) opening through the browser can inherit administrator privileges. Edge Chromium can, like Chrome, be run in administrator mode, although, unlike Chrome, Edge Chromium warns users about it. Is Microsoft going to shut down administrator mode Edge Chromium, or not? And if not, how does Microsoft plan to protect against inherited administrator privileges if users ignore the warning?
(2) Microsoft announced yesterday that Edge Chromium will allow Internet Explorer to be opened in a tab. I can see the business rationale for that, but what does it mean in terms of security? Internet Explorer is not a secure browser, and Microsoft has been openly advising Windows 10 users to avoid using it. So how does Microsoft plan to implement IE within an Edge Chromium tab and keep the browser secure?
Questions like that give me pause. I don't believe that Microsoft is going to compromise on security, but I intend to keep a very close eye on how this develops.
In any event, thanks for your initial post. I'm going to sort out my "top ten" list of features that I want migrated over the next few days, and I'm going to make sure that I put in a Feedback request for each and every one of them.