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Improve font rendering to be on par with Firefox or at least original Edge
tomscharbach Thanks for telling us more about some real-world usage and why this is an important feature. Accessibility across Microsoft products is one of our top priorities -- I had actually already mentioned it when I surfaced this font rendering discussion to our team, so we're right there with you. 😉
Fawkes (they/them)
Project & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge
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The discussion of blurry fonts in Chromium based Edge has apparently been going on for over 6 months. WHEN will MS do something about it?
I had been avoiding the new Edge as long as possible -then the Windows update on 21 June installed it without asking. Now I'm struggling to read webpages (and the mic is muted each and every day when I join a TEAMS meeting, until I run the device manager sounds Troubleshooter. I cannot even fix it directly from device manager but have to let Troubleshooter reactivate the mic). I have a week and a half of standards conference meetings and the performance of the MS products is abysmal right now.
Given that the new Edge was forced upon users, I have not seen such a poor roll out from MS since Windows ME. Please poke someone to FIX this. I don't want to switch browsers but this is untenable.
It's hard to believe that MS developers did nothing about improving the font rendering. I am speechless!
msibille Deleted
I agree completely, and the name of this discussion thread says it all...it should be on par with Firefox or at least the original Edge. This greatly impacts most people I know (I provide computer support to them), because they are older and don't see that well. I'm 47 and have a hard time seeing thin fonts, or low-contrast faint-colored text, BUT...I've had difficulty reading in Chrome for many years, not just now that I'm older.
The simple key to this is: if Firefox can have sharp, dark-colored text in its menus/toolbars, etc., then the new Edge can too.
