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Microsoft is Adding Classic ‘Edge Mode’ to New Edge Browser
so it probably won't work on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, OSX, Linux.
HotCakeX "Of course I don't think it's gonna work on any OS other than Windows 10 which has Edge legacy. [S]o it probably won't work on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, OSX, Linux."
I agree with you, but why would anyone want it to work outside Windows 10? Edge Mode, like IE Mode, is a workaround for Enterprise customers who retain legacy internal websites and web tools grounded in EdgeHTML, which is now depreciated technology. I don't see the value of dragging anyone other than Windows 10 users into the EdgeHTML compatibility morass.
- Well yeah if the issue is with internal websites instead of compatibility issues with external public websites then it's gonna be okay
HotCakeX "Well yeah if the issue is with internal websites instead of compatibility issues with external public websites then it's gonna be okay."
Yup. It is going to be okay.
Enterprise customers who created internal websites and web tools requiring EdgeHTML or other LegacyEdge-specific tools to function properly were, almost by definition, developing for Windows 10 (which embedded LegacyEdge), not earlier Windows versions, so it doesn't make any difference if Windows NT, XP, 7, 8/8.1 and other operating systems that didn't/don't support LegacyEdge do or don't support Edge Mode.
As to external public sites, I can't imagine that there are more than a handful (out of 200 million or so active websites) that are not compatible with Chromium-based browsers -- Chromium, Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi and the like, now including Edge.
