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Hey, everyone! Thanks so much for this discussion, we've learned a lot from your comments. We'd like to first make it clear that we do not plan to integrate Google services into Microsoft Edge by default. We are considering including an opt-in experience for users to attach their Google account to Microsoft Edge but are not ready to make a decision on it just yet.
I'd like to take this time to reiterate what Elliot posted back in November: One option available to you today to use a single user identifier across the various services you use is to create a new Microsoft Account using a @gmail address.
As you know, you can currently import your data from Chrome by going to edge://settings/importData. You can also sign into Google websites and remember your password in Microsoft Edge to reduce the number of times you need to sign in. Accessing your Microsoft Edge data on-the-go is easily done by signing into Microsoft Edge with a Microsoft account and syncing with Microsoft Edge across other devices and mobile.
As always, we will update here once we have more information. Please continue to provide your feedback and suggestions around this feature; the team will continue to review feedback even if we have moved something to Not Planned.
The most important thing isn't user's data, it's about ecosystem. If a user sign Edge with Google account, they will likely to install Chrome on their phone, then Google ask them to install Chrome at their desktop for "better experience", and finally Edge's market share was lost.
This already happen in Google search page, almost all Chromium based browser have same experience, but Google always show a popup ask use install Chrome for "Speed", "Experience", "Safety" etc...
That's shame of Google, be evil. That's what happened within real world, don't and never give product to others, or they have "infinity ways to grab your user".
Don't kill this browser, don't let it become the "Next generation Chrome downloader".
gocloud Perhaps you don't remember when Microsoft was the "Evil One," deliberately forcing market share away from Netscape and any other competing browsers, to the inferior and vulnerability prone Internet Explorer, by including IE with Windows. Then, Mozilla picked up the battle standard, capturing a fair share of the browser market. But still later, it was "Google to the rescue," with a free browser that eventually brought with it free office software, free cloud storage, free collaboration capability, free utilities and services, and, yes, a whole new ecosystem. And that ecosystem happens to involve a huge share of cell phone users by way of the Android operating system. For many people today, the Chrome ecosystem provides a relatively safe, efficient, and more than adequate solution to their information technology, entertainment, and communication needs. When Microsoft tried to do that, they couldn't get out of their own way. It has nothing to do with being "good" or "evil."
- Exactly dude, for the sake of everyone, I hope Firefox never dies.
currently it's the 2nd most used browser in the world last time i checked and there is absolutely no sign of Firefox dying. they've been there from the start of the browsers and they are still here. Firefox is a future proof browser that is all about future and and new stuff.
lots of generations passed, from text based browsers to HTML5 transition, all Firefox has done was to adapt and get better and competitive. in terms of UI, engine and more.
back to Microsoft Edge, I think MSFT should work on import/export features of the new Edge, perfect it and also add support for importing data from Google chrome beta/dev/canary channels as well. these will help Chrome users switch to Edge browser easily. the answer is that, Not putting Google in Edge. - Geek didn't know about user, i don't think everyone's grandma can install a browser without a browser after they do a factory reset on their device...
- Google is becoming a new emperor of Internet, i don't want see this happen anyway. Their's browser controlled almost all traffic, and web standards.
As you say, a lot of people was using Google and it's free produce, but free will become expensive after a company got most of user in a special market.
Trident was dead, EdgeHTML was dead, also ChakraCore. Will Quantum(Gecko) dead in a near future? I don't want this happen, Chromium(Chrome) is becoming the new "Internet Explorer", it controlled too much thing of Internet, and slowly on improve speed and user experience.
Here is a example of how Google controlled the Internet and web standards:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-to-phase-out-user-agent-strings-in-chrome/
Here is another example:
Old Edge includes Chrome in it's User-Agent and implement same buggy behavior as Chromium.
Why? Because most user was using Chrome/Chromium, a lot of website stop support other browser and implement function with browser specified API rather than web standards.
As a developer i don't want see what happened on IE 6 happen again, don't be suck.
A new browser that might get a lot of market share maybe prevent this happen, i don't think Firefox can get a lot of market share, but it's a chance for new Edge.
Although they are both commercial company, two or three always better than one. - I know but Safari hasn't been updated in ages, its Windows version, so it doesn't count today to talk about 13 years ago.
yes Microsoft was sued for bundling IE in Windows but that was totally wrong and stupid movie by those companies that sued them.
I don't know what they ever even thinking. they expected Microsoft to create a half baked OS and don't include some basic tools for the convenience of the user.
imagine my mom would wanted to install Windows on her laptop or PC and it came without a browser. she would be like what the hell! how can i now download my drivers or even download another browser! she would need a physical flash drive and another computer to download a browser and then move the setup to her new device and install it offline...
you see how painful and silly that would be?
if Microsoft was dirty at that time, those companies that sued them were 10x times dirtier. HotCakeX First, it wasn't I who called Microsoft "evil;" it was a good share of the civilized world. Some of Microsoft's business practices were totally monopolistic, and some of them were simply "dirty tricks." They were sued over bundling Internet Explorer with Windows, and they lost. Check out this article: https://www.quora.com/What-made-Microsoft-deserve-the-moniker-of-Evil-Empire Thank goodness that's not the Microsoft of today.
Second, Apple did, in fact, make a version of Safari available for Windows. I know, because I used it for a little while. Beta versions were being released in 2007, I believe, and a stable version in 2008. I don't think it ever commanded a very large share of the Windows user market. Apple ceased their support of Safari on Windows with Safari 6, which was in 2012...not really that long ago.
- You're seriously calling it Evil? the fact that Microsoft included their own browser, IE, inside Windows so people would at least have something when they install Windows on their devices?
how can an OS have no Internet browser! that doesn't even make sense.
Apple includes safari in their own OS and they are worse because they don't even make safari available on other OSes.
