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Shompinice
Iron Contributor
Jan 15, 2021

Strip the old version of Edge's PDF reader into a standalone PDF reading application

We all love the PDF function of the old version of Edge. It may be the best Windows platform PDF reader in the world. In Windows 8, there was a separate PDF application, but after Edge introduced the...
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HotCakeX
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Jan 17, 2021
Microsoft's project reunion will be helpful in unifying apps/programs in Windows ecosystem and their UIs, most of its parts are in stable phase right now.
I do hope that Microsoft will make a different UI for Edge Windows.
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Deleted
Jan 25, 2021
Me too!! I would love to see a pdf reader since some people just want a pdf reader and not use Edge. Since jsut have a standalone app woudl be good.
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    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Jan 25, 2021
    on mobile, the Office app also has PDF feature, including inking.
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    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Jan 25, 2021
    on mobile OneDrive has a full featured PDF reader, on desktop, no matter what OS, Edge provides a full featured PDF reader that is constantly being improved, plus, everyone needs a browser, so 2 in 1 is better than 2 separate apps that take up more spaces
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      Wittycat
      Steel Contributor
      Jan 26, 2021

      HotCakeX Personnally i would love to see something like that "c:\edgefolder\msedge.exe --pdfonly" who start only the pdf reader of edge.

      Like that we can have a very fast pdf reader and use the one in edge (better compromise between edge pdf reader and very fast standalone PDF reader)

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        HotCakeX
        MVP
        Jan 26, 2021
        Should be able to do something like that with kiosk mode
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      ShashankDahat
      Iron Contributor
      Jan 26, 2021

      HotCakeX 

       

       

      Yes True!

       

       

      They Include New Features in Updates and Is Being Improved...

      Example: A Few Weeks Ago, I Was Just Going Through My School Pdfs When I Saw That Some Text in English Wasn't Showing Up Clearly. I Provided Them Feedback Now It's Just Fixed by Updates in The Canary Version of Edge...

      And The 2in1 Point...It's Really Good Because You Don't Need To Just Open Windows Here And There In A Single Window You Get All Your Work Done E-Mails,Calender,Pdfs And A Lot More

       

      And Also, It's Has Way More Features Than Google Chrome And Other Browsers. Microsoft Did A Really Good Working by Making It Chromium Edge....

       

      Thank You. Have A Good Day

       

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        msekmfb1
        Iron Contributor
        Jan 26, 2021
        is it really necessary to capitalize each word?