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Drew1903
Silver Contributor
Jun 02, 2019
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Timeline!!

This thing MUST support Timeline without having to add an extension❗  Geeesh 🙄 Cheers, Drew
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    Drew1903
    Jun 03, 2019

    sambul95 

    Sam,

    You are mixing apples & oranges.  Browser History and having the browser work with Windows 10  Timeline are 2 (very) different things. Sure, one can hold the back button to see past visits & manage that; nothing new.

    Timeline is more about the OS than, the browser.  It's a Feature of Win10 not, of the browser  The browser just has to be compatible with it.

    But, Win10 Timeline exists & works, inherently not, 'forced', with the default browser as part of the OS.  It can go back a long way (in time), show heaps more activities (than browser history) and one can, actually, 'see' those sites rather than just a list. Plus, there is how one can handle what shows in Timeline, the 'controls' or 'tools' it has AND its search ability.  Lastly, it is a nice help when navigating across multiple desktops.

    Anyway, the point is, Win10 Timeline works with Edge.  But, right now (hopefully this changes, soon!), Timeline will not work with Edge C without adding an extension from the Chrome store.  Having to do that should not be necessary any more than it is w/ Edge.

     



    Sure Timeline is browser history, BUT, it is far more than what the back button gives❗  If Win10 offers one all the neat stuff it does, one may as well, actually, use the stuff & be able to use it.

    Cheers,
    Drew



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archtech
Iron Contributor
Oct 31, 2019

Drew1903 Agree! We are close to public stable release and native Timeline integration is sadly not here still. 😞

 

We should not rely on having extensions on something that is native Windows feature and when it already exist from Edge UWP.


Yes there are users who don't need it or dislike it, but there should be a simple switch to turn it off. But I think by default its worth to be enabled, since it can be really useful.

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Drew1903
Silver Contributor
Oct 31, 2019

archtech 

There is a distinction being missed, me thinks.  Edge works w/ Timeline and Edge is integrated w/ the OS.  Timeline is an OS thing not, a browser thing.  Edge C, currently is not integrated and is being tested 'outside' the OS, somewhat as if running as an app. This is why Timeline doesn't & won't work w/ Edge Insider Channels without being 'forced' via extensions to do something unnatural... it comes naturally to Edge because its the OS's browser, presently.  This will change and Timeline will continue to work w/ (the new) Edge at transition time & forward.

It won't come or exist innately or inherently for Insider Channels.

The definition of "SOON" can vary, but, it may be wrong to expect anything final until sometime in Q1 2020, maybe springtime is fair & reasonable.

Cheers,
Drew