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Which flags do you have enabled on Edge Canary?

I want to try some flags... Which ones do you find interesting to enable?

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    Hi,

    here are the flags I've enabled 🙂

     

    Anonymize local IPs exposed by WebRTC.

    Conceal local IP addresses with mDNS hostnames. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #enable-webrtc-hide-local-ips-with-mdns
     

    Smooth Scrolling

    Animate smoothly when scrolling page content. â€“ Windows

    #smooth-scrolling
     

    Experimental JavaScript

    Enable web pages to use experimental JavaScript features. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #enable-javascript-harmony
       

    Developer Tools experiments

    Enables Developer Tools experiments. Use Settings panel in Developer Tools to toggle individual experiments. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #enable-devtools-experiments
     

    Focus Mode

    If enabled, allows the user to switch to Focus Mode â€“ Mac, Windows

    #focus-mode
     

    Desktop PWAs installable from the omnibox

    When on a site that passes PWA installation requirements show a button in the omnibox for installing it. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #enable-desktop-pwas-omnibox-install
     

    Omnibox rich entity suggestions

    Display entity suggestions using images and an enhanced layout; showing more context and descriptive text about the entity. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #omnibox-rich-entity-suggestions
       

    Omnibox Pedal suggestions

    Enable omnibox Pedal suggestions to accelerate actions within Microsoft Edge by detecting user intent and offering direct access to the end goal. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #omnibox-pedal-suggestions
     

    Omnibox UI Max Autocomplete Matches

    Changes the maximum number of autocomplete matches displayed in the Omnibox UI. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #omnibox-ui-max-autocomplete-matches
     

    Omnibox UI Show Suggestion Favicons

    Shows favicons instead of generic vector icons for URL suggestions in the Omnibox dropdown. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #omnibox-ui-show-suggestion-favicons
        

    Parallel downloading

    Enable parallel downloading to accelerate download speed. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #enable-parallel-downloading
     

    Tab Hover Cards

    Enables a popup containing tab information to be visible when hovering over a tab. This will replace tooltips for tabs. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #tab-hover-cards
        

    HarfBuzz PDF Subsetter

    Changes the PDF subsetter from sftnly to HarfBuzz. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #harfbuzz-pdf-subsetter
       

    Experimental Collections feature

    Enable content collection pane and background entity extraction to support web content collection and organization scenarios. Warning: This is an early experimental feature. Content will not be synced and may be lost. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #edge-collections
        

    Microsoft Edge Reading View

    Enables Reading view in Microsoft Edge â€“ Mac, Windows

    #edge-reading-view
     

    Microsoft Edge Reading View Text Preference

    Enable text preferences in reading view that lets you customize font sizes and background themes -- Windows and Mac â€“ Mac, Windows

    #edge-reading-view-text-preference
           

    Global Media Controls

    Enables the Global Media Controls UI in the toolbar. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #global-media-controls
     
        

    Secure DNS lookups

    Enables DNS over HTTPS. When this feature is enabled, your browser may try to use a secure HTTPS connection to look up the addresses of websites and other web resources. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #dns-over-https
     
     
     
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    Hi,

    here are the flags I've enabled 🙂

     

    Anonymize local IPs exposed by WebRTC.

    Conceal local IP addresses with mDNS hostnames. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #enable-webrtc-hide-local-ips-with-mdns
     

    Smooth Scrolling

    Animate smoothly when scrolling page content. â€“ Windows

    #smooth-scrolling
     

    Experimental JavaScript

    Enable web pages to use experimental JavaScript features. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #enable-javascript-harmony
       

    Developer Tools experiments

    Enables Developer Tools experiments. Use Settings panel in Developer Tools to toggle individual experiments. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #enable-devtools-experiments
     

    Focus Mode

    If enabled, allows the user to switch to Focus Mode â€“ Mac, Windows

    #focus-mode
     

    Desktop PWAs installable from the omnibox

    When on a site that passes PWA installation requirements show a button in the omnibox for installing it. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #enable-desktop-pwas-omnibox-install
     

    Omnibox rich entity suggestions

    Display entity suggestions using images and an enhanced layout; showing more context and descriptive text about the entity. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #omnibox-rich-entity-suggestions
       

    Omnibox Pedal suggestions

    Enable omnibox Pedal suggestions to accelerate actions within Microsoft Edge by detecting user intent and offering direct access to the end goal. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #omnibox-pedal-suggestions
     

    Omnibox UI Max Autocomplete Matches

    Changes the maximum number of autocomplete matches displayed in the Omnibox UI. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #omnibox-ui-max-autocomplete-matches
     

    Omnibox UI Show Suggestion Favicons

    Shows favicons instead of generic vector icons for URL suggestions in the Omnibox dropdown. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #omnibox-ui-show-suggestion-favicons
        

    Parallel downloading

    Enable parallel downloading to accelerate download speed. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #enable-parallel-downloading
     

    Tab Hover Cards

    Enables a popup containing tab information to be visible when hovering over a tab. This will replace tooltips for tabs. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #tab-hover-cards
        

    HarfBuzz PDF Subsetter

    Changes the PDF subsetter from sftnly to HarfBuzz. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #harfbuzz-pdf-subsetter
       

    Experimental Collections feature

    Enable content collection pane and background entity extraction to support web content collection and organization scenarios. Warning: This is an early experimental feature. Content will not be synced and may be lost. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #edge-collections
        

    Microsoft Edge Reading View

    Enables Reading view in Microsoft Edge â€“ Mac, Windows

    #edge-reading-view
     

    Microsoft Edge Reading View Text Preference

    Enable text preferences in reading view that lets you customize font sizes and background themes -- Windows and Mac â€“ Mac, Windows

    #edge-reading-view-text-preference
           

    Global Media Controls

    Enables the Global Media Controls UI in the toolbar. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #global-media-controls
     
        

    Secure DNS lookups

    Enables DNS over HTTPS. When this feature is enabled, your browser may try to use a secure HTTPS connection to look up the addresses of websites and other web resources. â€“ Mac, Windows

    #dns-over-https
     
     
     
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      HotCakeX 

      Wow! this needs to be marked as best response.

       

      Thanks!!!

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        HotCakeX
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        Thank You! Deleted 

        enabling them won't have side effects 🙂

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