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Will I move to stable release of Microsoft Edge Chromium automatically in January 2020
IE is needed for IE-mode in the new Edge browser.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/edge-ie-mode
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3394602/coming-to-windows-10-more-browsers-not-fewer.html
I have to say, the only problem Dev and Canary (and to some extend, Beta) is experiencing right now is Sync problem, specifically favorite syncing.
it's either disabled, or it fails to sync, duplicates favorites, brings back deleted favorites from past and so on.
it's not unstable though, canary channel has been my main browser since April (i think) when Edge insider was first launched, there have been some temporary problems that would make the browser unstable but usually get fixed in a day or two.
Canary has new features that I can't find on Beta (version 79 vs version 81)
Oh yes. I didn't realize that Edge even now has an option to open a website / page in IE mode, so IE will have to coexist with Edge for compatibility purposes. Thanks for sharing the links, which do mention why IE and Edge will coexist. Even in Beta channel, I find the Edge-C much more intuitive and faster and more stable than the default/classic Edge browser, which hasn't really improved over the years, compared to Chrome or Firefox. Hope the final / stable release of Edge-C is just as user-friendly as FF & Chrome are.
Well, I use my Outlook.com mail account as well as OneDrive linked to it to store my personal data, mainly in Excel files. Had observed while using the Canary build of Edge-C that it would render the Excel files inconsistently, and I had to reformat data in cells pasted from another worksheet file. Also, some websites didn't seem to work well in Canary build of Edge-C. Haven't noticed such issues in Beta channel, yet. Maybe because Beta builds are the most stable builds among all three, i.e. Beta/Dev/Canary, as issues are resolved progressively from Canary to Dev to Beta channel builds.
For me stability and usability of standard features is more important in a web browser than experimenting with new features, which is what Canary builds are for, I suppose.
Anyway, the current Beta build seems the last one before final/stable release in mid-Jan'2020. It's quite usable even now, but hope it supports more extensions (in MS Store) going forward.
- How unstable exactly? I don't see any unstability on none of the systems me and my family work on.
Ok. I used the Canary build initially, but found it unstable so switched to the Beta channel. The current Beta build is quite good and much better than the regular/classic Edge. If MS fixes minor bugs before the final release in January 2020, it would find more acceptance. Hopefully, Edge-C won't be a memory hog, like Chrome browser is (as both are Chromium-based) 🙂
- You're welcome ^^
I can tell you with 99.99% certainty that the first stable version releasing in January 15 is not any different than the Beta (RC=release candidate) that you are already using.
it's only staying for longer period in Beta channel for finding small bugs and fix them as well as fixing the favorite sync problems that are mostly server-side.