Sep 24 2019 10:42 AM
Hello insiders, today we’re releasing build 79.0.279.0 to the Dev Channel! It’s another small change list this week as we begin our work on major version 79. Some of the most noteworthy changes include:
New Features:
Increased Stability:
Improved Behavior:
As always, we appreciate all of your suggestions and feedback!
Sep 25 2019 01:12 PM
@josh_bodner Have just tried this Dev version on my Surface Go and it just crashes out. Open Edge Dev, it stays there for about 20 seconds then closes itself every time. Have checked everything else is up-to-date and rebooted, but same result. Perhaps an issue with Windows 10 in S mode which the Surface Go uses?
Sep 25 2019 04:02 PM
@josh_bodner How long do updates take to propagate? I'm a MacOS user and every time I check for updates after a new build is out, it says that it's up to date. I don't recall Edge Dev ever successfully updating itself on its own. Almost a week after the new build is announced, I end up manually downloading the installer and installing Edge again.
Sep 25 2019 06:21 PM
I was looking forward to this new feature, however the media autoplay setting is missing in my site permission settings @josh_bodner
Sep 26 2019 08:25 AM
Scrolling is definitely an issue. One scroll of the mouse wheel makes huge jump on the page. This is also the case even after adjusting the scroll settings.
Sep 26 2019 04:04 PM - edited Sep 26 2019 04:05 PM
Same thing here - no option in settings for Media Autoplay
Sep 27 2019 05:55 AM
279 seems to have broken a couple of websites, namely Twitter and Gitbook. They still work on original Edge and Chrome so it's not a problem with my PC.
however on 279, there is now no content, just the spinny wheel or blank screen.
Sep 27 2019 03:54 PM
@HTBruceM and everybody else who is asking about it,
The media autoplay setting was recently removed from edge://flags because we are actively working on the feature and are going to add it to Edge's settings. It's addition to settings is currently under a controlled rollout, which means it could be added or removed from a machine at any time. Once the rollout is complete and everybody has access to it, I'll mention it in the release notes.
Sep 27 2019 05:11 PM
When edge is closed, it automatically updates itself. Are you looking at the version number its giving you and comparing it to the one that was released, or just waiting for an update?
Sep 27 2019 05:14 PM
Are you using the smooth scrolling flag or the default scrolling. If not, enable smooth scrolling and see if that fixes the problem.
Oct 13 2019 02:23 AM
@cjc2112 Turns out I had Microsoft Autoupdate set to manual. I probably set it that way a long time ago because Office updates were pestering me every time I used Word.