Oct 01 2019 11:27 AM
Hello insiders, today we’re releasing build 79.0.287.2 to the Dev Channel! There’s a lot in here, but we’re most excited to announce two long-awaited features: media autoplay blocking, and a more customizable new tab page!
You can find the media autoplay blocking setting under edge://settings/content/mediaAutoplay. While you’re in Settings, you may also want to check out some additions to Tracking Prevention. We now offer a list of all the trackers we’ve ever blocked, as well as a page of exceptions that will allow you to better customize your Tracking Prevention behavior.
On the new tab page, there are four big new features, some of which you’ve been asking for. First, the new tab page now supports dark theme. Next, you can scroll through previous Bing images of the day using the arrows at the bottom left of the page. While you’re scrolling, if you scroll down to the news feed, you’ll see that we added more personalization options. And finally, if you don’t want to see the news feed at all, now you don’t have to, because we added the option to turn it completely off!
In addition to those features, some of the other major changes that are worth mentioning include:
New features:
Improved reliability:
Changed behavior:
We expect to have one or two minor additions to this Dev build later this week which will increase the final part of the version number, but there shouldn’t be any new features added in those updates. And until next week, thank you all for using Edge and for sending us all your feedback and suggestions!
Oct 01 2019 10:59 PM
@Drew1903 wrote:@josh_bodner
Next, you can scroll through previous Bing images of the day using the arrows at the bottom left of the page.
And finally, if you don’t want to see the news feed at all, now you don’t have to, because we added the option to turn it completely off!
Josh, I don't seem to have either of these ⬆ My NTP does not seem any different than ever including controls. Is it another Controlled Feature Roll-out?
Yes unfortunately. I kinda wish they wouldn't announce A/B testing features in these forum posts as being globally available, as you can see it causes confusions among users and those who don't have it think there is something wrong with their browser..
Oct 01 2019 11:44 PM
Oct 01 2019 11:44 PM - edited Oct 01 2019 11:45 PM
@Drew1903 Disabling experimental scrolling seemed to do the trick. Thanks though :)
Oct 02 2019 12:03 AM
@tgienger
Yes, didn't know or expect experimental scrolling to be enabled... just thought maybe Smooth scrolling was NOT enabled.
Glad you have it sorted, now, though.
Cheers,
Drew
Oct 02 2019 12:10 AM - edited Oct 02 2019 12:11 AM
Yes, thanks to @Deleted for pointing that out! ^^
unlike its name, it has little to none relevance to the actual scrolling.
the description says: " Enables experimental scrolling personality changes (eg: animation curves, gesture recognition, etc). – Windows"
I believe it's more useful and the changes more noticeable on touch based devices.
for us desktop users though the "Smooth Scrolling" flag does the trick and it was there for more than 2 months ;)
Oct 02 2019 12:22 AM
Thanks for fixing so many bugs!
One thing that bothers me is the "Site Permissions" settings page, frankly it's a mess. Trying to find a specific setting is difficult.
Can you either sort them alphabetically, or group the settings?
Content Control
Ads, Cookies, Flash, Images, JavaScript, Location, Media Autoplay, Notifications, Payment Handles, Popups, Protected Content, Zoom
Downloads
Automatic Downloads, Background Sync, Clipboard, Handlers, PDF documents, Unsandboxed plugin
Hardware
Camera, Mic, Motion Sensors, MIDI, USB
Oct 02 2019 02:01 AM
Rumours in Germany even predict a stable version for 1909 update. But i think your anticipation is right.
Oct 02 2019 02:34 AM
@smartgreenrobot
Yes, rumors are such fun. Near the onset, yes, 1909 was suggested, but, it didn't take long to realise that wasn't realistic, at all.
Quick wee story about rumors or things that can initiate them. People are prone to or tend to believe what they read. Especially, when they are reading some article, writer, recognized source that they reckon is knowledgeable. Anyway, not too long ago an article was cited. I noticed it was from April. 90% of what was said had been rubbish by June But, back in May, you can believe somebody was quoting said article as gospel.
Also, often not sure about putting too much stock in 3rd party statements... for things in this sphere, when it's right from the horse's mouth (Microsoft), then, THAT, I'll respect & repeat.
There is this, too... I will suggest, Windows Insiders will see something of Edge C in our Builds, other than these Insider Channels. I have a hunch we will have something more entrenched before 2003 (20H1) is released. Just a maybe logical guess, but, we'll see over the next 6 months.
Even deeming the betas as Default browser, it's not fully the same as when, actually, integrated w/ the OS. Ergo, I'm thinking Windows Insiders may have that to work with before Spring 2020.
Cheers,
Drew
Oct 02 2019 03:25 AM
Oct 02 2019 03:34 AM
Version 79.0.287.2 (Official build) dev (64-bit)
Try this:
Oct 02 2019 03:44 AM
Oct 02 2019 03:51 AM
@leopeva64-2_
"Depending on what OS Accent colour is used/selected this can become a non-issue." Drew
Here is an example of what makes the issue a moot point.
Cheers,
Drew
Oct 02 2019 03:53 AM
Oct 02 2019 04:04 AM - edited Oct 02 2019 04:09 AM
@Limyx826
Maybe you would try this:
Remove Dev from your machine. Go grab the download for it, anew and re-install it, please. Report back afterwards, of course. Thanks. :crossed_fingers: Hey, it's worth a shot...
It's ironic the timing... I had just earlier tonight put this in a couple of other MS Tech Forums where I write...
Cheers,
Drew
Oct 02 2019 04:07 AM
that's Not how it works.
he was referring to the Aura tooltips
and they don't change with Windows accent color. he is the proof:
See no matter light or dark, blue or purple, the aura tooltips color stay the same because they are set by Edge insider browser itself.
Oct 02 2019 05:09 AM
@josh_bodner Update looks great and I love the O365 integration.
I want to implement the Edge browser at one of our customers as soon as a stable version is available.
They are using a Sharepoint 2013 and even with activated IE Mode I can't open the document libraries in the Windows Explorer.
Maybe some of you guys can help me with that.
Oct 02 2019 05:47 AM
This all looks great. For the next update I'm hoping I can start using an external PDFs applications instead of the built in one. When I disable it the built in PDF reader and try to open a PDF from SharePoint I receive an error telling me to either download the file or enable the built in PDF reader. When I click on a PDF link in SharePoint it should load the file from SharePoint in Adobe Acrobat Reader without any downloading taking place.
Oct 02 2019 08:06 AM
Oct 02 2019 08:22 AM
Yes, other users have reported the same thing,
currently the user downloads the PDF file, the finished download will show up at the bottom left corner of the browser, after clicking on the PDF it will be opened in the browser, Not with the default PDF viewer app. the user needs to go to the download location and from there double click on the file and open it with the default PDF viewer. this problem seems to be revolving mostly around PDF files. when I download an .mp3 audio file or .mkv, .mp4 video files and click on them, they will open in Groove music app and default video player app and Not in Edge browser (even though Edge can play all those files).
it gets even worse and the user gets stuck in an error loop if this option is enabled: