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Microsoft Edge now available for macOS
This morning we published the first builds of our Microsoft Edge browser built for macOS. You can read our full blog post about it here. Then download it, if you are running a Mac, and then come back here and tell us what you think.
- xanplxBrass ContributorNext stop: Linux!
- PaulFWattsCopper ContributorI'm very impressed with Microsoft Edge (Developer) running on MacOS. It's fast, stable and intuitive. I can see this quickly replacing Safari as my default browser. Great job Edge Team! Please keep up the excellent work.
- fsc123Copper Contributor
Right now, I’m pretty impressed with Edge for macOS. It is stable, responsive, and heading in the right direction. Edge didn’t last long on my iPad, but this implementation might move me and my school from Chrome.
From my limited testing, Edge seems to use less RAM, but perhaps more CPU cycles. (It isn’t an entirely fair comparison, Edge 76 vs Chrome 74, but still…)
Even though you will continue to “expand dark mode next week,” your implementation is already better than some browsers, namely Google Chrome.
I wonder if web pages will be able to override dark mode when your implementation is finished. For example, the Google Doc where I’m writing this still has white contextual menus.
Question 01: Is the grammar tool accessible via the macOS version of Microsoft Edge Canary? Reading this article, I cannot seem to make it work. Honestly, that is (will be) a compelling reason to use Edge in the education market.
Question 02: What are the hardware and software requirements for MS Edge for macOS?
Question 03: Google is killing off some (if not most or all) of the ad-blocking features in Chrome. Is Microsoft Edge going to go the same route?
- r33zABrass ContributorNice! Grabbing it now and yes, a Linux version would be ace too.
I really can't wait to see this all in about six months along. So far between using it on Windows, Android, iPhone, iPad and the leaked MacOS (besides the **bleep**ty sync) the inconsistency in look and feel have been a bit disappointing, even just the difference in iPhone/ iPad even though its a universal bundle. The iPhone feels fine, the iPad feels more like the order Edge, but then there is no real beta channel for iOS. Hoping to see a Test Flight version one day soon.
Cheers.- Joon ChangMicrosoftThanks for sharing your feedback on sync. We’ve recently made a fix that we believe will address various feedback on inconsistent sync issues. It’d be great if you can restart the new version of Edge on all your devices and see if your sync issue is resolved. Please let us know if that doesn’t work. We’d love to investigate and help address the issue.
- Alan HarlandBrass Contributor
Love the look, but have an issue that everytime I open Edge it says it's not syncing and I have to log out and back in and it'll work for a while but the stops again
- troyjustinCopper Contributorcan I use the macOS Canary build with my Yubikey for website logins?
- edward2-_1880Iron Contributor
Cool, awesome man. Is there an estimate on when it will come out for windows 7, windows 8, and windows 8.1?
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edward2-_1880 wrote:Cool, awesome man. Is there an estimate on when it will come out for windows 7, windows 8, and windows 8.1?
Just now!
The Canary channel is now avalible for all supported platforms, but not just that, the Dev channel is now avalible for macOS!
You can download them here:
Dev/Canary for Windows 10:
https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=win10
Canary for Windows 8.1:
https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=win8dot1
Canary for Windows 8:
https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=win8dot1
Canary for Windows 7:
https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=win7
Dev/Canary for macOS:
https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/?platform=macos
- Abel_potoyCopper Contributor
Hello Edward
Of course there is a version for windows 7 and 8.1, you just have to download it normally on the official page.
- Stefan TsalapatisCopper Contributor
I'm building .Net Core desktop applications with embedded browser control
As Microsoft Edge is now available for macOS, is it possible to provide a .Net Core library with .Net bindings to underlining engine, for Win/macOS/Linux, so to use it in my applications.
There is a need for a reliable .Net bindings library.
- Anton MosyaginCopper Contributor
Elliot Kirk 20% cpu load on macOS 10.14.5 without any opened pages - MS Edge 76.0.161.0. ;(
- aheryaniCopper ContributorEdge on MacOS does not use native fullscreen. The current implementation is not default behaviour. In Safari and Chrome each tab goes fullscreen in its own macOS space; which means you can continue using other tabs. In Edge going fullscreen in one tab makes the other tabs unusable.