Dec 17 2019 10:49 AM
Hello insiders, today we’re releasing build 80.0.361.5 to the Dev channel! This is the final build for major version 80, which means it’s also our next Beta channel candidate. This is also the final Dev channel update for the year; we don’t expect to publish anything more until January. However, we couldn’t leave you without some holiday treats, so here are all of the feature rollouts that have been recently completed for the Canary and Dev channels.
First, we’ve officially opened up the new Edge Extension Store for submissions! You can read more about the process for submitting to the store in this blog post: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/12/16/get-started-extensions-addons-microsoft-edge-chromium.
Next, for the web developers, we’ve published an example application on our GitHub page that serves as a comprehensive API demonstration of our new WebView2 control. You can read more about how to use it in this blog post: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/12/11/webview2-interactive-api-sample.
For our ARM enthusiasts, we’re bringing our native ARM64 builds to the Dev channel today! These builds have been in Canary for the last few weeks, and we’ve ironed out most of the major issues during that time. There’s still one known issue though: certain DRM video on some websites doesn’t play properly.
If you didn’t see it last week, we made a short post here about some of our work on the Mac touch bar: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Articles/Try-the-revamped-Touch-Bar-experience-on-Microsoft-E....
Finally, we’ve got three features to look for in upcoming builds.
Before we get on with the rest of the features and additions that are worth mentioning this week, you should know that favorites sync is still disabled for the majority of users. This includes brand new machines you install Edge on, so if you’re setting up Edge for the first time and want access to your favorites, you’ll need to manually export your favorites to a file on a different machine and import them on the new one. We’re also working on a deduplication mechanism once favorites sync is re-enabled, which should prevent new duplicates from coming in as well as remove duplicates for users who have already had their favorites duplicated.
Added features:
Improved reliability:
Changed behavior:
Known issues:
Thank you for a great 2019 and for all of your help building both this community and the new Edge. We couldn’t have done it without you!
Dec 17 2019 01:49 PM
Dec 17 2019 02:26 PM
@josh_bodner Would it be possible to have an option for the folders to be the color they were? This change seems unnecessary and kind of ugly.
Dec 17 2019 02:56 PM
@josh_bodner Thank you for the YELLOW FOLDERS!!
The latest update did not help against keyboard Issue nr2. (https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Discussions/Beta-79-0-309-51-problems-with-touch-keyboard/m-p...)
Merry Christmas
Dec 17 2019 03:01 PM
I have got complaints every day since they removed the yellow ones last time.
White on white is just terrible on a tablet in certain light conditions.
I do support make it customizeable and having a gpo for it. Manually setting 1500 devices - well not my idea of fun
Dec 17 2019 03:03 PM - last edited on Dec 18 2019 10:21 AM by Eric Starker
Dec 17 2019 03:03 PM - last edited on Dec 18 2019 10:21 AM by Eric Starker
Dec 17 2019 03:52 PM
@josh_bodner By request, favorites folders are now yellow.
Whose request it was? I'm glad that this powerful person did not want to change the font to red Comic Sans.
Dec 17 2019 05:17 PM
Meh, if some dumb folder icons get "proper" color coding, you'd think the InPrivate and AppGuard modes could, too. And yet...
Dec 17 2019 07:09 PM
@josh_bodner Get rid of yellows icons please, they are just awful on dark theme.
Dec 17 2019 07:53 PM
Dec 17 2019 10:21 PM
@josh_bodner Edge still not working:
Chrome stands nearby and works great :) Tell me please, which way to at least look?
Dec 17 2019 11:47 PM
Dec 18 2019 12:08 AM - edited Dec 18 2019 12:40 AM
@josh_bodner
Hey, Josh, give whoever came up with the Pin Wizard another cookie or 2 (& a pat on the back). That's a cool little idea. A neat alternative to Favorites for everything. And pinning can be as temporary as one wants, too.
And, btw, one can pin 'preferred sites' and not need to have a (generic) Edge browser icon on the taskbar; just another possibility available.
A tip: Use small icons. Rt Clk taskbar > Taskbar settings > Use small icons buttons toggle. Turn On.
Cheers,
Drew
PS: Too bad we cannot bother with Seasonal Wishes or some member here will report Off Topic. Oh well. The thought's there, anyway, at least.
Dec 18 2019 12:39 AM
@Mark Picker wrote:
+1 to the comments about reverting the yellow folder icons. Looks outdated and is distracting - please at least make it a configurable option.
This ^
the gray folders were compatible and blended in with the rest of the UI.
yellow folders don't belong to the Edge.
Dec 18 2019 12:42 AM
Dec 18 2019 12:43 AM
@welzewool wrote:@josh_bodner Edge still not working:
Chrome stands nearby and works great :) Tell me please, which way to at least look?
Hi,
that looks like a network problem.
Try disabling your extensions
and clear browser data: edge://settings/clearBrowserData
Dec 18 2019 12:45 AM
Dec 18 2019 12:50 AM
Could the team improve the search function in the PDF reader?
The current search function is not suitable for the file with a lot of text since the reader cannot open the bookmarks now.
Dec 18 2019 12:56 AM
@HotCakeX Well, Edge is based on Chromium code, so they inevitably will always be behind the official Chrome version.
Dec 18 2019 01:06 AM
@bogdancalapod
No. The fact that Edge is now built on a Chromium-based platform does not mean it follows in the shadow of Chrome. They are 2 distinct & different browsers that happen to be constructed on similar foundations. But, they are quite separate & individual buildings serving different communities in their own ways.
Cheers,
Drew
Dec 18 2019 01:14 AM
that would only be true if Microsoft forked Chromium source.
Microsoft has more engineers, more developers and programmers. so if a smaller company like Brave could do that, it is necessary for Microsoft to do the same and maintain their control and authority over their own browser.