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Edge browser suddenly jumps around
My computer just got an unwanted update last night. The computer was hanging this morning and I had to force a restart. Eventually everything finished up and the computer seemed to be working OK. When I opened the Edge browser (I use a mix of 4 or 5 different browsers for my work) it showed a page that it had been updated. But now when I try to finger scroll through a webpage, the page jumps around wildly. A small swipe that should move me down less than a page view jumps to near the bottom of a long page.
It is virtually unusable in it's current state. Which sucks because I have it set to be the browser in which I do some work tracking (in 7 or 8 different tabs/systems). I may have to transfer that to another browser and give up entirely on Edge unless a fix is released.
And BTW, I am entering this topic in Chrome because I couldn't get Edge to let me sign in. The signin would take me to a second screen to choose the account (my MS account is linked to two sub-accounts). Choosing the account I want takes me back to the signin screen. It just goes back and forth not letting me into the account. This is probably unrelated, but I thought I'd mention it because it started with this update.
Finally, I HATE Microsoft's forced updates. It will often update in the middle of the week when I have files open (usually lots of Excel files). I then have to spend an hour or so figuring out what are the correct and most up-to-date files or versions. I haven't lost any data this way lately but still...why can't I choose a convenient time to update/upgrade? I HAVE set the system to only update at night when I'm not working, but I want to tell it to only update when I restart.
OK, rant off. Nonetheless, Edge appears to be broken today and I am pretty sure I'll have to abandon it.