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C_Benson
Jul 25, 2019Copper Contributor
Sharepoint features do not work in Edge Dev
I have noticed that all of the limitations of Chrome in Sharepoint are present in Edge Dev, such as opening links from a link library, opening files in a file library, converting lists to Excel, edit...
Tiago Freire
Jul 26, 2019Brass Contributor
I have had my fair share of pains back when Edge was being rolled out, O365 in general, Admin Center and Sharepoint in particular were grave offenders of "stuff not working". It took several years for Edge to work reliably, even after released.
It is super embarassing to either have to use an obsolete browser (IE, in the previous Edge rollout) or resort to Chrome or Firefox. Even the O365 Microsoft Support recommended trying a different browser.
Edge Dev is not released yet, but Microsoft's own platforms are the crown jewels and showcase of technology, they should be treated as first-class examples. During development, there should be extra resources dedicated to testing and making sure they work as expected from the get-go.