Dec 20 2020 09:32 PM - edited Jan 03 2021 01:10 PM
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Dec 21 2020 11:31 AM
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Dec 21 2020 11:45 AM - edited Dec 21 2020 11:47 AM
@survivor303I don't agree. It appears on all sites only if you click the "...". The + sign should appear only on websites that have "app" in their domain, no matter it is "example.app" or "app.example.com"
Dec 21 2020 11:51 AM
Dec 22 2020 05:15 PM
Dec 22 2020 05:35 PM
Dec 22 2020 05:37 PM - edited Dec 22 2020 05:39 PM
@Kam wrote:@survivor303I don't agree. It appears on all sites only if you click the "...". The + sign should appear only on websites that have "app" in their domain, no matter it is "example.app" or "app.example.com"
the browser doesn't look for the word "app" in the domain in order to offer app installation. that would be a very useless method.
Twitter and Outlook both offer app installation, and neither of them have "app" in their domain.
Jan 03 2021 01:10 AM - edited Jan 03 2021 01:18 AM
"NTP news can be turned off easily with 2 clicks, no big deal, no "young user" will be harmed by that. YouTube ads or ads on the Internet are much worse to be honest and those website provide no easy 2 clicks to turn them off."
Sorry but this isnt always a case and for larger places like schools this is a huge problem.
Our elementary school case, we have over 150 Windows systems where i place edge as default over firefox (mainly because of issues with Teams). What i seen happen is that Microsoft has changed browser defaults by windows version updates, there is this shopping thing what changed to be enable by default and also they replace edges homepage to show news, even you have previously changed to not show them.
Jan 03 2021 03:57 AM
Jan 03 2021 12:54 PM - edited Jan 03 2021 01:01 PM
Well for now, those templates aren't on Group Policy Editor, so people need to do extra work to get them to there (for local gpedit). and that is one thing what Microsoft need to do.
When the templates are there, then importing new ones are easier task.
For now, there is only local policies for classic edge.
Im not familiar about how policies can work with macos, or linux, so perhaps it is better that Microsoft changes its default deployment methods a direction which respect users' custom settings same way in every update situation, after all Edge is now multiplatform product.
Jan 03 2021 01:40 PM - edited Jan 03 2021 01:54 PM
Yes I agree now that the new Edge is by default built in Windows 10, the policies should be in local store policy too, they can stay up to date with Windows update or Microsoft updates.
I filed a feedback for this in feedback hub, feel free to upvote it: https://aka.ms/AAaqkty
(my account has access to Windows insider so if you aren't part of the program, feedback might be unavailable, but either way, devs will have a chance to see it)
Mac OS also supports policies but of course since it's an OS from other company, Microsoft can't add the policies by default to it. but that's not something people worry about. these tasks are done automatically with Intune, MDM and other management tools, by administrators, in bulk.
you can learn more about those processes in Microsoft Docs or Microsoft Learn in this website.
Jan 03 2021 01:52 PM
" When user want install Beta build of the browser, it should upgrade the stable release, and not make a new, separate installation. If user install canary build, then it should make a separate installation of that. (Even better is if browser about page can show a dropdown menu where user can choose which build it goes to update next) "
that would be so awful if it happens, very bad for end user. Stable Edge should always stay stable, it's the core and default browser of Windows 10. if all other experimental versions fail, that is the last resort.
also, the ability that we can install all channels side by side, without any conflicts, and they operate perfectly, is a plus and advantage, why would they remove this advantage and put a restriction on it, that makes no sense and would make things bad.
it's great that we can test insider versions side-by-side the other channels.
Canary, Dev, Beta, they are all insider channels, different from stable.
Chrome, Firefox etc, they all allow users to install all available channels (stable, beta, dev, canary/nightly) side by side each other so users can test each of them and send feedback etc.
Jan 10 2021 05:17 AM
PWA installation not look app keyword. Its looking for META tag wich point manifest file. if cant find META tag look for file instead. Also manifest file not only thing for PWA there also splash images, launch images, app icons, screen configurations... @survivor303
Feb 08 2021 03:48 AM