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Alexander Jacubowsky
Copper Contributor
Jun 30, 2020

Why the new edge can't open the read links for the old edge browser

When you try to open an link created for the old edge browser, with the new edge browser, you will get only an error message that the page cannot be found.

Try it with old and new edge browser.

Old edge link

read://https//www.heise.de/news/Klage-von-Verlagen-Internet-Archive-begrenzt-umstrittenes-E-Book-Angebot-wieder-4782447.html?wt_mc=rss.red.ho.ho.rdf.beitrag.beitrag

 

New edge link

read://https_www.heise.de/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnews%2FKlage-von-Verlagen-Internet-Archive-begrenzt-umstrittenes-E-Book-Angebot-wieder-4782447.html

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  • TheShaunSaw's avatar
    TheShaunSaw
    Silver Contributor

    Alexander Jacubowsky 

    The reason is that the link for Reading view in Legacy Edge and Chromium Edge is different. See the table below:

     

    Original link of the webpagehttps://www.theverge.com/21306670/microsoft-windows-file-recovery-tool-app-download-features
    Link in Reading view in Legacy Edgeread:https://www.theverge.com/21306670/microsoft-windows-file-recovery-tool-app-download-features 
    Link in Immersive Reader in Chromium Edgeread://https_www.theverge.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theverge.com%2F21306670%2Fmicrosoft-windows-file-recovery-tool-app-download-features
    • Alexander Jacubowsky's avatar
      Alexander Jacubowsky
      Copper Contributor

      TheShaunSaw Yes, clear, that's the technical reason.
      Buy WHY the new edge is not able to open old link and translate the old Reading link into the new one. This should be possible and would be very helpful for transition to the new Edge.

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