Microsoft Edge Browser for iPhone Launches on App Store

[BoyRacer]

But its not released in Canada yet =(

The Android version was released in Canada but not the iOS version.

Does anyone have any thoughts on the reason?

 

[Howl's Castle]

I don't see how this is Apple's fault. It was no secret that Apple would be releasing a new screen size and developer's had plenty of time prior to the release to get their apps optimized for the X. Microsoft is a multi-billion dollar software company, not some independent developer that makes an app in their spare time. They should be held to a high standard.

You mean when details were constantly changing every month about the iPhone X?

 

[Frisco]

The Edge is truly near.

PS: Big mistake changing the name from Internet Exploder

 

[2ndchancephones]

I've tried it on my iPhone x and it seems really fast but it's kind of half baked since Edge isn't available on Mac.

 

[Septembersrain]

What I really am curious about is if this browser refreshes as much as Safari does on iOS 11.1.1/11.1.2?

 

[convergent]

I've tried it on my iPhone x and it seems really fast but it's kind of half baked since Edge isn't available on Mac.

I doubt that Microsoft cares about that. They have made it clear their mobile strategy is to let you bring your mobile devices to integrate with Windows. If you don't use Windows it is probably not for you. The equivalent would be for Apple to release Safari on Android to embrace letting their customers have choice.

 

[C DM]

Not built for the iPhone X. Looks bad.

Not built for iPhone X almost a month after the phone was released.

No built in ad blocking.

Pass, pass, and pass.

My original post had no criticism towards Microsoft for releasing an iPhone browser. In fact, I've been beta testing this app for the past few weeks. I simply pointed out that they should have optimized the app to fit the screen size of the iPhone X as it's been out for more than a month now. Even Microsoft's other apps (Office, OneDrive, etc) are optimized for the screen size so it seems strange that a brand new app wouldn't be.

if a god existed it wouldn’t release an unoptomized app for the iPhone X

Get off your high horse, they didn’t put it the effort to optimize the app, it deserves criticism.

Installed it out of curiosity, saw it wasn’t optimized for iPhone X, deleted it immediately.

Already uodated for iPhone X. Much ado about nothing essentially.

 

[JimmyBanks6]

Already uodated for iPhone X. Much ado about nothing essentially.

"already"

Two weeks, which was already multiple weeks after the X was released, is not an already. It is a finally.

Finally updated for the X.

 

[C DM]

"already"

Two weeks, which was already multiple weeks after the X was released, is not an already. It is a finally.

Finally updated for the X.

Yeah, not quite how it all works in reality. And in the context of when this app came out to begin with, it's "already".

 

[JimmyBanks6]

Yeah, not quite how it all works in reality. And in the context of when this app came out to begin with, it's "already".

Exactly how it works in reality, they released the app after the release of the X, it should have already been ready.

Then it took them multiple weeks to update again, hence it is a finally.

 

[C DM]

Exactly how it works in reality, they released the app after the release of the X, it should have already been ready.

Then it took them multiple weeks to update again, hence it is a finally.

Reality is much more nuanced that that: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...hes-on-app-store.2092100/page-3#post-25539209

 

[JimmyBanks6]

Reality is much more nuanced that that: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...hes-on-app-store.2092100/page-3#post-25539209

Thousands of apps were updated for the X prior to release of the phone, thousands more were updated prior to Microsofts release, thousands more were updated in those two weeks it took a fortune 100 company to find the resources to code an update.

They finally updated it.

 

[C DM]

Thousands of apps were updated for the X prior to release of the phone, thousands more were updated prior to Microsofts release, thousands more were updated in those two weeks it took a fortune 100 company to find the resources to code an update.

They finally updated it.

And thousands haven't done it yet, and many won't do it for a long time. Everyone is different for all kinds of different reasons. Nuances of reality.

 

[JimmyBanks6]

And thousands haven't done it yet, and many won't do it for a long time. Everyone is different for all kinds of different reasons. Nuances of reality.

The point was Microsoft has way more resources than those thousands and thousands of app developers.

Sorry bud, a company the size of Microsoft being unable to find the resources to update the app prior to release is not acceptable, simply no defence you can make that will change that.

 

[C DM]

The point was Microsoft has way more resources than those thousands and thousands of app developers.

Sorry bud, a company the size of Microsoft being unable to find the resources to update the app prior to release is not acceptable, simply no defence you can make that will change that.

There really isn't a defense in play, just reality of it all. There are hopes of how it should or even could work, and then there's basic reality of how it usually does, that's basically all there's to it. (Just having more resources in a large company doesn't mean anything as far as all kinds of different projects go. Again, there's the wishful thinking of how it could all work, and then there's the practical reality of how it actually works.)