I'd probably at least try it in those few situations where I use Chrome -- specifically on sites that don't seem to play well with Safari for whatever reason. I'm for anything that keeps Google away from my browsing history.
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Microsoft Edge Web Browser Coming to the Mac Over 15 Years After Internet Explorer for Mac
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A PC connected to the TV is far more capable than a Roku or AppleTV. And even a small keyboard is way better than fumbling with a remote to type in anything on a TV.
Microsoft today announced that it expects to bring its Edge web browser to the Mac, possibly as early as next year.
"Microsoft Edge will now be delivered and updated for all supported versions of Windows and on a more frequent cadence. We also expect this work to enable us to bring Microsoft Edge to other platforms like macOS," said Microsoft.
The news was revealed as part of Microsoft's larger announcement that Edge will be rebuilt based on the open source Chromium rendering engine, the same engine used by Google Chrome. Microsoft said it expects to have a preview build of the Chromium-based Edge browser ready in early 2019 for users to try.
However, it's unclear if the preview will initially be limited to Windows or extend to the Mac simultaneously.
Edge succeeded Internet Explorer as Microsoft's default web browser on Windows in 2015, with a mobile version later released for iOS and Android. It will be Microsoft's first web browser on Mac since Internet Explorer for Mac received its last feature update over 15 years ago, in June 2003.
Internet Explorer was the default web browser on Mac between 1998 and 2003, when Apple released Safari on Mac OS X Panther.
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Good thing you have edge browser then, I guess...
After using something like Plex, I literally cannot imagine wanting my content housed within a browser window, but hey- big win for Microsoft that there are people like you out there trained to consume their entertainment via a browser, I suppose.
It's crap. I've used it and it crashes with half the web. The worst browser I've ever used. Kill it with fire.
Not at all. A standardized web is what we've been begging for since the 90's. This is like a dream come true.
LOL I don't use Edge, I've been a Firefox (and Mozilla suite before that) user for decades. Just explaining that many people find utility in connecting a PC to their TV, versus using a Roku or other box.
Edge = Chrome. Read between the lines people.. this is the best news to come out of Redmond possibly ever. Do you know what this means? Finally, there is a light at the end of the tunnel for web devs who have been maintaining a MS-specific codebase for decades. Goodbye IE, you old bastard. And we could not possibly care less that there's a Mac version.
I tried it a couple months ago. There are some weird performance issues on Mac -- one of them has been well known for years and still did not have a fix.
The problem is if people don’t trust google they most definitely shouldn’t trust MS. 10 is full of spyware. I can’t imagine Edge would be any different.
This:
I'll go pick it up at the local grocery store with the latest Popular Electronics magazine.
Oh well a browser I would download just to get the bonus Bing Rewards point other than that I would never use it.
So basically this is my new pr0n browser.
No one I let use my Mac will ever go near it and my browser history is completely safe from undesirable eyes!
No one I let use my Mac will ever go near it and my browser history is completely safe from undesirable eyes!
I don't know how in the world you inferred what you wrote from Microsoft's statement. Go read it again.
All Microsoft explicitly announced was that 1) they're abandoning EdgeHTML for Chromium, 2) Edge for Windows will be more frequently updated, and 3) they'll contribute code to improve Chromium for Windows.
Adding by way of explanation that they "also expect this work to enable [them] to bring Microsoft Edge to other platforms like macOS" (i.e. if they should decide to at some future time) hardly constitutes an announcement that they expect to bring Edge to the Mac.
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Ok.... well, I’m just explaining to you:
The utility in having a full PC connected to a large screen, is in browsing the web & running games and apps that require an actual computer- NOT in playing simple video from paid sites, that have long since, instead created lightweight apps that run without the overhead of a full OS, etc.
100% of the time, it is a smoother and cleaner experience using a dedicated app, vs an embedded web video player (probably a reason why the hundreds of such available has pared down to 2-3, in the last decade, yeah?).
Do you not understand what the term "announced" means? Nothing that points to ever had anything from Microsoft. And, in fact, the link you provided says Microsoft declined to comment.
We all read that recently. It's written in the article you're replying to...
"The news was revealed as part of Microsoft's larger announcement that Edge will be rebuilt based on the open source Chromium rendering engine, the same engine used by Google Chrome."
If I’m not using Safari or occasionally Firefox, I use the little known iCab, which used to be one of the few browsers that was supported on 68k Macs for a long while. It’s a great alternative to Chrome on my phone when I can’t login to certain websites using Safari.
Really? If so, this is a recent change.
When last I looked into this (which was several months ago), even 2017 5K iMacs could not play Netflix 4K streams, because only one of the two 2560x2880 displays that the 5K iMac's custom timing controller presents to Windows was registering as HDCP-compliant, and the (Windows-only) PlayReady DRM that Netflix uses for their 4K (but not 1080p) streams balked.
If you tell me that you have yourself been able to watch Netflix 4K streams on an iMac, I might give it another try.
A 27-inch Retina 5K iMac on my desk.
That’s exactly what I do. I don’t wanna have Apple TV or any additional box. I have a Mac Pro which I use as a time machine server for all my devices connected to a 4K TV and would love to be able to use 4K Netflix..
or what about the 5K iMac?
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I just don’t wanna have a crippled OS with apps depending on being supported or updated. I have an apple bluetooth keyboard and for me it’s way more comfortable then a remote.. also iTunes is much easier to use for me.
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