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Microsoft Shares Roadmap For New Microsoft Edge (windowscentral.com) 50

Posted by msmash from the up-next dept.
Microsoft has published a roadmap for the new Microsoft Edge. The roadmap includes features that are currently planned, in discussion, under review, and not planned. It gives an insight into the new Microsoft Edge's development because you can see where Microsoft is trying to take the browser. From a report: Here are a few notable features Microsoft plans to roll out to the new Microsoft Edge:
1. Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices
2. Enable sync of browsing history between devices
3. Make Edge available on Linux
4. Support read aloud of PDF files
5. Add the ability to ink on web pages
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  • It's KHTML/WebKit/Chrome (Score:3)

    by weilawei ( 897823 ) on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:19PM (#59737032)

    We already have that on Linux. I mean, it was born on Linux.

    • Really? How does Chrome sync with Edge on Windows? Is it a plugin, or do you think that somehow Google and Microsoft are embracing openness to interoperability?

      No one outside of Slashdot or web developers gives a crap about browser engines. That's not something people interact with or even features which vendors advertise.

      • I am amazed that people use wind blows. To spend money on what is fundamentally an obsolete product; truly, sad.

        • I am amazed that people use wind blows.

          I'm amazed that people still talk like that. I thought people stopped using that when they realised it makes them look like a 10 year old, but here we are with someone who has a sub million UID no less, all the while completely forgetting that people don't spend money on it, and completely misusing the word obsolete.

          I guess we're both amazed at the kind of people who exist today.

          • wind blows is free ? even if m-$ mailed a $100 amazon gift card after someone registered a serial number it still would be to expensive. really, not everyone is comfortable with publicly showing their private personal data. and not everyone is comfortable allowing a stranger to use their machine regardless of permission or purpose. i find myself not in either camps described.
    • Does Chrome for Linux work on Wayland natively these days?
  • The new Edge is a pretty good browser.

    MS spying is a lot less invasive than google's spying, too....

    Firefox 4 lyfe tho

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward

      How do you know that MS spying is a lot less invasive than google's spying?

      This is a browser "designed to spy" built by modifying a base that was "designed to spy". Microsoft is only wrapping a new clickity-pokey around and existing spy-engine. And you can bet that the clickety-pokey will not permit the configuration of things that Microsoft does not want you to configure (in other words, it will be the current useless Edge browser clickety-pokey with new "guts" -- but still just as useless -- and suitabl

      • It's currently chromium with MS branding, so all the customization options are there, and not going anywhere.

    • Re:Say what you will (Score:5, Informative)

      by Joce640k ( 829181 ) on Monday February 17, 2020 @04:47PM (#59737440) Homepage

      What the people want:

      * Ad blocking
      * Tracking cookie blocking
      * Browser fingerprint randomization

      Is any of that on the list?

      • Another Linux user not aware of what is going on.
        * Ad Blocking - yup built in but loading your favorite ad blocker is a good thing.
        * Tracking cookie blocking - built in by default ...->Privacy and services -> click on the sentence "blocked trackers"
        * Browser fingerprint randomization - not all that well.

      • Don't people need better bookmark management?
        It's why I don't like chrome, or the redesigned firefox. FF took out the ability to have notes on bookmarks. That is where I kept my password hint for the 100+ bookmarks that I have collected over the years for all the sites/accounts where I need them.

        I tried a password manager once (keepass)... spent a day getting it all set up. The next day, all my passwords were gone. Removed it, back to the tried and true ways. I was a user of FF for a very long time, bu

      • Yes 2 out of 3. Adblock works fine under Edge and tracking protection is native.

        Are you going to try it now or were you just virtue signalling.

    • Re:Say what you will (Score:5, Informative)

      by twocows ( 1216842 ) on Monday February 17, 2020 @04:59PM (#59737490)
      Firefox is hardly the savior Mozilla claims it to be. Firefox forks and maybe a couple Chrome forks tend to be the best of the bunch at the moment.

    • The new Edge is a pretty good browser.

      Yeah, and my most recent heart attack was way better than my previous one.

      It's all a matter of perspective, I guess.

  • Edge on Linux (Score:1, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    If they can have Edge on Linux, why can't they have Edge on Windows 7?

    Asking for a friend.

  • I don't care what MS says they plan to do with it. I won't be using it.

  • OK Captain Obvious! Why?

  • The new Edge is already a failure (Score:4, Interesting)

    by xack ( 5304745 ) on Monday February 17, 2020 @03:52PM (#59737200)
    Missing tons of features and doesn’t let you run the old Edge at the same time unless you have a pro version and mess with group policy instead of just having an “Edge Classic” option in the start menu.

    Microsoft must realize that they are now the losers of the browser wars and that they should focus on a browser that spreads by word of mouth by geeks like Firefox did. In order to do it they need to fix the missing features, listen to feedback and don’t utilise dark patterns.

    • Re: (Score:2, Informative)

      by youngone ( 975102 )
      The only feature Edge needs is to be able to download Firefox, so if it can still do that you're golden.

      • Re: (Score:1)

        by Anonymous Coward
        download firefox. The least used feature of any browser given their marketshare. seriously why the fuck does anyone use that bucket of shit anymore when there are so many real alternatives that don't suck.

    • Microsoft must realize that they are now the losers of the browser wars

      They did. That's why they gave up on developing an engine and are instead focusing on reskinning another product while adding a few Windows feature based ad-ins. Be thankful for Edge. Praise Microsoft for ensuring that it works on the internet. Without it you'd have a hell of a difficult time downloading another browser.

  • It's the perfect browser for downloading other browsers.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by novakyu ( 636495 )

      I'm going to be a contrarian here and say that wget running under WSL is the best browser for downloading other browser. Fuck Edge.

  • what I want is a browser that syncs tabs in real time between devices... Firefox allows you to access tabs from other devices but what I want is that if I close (or open) a tab, it closes (opens) on all my devices.

  • The should love the opendource a lot. Shouldn't they?

  • As is is still crap!

  • Does Edge spy on your every URL-bar entry and track your every extension install the same way that Chrome does?

    If not, I can really see MS Edge being a privacy-focused browser that Chrome never was. Like SRWare-Iron, but supported by a large corporation.

    MS was never really about selling your data (I'm starting to wonder with the spyware called Windows 10), so... this has a shot..?

  • Nobody cares about your browsers.  That pooch has been thoroughly screwed.
  • Is this the same Edge browser Microsoft filched from Google and repackaged to only run under Windows. Putting most of it's core functionality in the OS, so as it starts faster and erroneously reports less battery usage.

  • Microsoft should just throw in the towel on browsers, its obviously not their cup of tea. And fuck Chrome anyway.

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Anonymous Coward
      There is plenty of room for real competition. Firefox sucks balls, Chrome is a google spyware infested PoS, at the moment you really only have a few niche browsers that are decent, if they play their cards right they could easily take back the lead. I am already seeing some corporates looking to replace chrome and firefox and ie with it.

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