So this is how the browser wars finally end.
Microsoft is working on a new version of Windows that may not actually be Windows. It’s currently called Lite, based on documentation found in the latest build, and I can confirm that this version of the OS is targeting Chromebooks. In fact, there are markings all over the latest release of the insider builds and SDK that help us understand where this OS is headed.heh if this is related
If you have heard this before, it should sound a lot like Windows 10 S and RT; Windows 10 Lite only runs PWAs and UWP apps and strips out everything else. This is finally a truly a lightweight version of Windows that isn’t only in the name. This is not a version of the OS that will run in the enterprise or even small business environments and I don’t think you will be able to ‘buy’ the OS either; OEM only may be the way forward
https://www.petri.com/what-is-windows-core-os-its-microsofts-chromebook-os-killerQuoteMicrosoft is working on a new version of Windows that may not actually be Windows. It’s currently called Lite, based on documentation found in the latest build, and I can confirm that this version of the OS is targeting Chromebooks. In fact, there are markings all over the latest release of the insider builds and SDK that help us understand where this OS is headed.heh if this is related
If you have heard this before, it should sound a lot like Windows 10 S and RT; Windows 10 Lite only runs PWAs and UWP apps and strips out everything else. This is finally a truly a lightweight version of Windows that isn’t only in the name. This is not a version of the OS that will run in the enterprise or even small business environments and I don’t think you will be able to ‘buy’ the OS either; OEM only may be the way forward
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-building-chromium-powered-web-browser-windows-10
Whoah if true.
The best thing MS could do is just install Chrominum by default instead of making their own brand of the fucking thing. People would be confused by the blue Chrome logo, butJust cut the Chromium logo into an e.
The best thing MS could do is just install Chrominum by default instead of making their own brand of the fucking thing. People would be confused by the blue Chrome logo, butJust cut the Chromium logo into an e.
I actually hate Edge, but that's only because there are old timey government websites that only work on Internet Explorer but refuse to work on Edge.My favorite part is having to use compatibility mode in the "hidden" IE 11 in 10 for a site to work.
You should try Microsoft EdgeCAN'T, I NEED IE5.5 OR SOMETHIN BRO
The newest browser from Microsoft for Windows 10
The same people who brought you Internet Explorer proudly bring you Microsoft Edge. It builds on the Internet Explorer browser you trust and lets you take along all your favorites.
This is actually the total end of IE's legacy... I mean, whenever the last version of Edge is EoL'd will be the "true end," but the Trident rendering engine (now EdgeHTML) has been around since Internet Explorer 4.0 from 1997.
Crazy times we live in.
I actually hate Edge, but that's only because there are old timey government websites that only work on Internet Explorer but refuse to work on Edge.
I actually hate Edge, but that's only because there are old timey government websites that only work on Internet Explorer but refuse to work on Edge.
You mean Sharepoint?
This is actually the total end of IE's legacy... I mean, whenever the last version of Edge is EoL'd will be the "true end," but the Trident rendering engine (now EdgeHTML) has been around since Internet Explorer 4.0 from 1997.
Crazy times we live in.
Netscape won after all. :ohhh
Chrome isn't already the default Windows web browser?
Chrome isn't already the default Windows web browser?
It basically is, there's just the step of using Edge to install it currently.
Firefox is still the most popular desktop browser in Cuba:success
I actually hate Edge, but that's only because there are old timey government websites that only work on Internet Explorer but refuse to work on Edge.Not only that, MS's own stuff doesn't like it. A lot of staff here use InfoPath forms that open from and upload to Sharepoint for various things. Of course neither of those work properly when the Sharepoint site is opened in Edge
I have been using Netscape and its successors for more than 20 years. Just because some nouveau riche google browser keeps gobbling up marketshare doesn't mean I will jump ship.
Firefox is the working man's browser that we need to combat big data :salute
working with clients and customers that are forced by their companies to only ever use modern business websites in IE 10 has been my biggest fucking beef at my current job
Been using Firefox for over a decade just because of the add-ons. Mainly noscript.
I think they're now using the same standardized system for add-ons that chrome is, or something close to it.
I look forward to MS's new browser being as resource hungry as chrome.
:goty
I don't know what to do if Firefox starts to really shit the bed.
Google Chrome could soon kill off most ad-blocker extensions (https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-chrome-could-soon-kill-off-most-ad-blocker-extensions/)
Trash.
In any case, my bet is Google backpedals on this aspect of Manifest v3. (Do you, outraged person reading this, even know what was different in Manifest v2 without Googling? Didn't think so. ::) )Man, I knew Google was run by a bunch of social studies commies but to be updating the Communist Manifesto. :donot
In any case, my bet is Google backpedals on this aspect of Manifest v3. (Do you, outraged person reading this, even know what was different in Manifest v2 without Googling? Didn't think so. ::) )Man, I knew Google was run by a bunch of social studies commies but to be updating the Communist Manifesto. :donot
“The fascinating thing for that area was Chromium engineers had started that project at some point. I think they took a hiatus or some other priorities took over, so we actually picked up the project they had started and finished it off,” explains Mann. “We had a meeting with them where they’re talking about ‘this is on our agenda for next month, next quarter’ and we’re like, ‘Oh, we’re working on that right now’ and there were some delighted faces on the other side.”
he says as mozilla broke every addon last week :lol
Microsoft Edge is officially coming to Linux soon (https://www.windowslatest.com/2019/11/06/microsoft-edge-is-officially-coming-to-linux-soon/)
Microsoft Edge is officially coming to Linux soon (https://www.windowslatest.com/2019/11/06/microsoft-edge-is-officially-coming-to-linux-soon/)
If you're already on Android, you're basically giving Google your private data in the first place. :idont Switching to Firefox, even there, is kind of... pointless in that case.
I think we've been over this, or it's another person that I talked to this about but...
Yes, you can do that. No a vast majority of people aren't going to do that. Because Android without the Google services is pretty useless. :doge
I know of F-droid and Lineage and all that shit. That doesn't negate what I said. Most folks aren't going to wipe their out of box phone and install Lineage on it because most folks aren't that paranoid about giving their data to Google.
So "switch to Firefox!!! it doesn't give your data to Google!!!" is a losing proposition is what I was getting at. Google already has their data in one form or another. UNLESS this person just exited a vagina/birthed and therefore hasn't made a Gmail account, hasn't used an Android phone, has never installed Chrome, never touched Google DNS (8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4), never used Google Search engine... etc. it's IMPOSSIBLE to avoid Google getting your data in a way.
It's nice that Firefox is giving Zuck the finger, but you can already do that in Chrome or not by manually editing your DNS files if you're that anal.
[...] What this means is that everyone wins and we get the best of bost worlds. Microsoft still "gets their own browser" (for marketing purposes), but performance on Electron and Chromium-based apps/browsers will improve significantly once it becomes as integrated into Windows as Edge currently is.
The company has confirmed that it has already started using the new value in its Chromium-based Edge browser, with early tests showing a memory reduction of up to 27% on the Windows 10 May 2020 update.
Google Chrome could also benefit from the new value, and according to a recently added commit on the Chromium Gerrit, a change may be coming soon.
http://www.twitter.com/merryweatherey/status/1120880349276516358
:brazilcry
9to5Google confirmed the report of Microsoft performing in-house Android OS development work, as the Surface Duo’s Principal Software Architect has begun contributing to the Android Open Source Project as of last month. Based on our reading of the code changes, we believe Microsoft is seeking to get the Surface Duo to pass Android’s Compatibility Test Suite.