Category: Upcoming

AdBlock Plus Coming to Microsoft Edge

By | December 13, 2015 | 0 Comments

AdBlock Plus Coming to Microsoft EdgeYesterday, we have reported that Microsoft has accidentally revealed the Edge extensions page, which listed a couple of upcoming extensions and hinted that the support for the long awaited add-ons will soon be launched.

Now, it looks like one of the most popular extensions will also be joining the party: Adblock Plus. While there is no ETA yet, I know more than few people that will be extremely happy to give Edge another try, just without annoying popups and other ads.
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Microsoft Mistakenly Reveals Edge Extensions Page

By | December 12, 2015 | 0 Comments

Microsoft Mistakenly Reveals Edge Extensions PagePorting from Chrome couldn’t be simpler.

Edge extensions, rumored to be launching sometime in 2016 (due to delays) for the consumers and in late 2015 for the Windows Insiders, have been accidentally revealed by the Microsoft itself.

According to a recently published page, which has since been removed, the very first batch of extensions will include the Pinterest button and Reddit Enhancement Suite, and likely other extensions.

However, what is more interested is the recent claim (as reported by @WalkingCat), that Chrome extensions will be extremely easy to port to Edge, according to him, “Comparing Edge version vs. Chrome version of same extension, basically substitute “chrome” with “msBrowser”, add few minor changes, done.”
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Microsoft Edge To Receive Tab Previews

By | September 14, 2015 | 1 Comment

Microsoft Edge To Receive Tab PreviewsHopefully, extensions are not far away too.

As we all wait for the next Windows 10 Insider Preview, during Ignire keynote at New Zealand, Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore has accidentally revealed one of the upcoming Edge features: tab previews.

How exactly did this happen? During the event, Joe was simply demoing Cortana and the way it enhances your searches when he accidentally moved mouse on one of the tabs, resulting in a thumbnail preview picture. While ignoring at first, Belfiore later did state that “there’s one other thing in the Edge browser that I mistakenly revealed as I was doing this [showcasing Cortana on Edge] is a small feature we have not shown anyone yet but is coming to our Insider builds really soon and that is this tab preview feature,”
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WhatsApp Web Will Work On Microsoft Edge

By | August 3, 2015 | 0 Comments

WhatsApp Web Will Work On Microsoft EdgeComing sometime in the future.

Earlier this year, WhatsApp has released a web version of its popular messaging client, which enabled Google Chrome users to chat on the web, with Firefox, Opera and Safari users joining the party slightly later. Unfortunately for Internet Explorer or Edge users, their browsers were never compatible.

Well, things are about to change as Microsoft Program Managers have confirmed that the companies are talking (and likely) working on a solution, which will finally enable Edge users (and there are not too many of them yet) to enjoy WhatsApp online web platform.
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Firefox 41 Will Use 5x Less Memory (In Certain Cases)

By | July 2, 2015 | 1 Comment

Firefox 41 Will Use Less Memory (In Certain Cases)Release date: September 22, 2015.

If you have installed and enabled the Adblock Plus extension on Firefox, then we have some great news: the upcoming Firefox 41 release will use less memory than ever before.

As it turns out, just by enabling Adblock Plus, users see an additional 60-70 MB increase to the memory usage. In addition to that, it adds an additional 4 megabytes per iframe, which means that in very rare cases (such as loading Techruch and rolling over all their social buttons for every story), Firefox memory usage becomes pretty insane:

Firefox (default): 194 MB
Firefox with AdBlock Plus: 417 MB
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Microsoft Edge Final Release Date & New Features

By | June 8, 2015 | 0 Comments

Microsoft Edge Final Release Date & New FeaturesWindows 10 Build 10134 leaks, screenshots below.

Over the weekend, we’ve seen a freshly leaked build of Windows 10, which has revealed at least two new features that were added to Microsoft’s Edge web browser.

The first is a small but welcome UI tweak: a home button in the address bar, which will quickly bring you to the home page of your choice. What if you are a power user and don’t need such thing? The good news is that it can be hidden via settings so everybody wins,

Next feature however is a must for any modern web browser: ability to import favorites from other web browsers.
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Exclusive: AdBlock Plus To Announce Their Own Web Browser

By | May 16, 2015 | 1 Comment

Exclusive: AdBlock Plus To Announce Their Own Web BrowserNow here is something pretty interesting.

We have just learned that the company behind AdBlock Plus will reveal their own web browser for Android on Wednesday, May 20 (4 a.m. ET).

While most of the details remain unknown, it is likely to be powered by the Chromium rendering engine, just like the majority of web browsers.
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Microsoft Details Upcoming Edge Features

By | May 8, 2015 | 1 Comment

Microsoft Details Upcoming Edge FeaturesThe price of a browser reboot.

During the Twitter Q&A session, Microsoft has revealed some of the planned features that haven’t been included yet.

So what exactly can we expect?

– Password, bookmark, tabs and other data sync, which they promised in a “future update”, meaning it could be either before or after it RTMs
– Importing favorites from other web browsers
– Private tabs? Coming too
– And yes, even a status bar is coming in a future update
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Microsoft Finally Ditches Internet Explorer

By | December 29, 2014 | 0 Comments

Microsoft Finally Ditches Internet ExplorerSpartan is the new IE.

Now here’s a shocker for you just before the year ends. According to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft is working on a new, light weight web browser for Windows 10 and there won’t be Internet Explorer 12.

Instead, a browser codenamed “Spartan”, which feels and behaves more like Chrome and Firefox, will replace Internet Explorer (although Windows 10 will still ship with IE11 for compatibility reasons) and will be available for both desktop and mobile devices.
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Don’t Expect Any Major Firefox Releases This Year

By | December 15, 2014 | 1 Comment

Don't Expect Any Major Firefox Releases This YearIn case you’re waiting for one…

On the first of December, 2014, Mozilla has released the final version of Firefox 34, which appears to be the last build this year for all its channels: pre-alpha, alpha, beta and stable.

As we have learned (basically, new releases happen every six weeks), the next release cycle will start on January 12th, 2015, with the releases of Firefox 38 (central), Firefox 37 (aurora), Firefox 36 (beta) and Firefox 35 Final.
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