Tag: Windows
First Windows Redstone Build Includes Hints at Edge Extensions
Build 11082
Earlier this week, the software giant has released the very first (of many) Windows Redstone build for the Insiders, which, according to Microsoft, does not include any new features but instead, focuses on the underground changes that will lay the foundation for the upcoming batches.
If you are not familiar with Redstone, it’s basically the next major upgrade for the Windows 10 users, set for 2016.
So what does the Redstone have to do with browsers? Well, this is likely when the support for extensions will be introduced on Edge and now, it looks the very first public Redstone build does already contain some of the code.
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Google Chrome Will Finally Drop Support for Windows XP in 2016
As well as Windows Vista and the older versions of Mac OS X.
We are not exactly sure for how many more years will we keep writing about Windows XP, but the good news: there will soon be one less topic to talk about: Google Chrome abandoning the decade old OS.
Yesterday, the search giant has announced (again) that they will be dropping the support for Windows XP, Windows Vista and Mac OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8 on April, 2016. However, the browser will still work on these platforms and the only thing that you won’t be receiving is security fixes.
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Windows 10 Build 10551 Reveals New Edge Features
No extensions support in sight.
Even though Microsoft has promised to bring extensions support later this year, it looks like the recently leaked Windows 10 build still lacks one of the most widely requested and pretty much critical feature for today’s modern web browsers.
So what exactly was revealed? The ability to synchronize your bookmarks (yay, although it’s switched by default) and a proper mouse support, which means that you will finally be able to open links in a new window by simply clicking the scroll wheel.
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Microsoft Finally Acknowledges Google’s WebM Format
Will join other web browsers.
Now here is something that will make at least few people happy. If you have been following the user voice page for Microsoft Edge, then a request (wuth over 3,000 votes) for native WebM support has likely crossed your field of vision at least once.
Submitted almost a year ago, it has been left unnoticed by Microsoft up until now as just yesterday the software giant has announced that they have finally started working on the native WebM implementation.
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Web Browser Performance: Windows 10 vs. Windows 8.1 vs. Windows 7
If you are still delaying the (likely inevitable) Windows 10 upgrade until it becomes slightly more stable, then here is something that might make you feel better: web browser performance benchmarks on the three most popular operating systems (at least in the US): Windows 10, Windows 8.1 and Windows 7.
Guys at TechSpot did a review and to sum up the non browser parts, Windows 10 performed slightly better when it came to gaming, booted slower and overall offered no significant advantages (or disadvantages) compared to its predecessors.
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Surfy Browser Becomes Free
Remember the time when Opera was full of ads and you had to pay money to remove them? Apparently, the folks behind Surfy web browser were still relying on the paid browser module, which reminds us of the 90s.
Well, things are about to become normal again as Surfy us finally free as opposed to the previous price of $1.99.
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Surfy Browser Receives A Minor Update
On a slow news day.
Today, one of the most popular web browsers for Windows Phone has received a minor update, bumping the version number to 5.18.3.
The latest build brings bug fixes for the HTML5 games that were not installing properly.
As far as Surfy features go, it includes passcode protection, desktop like tabs, data savings, voice search, YouTube downloader, searchable history and more.
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This Is Microsoft Edge RTM (Screenshots)
RIP IE.
Just like a lot of you, we have received a Windows 10 update notification on our machines today, and as a result, I took an opportunity to provide you with ten screenshots of the final version of Microsoft Edge.
Below you will find the awesome dark theme, site annotations, download manager (which lacks “Save target as”), customizable start page (with or without rss feeds) and more.
There is even a setting to stop using Adobe Flash.
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Outlook.com Updated, Now Supports Microsoft Edge Calling
Just ahead of the Windows 10 launch, which is happening on July 29th, Microsoft has updated their Skype client on Outlook.com, which enables (for the first time) to take audio and video calls using Microsoft Edge web browser.
However, the good news does not end there. In addition to the audio and video call functionality, Edge users can now also mute Skype alerts and notifications on the Outlook.com web site. While these features are far from game changing, one has to wonder what exactly is Microsoft cooking or are close to finishing, considering that the original Windows 10 launch date was supposed to be October.
Opera Mini Disappears From The Windows Phone Store
Yes, again.
We are not exactly sure what is going on with either Microsoft or Opera but it looks like Opera Mini has disappeared again from the Windows Phone store, for a third time this year.
The good news? Opera Software is aware of the issue and are working with Microsoft to fix it.
Personally, we’d love to know exactly why this keeps happening.
