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Re:Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Wind... by Lio on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @04:20AM (#15968176)
Microsoft.

They have historically provided a low quality, non-standard rendering and JavaScript experience.

That they are trying underhanded means to stop people opting out of that experience is a reveal that the old Microsoft is still there.

Apple should not to be emulated on this.

Re:Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Wind... by dbbk on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @05:18AM (#15968434)
Edge's renderer seems fine? And being improved at a regular pace.
Re:Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Wind... by romanovcode on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @04:54AM (#15968339)
Did you try Edge?
Re:Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Wind... by hungerstrike on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @11:55AM (#15971276)
Did you ever search around for reviews on Edge? By most accounts - it sucks.

I'm sure you can find good reviews from shills, people with a low attention for detail or people with very basic needs. Even if you disagree with my thoughts on Edge reviews - the Edge browser market share speaks volumes: Nobody is using it.

Re:Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Wind... by romanovcode on Thursday December 21, 2017 @07:59AM (#15978440)
I actually used it for like 2 months. If you don't care about web development it is pretty OK. All websites worked fine, I got uBlock without any problems.

Not sure if I did something wrong but my experience was OK, nothing amazing, but also not total shit like you say.

Re:Microsoft Removes Google’s Chrome Installer from the Wind... by hungerstrike on Thursday December 21, 2017 @01:39PM (#15981553)
I said it was a total shit show unless you have very basic needs and that's what you seem to have outlined. You even said you couldn't get through more than 2 months using it so I guess that is correct isn't it?

You also mentioned that you got one extension that you needed, uBlock. Great. How about these: Quick JavaScript Switcher, Don't Track Me Google, Stop Tracking me on Reddit and Google Search Filter. That is just a sampling of the non-developer extensions that I use.

Also, if I go to one page that doesn't work in Edge that's the end of my time with Edge. Since that happened almost as soon as I tried it out, I stopped trying. Despite that, I do open it from time to time to see if it got less crappy and many times I get a bunch of popups from Microsoft begging me to do more with their stuff. No thanks!