Anyone ditched their old browser for Edge?

d_brennen · 12 Aug 2015 at 13:47

Have to say I am pleasantly surprised by Microsoft Edge, even it's early form. For the time being I have set it as default for web browsing and will give it a proper chance. Haven't used IE for what seems like forever.

The only niggles I have with it so far are that it lacks a few bells and whistles that Chrome does in it's sleep, like translating foreign text, highlight > right click > Google search/Go to.. etc

It is pretty rapid though

shadow_boxer · 12 Aug 2015 at 13:54

No not yet but I was very impressed with Edge. If we see a lastpass plugin I'll switch from Firefox I think.

Glaucus · 12 Aug 2015 at 13:56

Yep, although still have to use IE for Now TV. Their app doesn't work in w10 and the browser version needs silverlight.
Be nice when it gets more features, but perfectly usable.

markweatherill · 12 Aug 2015 at 14:12

It's very 'spartan'.

One could spend some time discovering all the wonderful features ...that it lacks.

hughtrimble · 12 Aug 2015 at 14:13

Elevon · 12 Aug 2015 at 16:02

I hear it's buggy, also no where near the same level of customisation as Firefox.

martin9887 · 12 Aug 2015 at 16:13

I really like it, once it gets the extension support I think it will be fine.

I use Chrome though, the web without an adblocker is awful and the devtools in Chrome are on another level!

Glanza · 12 Aug 2015 at 16:15

Tested it but can't see me making the jump from Chrome.

purplesky · 12 Aug 2015 at 16:40

It's fast, but that's only because it lacks substance. Once more features are added, including add-ons/plugins/extensions, it will be slower. Not much reason to switch from Chrome these days, it has a good backing and lots of support.

KIA · 12 Aug 2015 at 16:49

Nope. It's far too basic.

Midlife Crisis · 12 Aug 2015 at 16:58

It is the only browser on my pc at the mo and it works just fine.....so far

V F · 12 Aug 2015 at 18:06

I feel dirty without Firefox.

mrbios · 12 Aug 2015 at 18:11

I've only today ditched chrome in favour of firefox, doubt i'll go to Edge as i don't like it at the moment. The windows 10 audio issues in chrome bugged me too much too quickly.

Craig321 · 12 Aug 2015 at 21:51

Not yet. I will be giving it a good go when plugin support is there, particularly for LastPass. Not sure if it'll beat Chrome yet, but it feels faster to me. A faster browser will always win me over

Stoner81 · 12 Aug 2015 at 22:18

Still on Firefox and still not moving from it.

Stoner81.

theforce · 12 Aug 2015 at 22:53

I use it on my laptop, but then again l was using IE11 on W8.1. It's better than IE11 but some of the websites that were having issues in IE still behave badly in Edge. It would be better if they kept the "Spartan" name

jbh110tdi · 12 Aug 2015 at 23:00

im still on Chrome I still use IE for my ip camera though as edge and chrome don't support it fully

Dimi · 12 Aug 2015 at 23:41

Nope, too many useful extensions I couldn't do without.

Adblock
HTTPS Everywhere
Pushbullet
LastPass
Magic Actions
Hover Zoom

Ricochet J · 13 Aug 2015 at 09:17

Elevon said:
I hear it's buggy

Rather than hearing - just trying it for yourself.

morbidflorist · 13 Aug 2015 at 15:21

I used it for few days but ditched it for Chrome. It looks nice but no extensions is a deal breaker.