New Update Microsoft Edge Developers build info

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Dev channel update to 81.0.416.3 is live

Hello Insiders, today we’re releasing build 81.0.416.3 to the Dev Channel. We expect this to be the last build for major version 81, which means we will soon be bringing it to the Beta channel. Additionally, for those of you who have the Stable channel installed, we released our first update to Stable last week, bringing it up to major version 80, and for people on ARM64 machines, installing the native ARM64 build of Stable. We also started a discussion last week around Edge Legacy’s Tab Preview feature and what you’d like to see us do with it in the future: Tab Preview - Discussion. Finally, all of the features and fixes worth mentioning this week:

Added features:

• Added blue color to the account button in InPrivate windows as suggested by user feedback.
• Added a tool on the Favorites management page to remove duplicate favorites.
• Enabled Collections sync for all channels that currently have Collections available.
• Added the ability to highlight text in PDFs.
• Added support for web-optimized PDFs that download one page at a time as they’re viewed.
• Added a feature to Immersive Reader to focus on only one or a few lines at a time.
• Added a dialog to inform users when an extension is disabled because it has the ability to change settings (new tab page, search provider, etc.)
• Added a message when a user tries to use IE mode and Internet Explorer isn’t installed.
• Added support for syncing the “Sign in automatically” setting under edge://settings/passwords.
• Added an option in edge://settings/profiles/multiProfileSettings to choose a default profile to use when opening links in external applications.
• Added a management policy controlling the ability to import Top Sites from another browser.
• Added a management policy controlling the ability to import Extensions from another browser.
• Added a management policy controlling the ability to import Cookies from another browser.
• Added a page to Settings to help users download Edge mobile.

Dev channel update to 81.0.416.3 is live | Microsoft Community Hub

Hello Insiders, today we’re releasing build 81.0.416.3 to the Dev Channel. We expect this to be the last build for major version 81, which means we...

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[Bryan320]

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Why does Edge occasionally want to access my webcam? And Chrome too...

I mean.... I know there are many supermodels who desperately want to get a look at the big burrito and might be trying to hack their way in..

But strange nonetheless.

Someone at Microsoft is in love with you and wants to see you're face more.

 

[silversurfer]

Microsoft Posts Updated Dev Roadmap for the Edge Browser

Microsoft has updated its development roadmap so that users can see what's planned for the Microsoft Edge browser.

www.bleepingcomputer.com

In this month's 'Top Feedback Summary for February 11', Microsoft shared that they are currently working on the following Edge improvements for release in February.

• Favorites sync issues, including sync not working, deleted favorites reappearing, and favorites being duplicated
• Enable sync of installed browser extensions between devices
• Option to set a custom photo as the New Tab Page background photo
• Need for better handling of links when there is more than one profile
• Enable sync of browsing history between devices

The development team has also added two new features that they are looking into bringing to Microsoft Edge.

The first feature is called 'Enable navigation of PDF files via table of contents', which will allow users to use a PDF's table of contents to act as bookmarks in the document. This feature is currently 'under review', which means they are discussing it internally.

The second feature is to bring the tab preview feature from Microsoft Edge Legacy to the new Microsoft Edge. This feature is under discussion, which means they are looking for feedback from Microsoft Edge users.

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

Appcontainer-GPU and Isolation flags are removed in v81, means they are now implemented by default?

 

[oldschool]

Appcontainer-GPU and Isolation flags are removed in v81, means they are now implemented by default?

It's funny that you ask because checking flags is usually one of the first things I do after an update, except I hadn't until now. Strict Origin isolation is still there. I'm assuming the GPU AppContainer is default now.

(Edit in italics)

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

found strict isolation, weird it was disabled while i had enabled it...

 

[silversurfer]

According to Process-Explorer, Edge-Chromuim (Developer) running on integrity level untrusted, so Appcontainer isn't default yet.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

New optimizations boost performance in preview builds of Microsoft Edge:

New optimizations boost performance in preview builds of Microsoft Edge

Starting with Microsoft Edge build 81.0.389.0 on 64-bit Windows 10, we’ve enabled new toolchain optimizations that should provide a substantial performance improvement in general browsing workloads. We’ve measured an up to 13% performance improvement in the Speedometer 2.0 benchmark when...

blogs.windows.com

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

According to Process-Explorer, Edge-Chromuim (Developer) running on integrity level untrusted, so Appcontainer isn't default yet.

i think it is (somehow...):

 

[oldschool]

@Umbra I asked about this on the Insider Forum and got a meaningless response from M$. The guy simply didn't know.

 

[oldschool]

@Umbra I see AppContainer in Chromium Edge released version, but not in Edge Dev. Hmmm.... curious.

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

@Umbra I see AppContainer in Chromium Edge released version, but not in Edge Dev. Hmmm.... curious.

maybe some experiments they are doing.

 

[oldschool]

maybe some experiments they are doing.

Yes. They roll some out for portions of users and not others on each of the Insider builds.

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

Yes. They roll some out for portions of users and not others on each of the Insider builds.

MS lead dev: "hey what are you doing, you removed Appcontainer from Lord Umbra build? What were you thinking about?! Put it back!!!
MS dev:" he doesn't need it, he is too smart to get infected, he even managed to make Exploit Protection working with ChromEdge "
Lead Dev: "I give you 10sec or you are fired"

10sec, maybe why I have only one process with it Loooooooool

 

[silversurfer]

i think it is (somehow...):

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Please if you don't mind to tell more about that one process of msedge.exe running in Appcontainer, any info inside browser task-manager?

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

Please if you don't mind to tell more about that one process of msedge.exe running in Appcontainer, any info inside browser task-manager?

ok found out what it is, this is a process triggered by WD Application Guard, but it seems to fails to open the tab on my Chromedge but leave the process active.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Extension syncing rolling out to Microsoft Edge Canary.
Microsoft Edge Canary just gained one more category that it can sync across devices.

Extension syncing rolling out to Microsoft Edge Canary

Microsoft Edge Canary just gained one more category that it can sync across devices.

www.windowscentral.com

 

[SeriousHoax]

ok found out what it is, this is a process triggered by WD Application Guard, but it seems to fails to open the tab on my Chromedge but leave the process active.

I don't have WD Application Guard and I have one AppContainer process as well. Same for oldschool too I guess.

 

[oldschool]

I don't have WD Application Guard and I have one AppContainer process as well. Same for oldschool too I guess.

Only for Edge release version, not Dev.

 

[ForgottenSeer 823865]

I don't have WD Application Guard and I have one AppContainer process as well. Same for oldschool too I guess.

Yes, on my side even if i don't launch WDAG, this process come and goes, it is not automatically present when I open the browser.

Finally extension sync...