Serious Discussion Microsoft Edge Stable (Chromium) Now Available for Download

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

This week we will probably get version 88 in the stable channel (Week of 01-21-2021), hopefully with vertical tabs....

Microsoft Edge release schedule

Microsoft Edge release schedule

docs.microsoft.com

 

[amirr]

Thank you. When will we get this one below?
Microsoft Edge Chromium can now warn when you close all tabs (techdows.com)

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Thank you. When will we get this one below?
Microsoft Edge Chromium can now warn when you close all tabs (techdows.com)

Panned for februari and possibly stable in march.
From the article:

Edge’s close all tabs prompt feature is available in version 89, according to the planned schedule, Edge 89 is expected to arrive in the first week of March 2021.

It's on the top feedback list:

Planned for February (Join the discussion)

Ask users if they want to close all tabs when they close a browser window

69 weeks

Top Feedback Summary for January 12 | Microsoft Community Hub

Note: This is no longer the most recent top feedback summary. You can always find the latest at https://aka.ms/MSEdgeTopFeedback. Greetings,...

techcommunity.microsoft.com

 

[amirr]

This week we will probably get version 88 in the stable channel (Week of 01-21-2021), hopefully with vertical tabs....

Microsoft Edge release schedule

Microsoft Edge release schedule

docs.microsoft.com

Sorry, does this mean that on the day of 21 of January, this will be released?

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Sorry, does this mean that on the day of 21 of January, this will be released?

If everything goes well the release date will be anywhere in the week of 01-21-2021.
We just have to wait and see.

 

[amirr]

If everything goes well the release date will be anywhere in the week of 01-21-2021.
We just have to wait and see.

"Google will release Chrome 88 to the stable channel today, on January 19, 2021."
What’s New in Chrome 88, Available Today (howtogeek.com)

So this means the 88 version of Edge will be out this week, for sure?

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

"Google will release Chrome 88 to the stable channel today, on January 19, 2021."
What’s New in Chrome 88, Available Today (howtogeek.com)

So this means the 88 version of Edge will be out this week, for sure?

Nothing is 100% for sure, even the release of Google.
Probably 1 or 2 days after the Google release there will be an Edge release.

 

[mlnevese]

Nothing is 100% for sure, even the release of Google.
Probably 1 or 2 days after the Google release there will be an Edge release.

Which is actually quite impressive.

 

[Pat MacKnife]

EDGE Update : 88.0.705.50

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

EDGE Update : 88.0.705.50

same for me
Tabs & Histroy sync is also available!

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Version 88.0.705.50: January 21​

Security updates are listed here.

Feature updates​

• Deprecations:
  • Deprecate support for FTP protocol. Support for the legacy FTP protocol has been removed from Microsoft Edge. Attempting to navigate to an FTP link will result in the browser directing the Operating System to open an external application to handle the FTP link. Alternatively, IT administrators can configure Microsoft Edge to use IE Mode for sites that rely on the FTP protocol.
  • Adobe Flash support will be removed. Starting with Microsoft Edge Beta version 88, Adobe Flash capability and support will be removed. Learn more: Update on Adobe Flash Player End of Support - Microsoft Edge Blog (windows.com)
• Authentication:
  • Single Sign On (SSO) now available for Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) accounts and Microsoft Account (MSA) on down-level Windows. A user signed in on Microsoft Edge on down-level Microsoft Windows (7, 8.1) will now get automatically signed into websites that are configured to allow single sign on with Work and Microsoft accounts (e.g., bing.com, office.com, msn.com, outlook.com).
    Note: A user may have to sign out and then sign back in if they'd signed into Microsoft Edge in a version prior to Microsoft Edge 88 to leverage this feature.
• Kiosk mode option to end session. The "End session" button is now available in a kiosk mode public browsing experience. This feature ensures that browser data and settings are deleted when Microsoft Edge is closed. Learn more about kiosk mode features and roadmap, Configure Microsoft Edge kiosk mode.
• Security and Privacy:
  • Alerts are generated if a user's password is found in an online leak. User passwords are checked against a repository of known-breached credentials and sends the user an alert if a match is found. To ensure security and privacy, user passwords are hashed and encrypted when they're checked against the database of leaked credentials.
  • Automatically upgrade mixed content. Secure pages delivered over HTTPS may contain references images that are served over non-secure HTTP. To improve privacy and security in Microsoft Edge 88, those images will be retrieved over HTTPS instead. If the image is not available over HTTPS, it will not be loaded.
  • View site permissions by site and by recent activity. Starting with Microsoft Edge 88, users will be able to manage site permissions more easily. They will be able to view permissions by web site rather than just permission type. Additionally, we’ve added a recent activity section that will show a user all the recent changes to their site permissions.
  • Increased controls for browser cookies. Starting with Microsoft Edge 88, users can delete third party cookies without affecting first party cookies. Users will also be able to filter their cookies by first or third party and sort by name, number of cookies, and the amount of data stored and last modified.
• Passwords:
  • Password Generator. Microsoft Edge offers a built-in strong password generator that you can use when signing up for a new account or when changing an existing password. Just look for the browser-suggested password drop down in the password field and when selected, it will automatically save to the browser and sync across devices for easy future use.
  • Password Monitor. When any of your passwords saved to the browser matches with those seen in the list of leaked credentials, Microsoft Edge will notify you and prompt you to update your password. Password Monitor scans for matches on your behalf and is on by default.
  • Edit Password. You can now edit your saved passwords directly in Microsoft Edge Settings. Any time a password has been updated outside of Microsoft Edge, it’s easy to replace the saved older password with the new one by editing the saved entry in Settings.
• Performance:
  • Improve browser performance with sleeping tabs. Sleeping tabs improves browser performance by putting inactive tabs to sleep to free up system resources like memory and CPU so active tabs or other applications can use them. Users can prevent sites from going to sleep and configure the length of time before an inactive tab goes to sleep. To keep users in their flow, there are also heuristics to prevent certain sites from going to sleep, such as intranet sites. This feature is limited to a randomly selected group of users who have enabled experimentation. We are planning to have the sleeping tabs feature enabled by default with Microsoft Edge version 89. This feature can be managed with group policies.
  • Improve Microsoft Edge startup speed with startup boost. To improve Microsoft Edge startup speed, we’ve developed a feature named startup boost. Startup boost makes Microsoft Edge launch faster by enabling Microsoft Edge to run in the background. Note: This feature is limited to a randomly selected group of users who have enabled experimentation. These users are giving feedback to the feature team.
• Productivity:
  • Improve productivity and multi-tasking with vertical tabs. As the number of horizontal tabs grows, site titles start to get cut off and tab controls are lost as each tab shrinks. This interrupts user workflow as they spend more time finding, switching, and managing their tabs and less time on the task at hand. Vertical tabs let users move their tabs to the side, where vertically aligned icons and longer site titles make it easier to quickly scan, identify and switch to the tab they want to open.
  • Auto filling the date of birth field. Microsoft Edge already helps save time and effort while filling out forms and creating accounts online by auto filling user data such as addresses, names, phone numbers, etc. Microsoft Edge now supports the date of birth field which users can save and auto fill. A user can view, edit and delete this information anytime in their profile settings.
  • Improvements to Recently closed in History. Recently closed now keeps the last 25 tabs and windows from any past browsing session rather than just the previous session. Users can select Recently closed in the new History experience to see all the tabs that were open.
  • “Your day at a glance” feature enabled by default. Starting with Microsoft Edge version 88, information workers can benefit from intelligent productivity features on their New tab page (NTP). Microsoft Edge 87 users will also experience these features within 2 weeks after Microsoft Edge 88 release. We offer users signed in with their work or school account personalized and relevant content powered by their M365 Graph. Users can quickly scan their “Your day at a glance” modules to easily track their meetings and recent work as well as quickly launch the applications they want to use.
• History and open tabs sync. History and open tabs sync is now available for users to enjoy. Enabling these features will help users pick up where they left off by making their browsing history and open tabs available on all their syncing devices. We've updated sync and browser history policies, so now users are connected and productive across any devices by using Microsoft Edge. Learn more.
• PDF:
  • PDF document display in book view (two page). Starting with Microsoft Edge version 88, users can view PDF documents in a single page or in the two page book view. To change the view, click the Page View button in the toolbar.
  • Anchored text notes support for PDF files. Starting with Microsoft Edge version 87, users can add typed text notes on any piece of text in PDF files.
• Fonts:
  • Browser icons are updated to the Fluent design system. As part of our continued work around Fluent Design in the browser, we've made changes to closer align icons to the new Microsoft icon system. These changes will impact many of our high-touch user interfaces, including tabs, address bar, as well as navigational and wayfinding icons found in our various menus.
  • Improved font rendering. Text rendering is improved for better clarity and to reduce blurriness.

Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel

Microsoft Edge release note for Stable Channel

docs.microsoft.com

January 21, 2021​

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 88.0.705.50), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

Release notes for Microsoft Edge Security Updates

Release notes for Microsoft Edge Security Updates

docs.microsoft.com

Microsoft Edge 88 Stable is a security update that drops FTP and Flash support - gHacks Tech News

Microsoft released a new stable version of its Chromium-based Edge web browser on January 21, 2021. Microsoft Edge 88 is a security and feature update that introduces several new features and changes to the browser.

www.ghacks.net

 

[SeriousHoax]

Microsoft Edge 88 Privacy and Security Updates

We can hardly believe it’s been about one year since we launched the new Microsoft Edge – and what a year it’s been! It’s safe to say that a lot has changed since our launch in January 2020, but one thing that remains constant is our commitme

blogs.windows.com

 

[amirr]

Microsoft is rolling out password monitor, tab sync, sleeping tabs and other new Edge features | ZDNet
"If you're wondering whatever happened to the vertical tabs feature that Microsoft announced in March 2020 for the new Edge, it is still coming. An updated version of that feature rolled out to testers earlier this week; it's still going to be a bit before it goes to us mainstream users."

Question:
So it seems currently on Edge 88, vertical tabs can only be enabled via "flags."
I'm not particularly eager to tamper with flags, but it also wouldn't hurt doing so since there is an option to revert to the previous state.
What's your input on this?
Technically, I wanted to know your idea that is it better to wait for the next update to have vertical tabs by default, or its also okay to enable the vertical tabs flag?

 

[silversurfer]

Question:
So it seems currently on Edge 88, vertical tabs can only be enabled via "flags."
I'm not particularly eager to tamper with flags, but it also wouldn't hurt doing so since there is an option to revert to the previous state.
What's your input on this?
Technically, I wanted to know your idea that is it better to wait for the next update to have vertical tabs by default, or its also okay to enable the vertical tabs flag?

Just tried to enable "vertical tabs" works fine on my Edge 88.0.705.50

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Microsoft is rolling out password monitor, tab sync, sleeping tabs and other new Edge features | ZDNet
"If you're wondering whatever happened to the vertical tabs feature that Microsoft announced in March 2020 for the new Edge, it is still coming. An updated version of that feature rolled out to testers earlier this week; it's still going to be a bit before it goes to us mainstream users."

Question:
So it seems currently on Edge 88, vertical tabs can only be enabled via "flags."
I'm not particularly eager to tamper with flags, but it also wouldn't hurt doing so since there is an option to revert to the previous state.
What's your input on this?
Technically, I wanted to know your idea that is it better to wait for the next update to have vertical tabs by default, or its also okay to enable the vertical tabs flag?

Well, if you want that feature. Just try enabling it in flags. Doesn't hurt and you can always restore defaults. I have tried it, but I'm not sure if I want that feature... disabled for now.

 

[amirr]

@silversurfer Me too, so doing so, shouldn't any bug or problem appear?

 

[SeriousHoax]

Does anyone have Edge on their Android phone? Is the history sync enabled yet on Android on your device?

 

[amirr]

Martin of Ghacks told me this:
"Microsoft seems to roll out the feature in the coming weeks. You can wait and it will become available eventually. Setting the flag should not be a problem either as it will just enable the feature (which is ready because it is being rolled out).

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Remember that this change also changes browser fingerprint (different browser window) if that's important.

 

[amirr]

What do you mean by "different browser window"?