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

[amirr]

I haven’t enabled the Sleeping Tabs flag in the Edge://flags, but suddenly, today, I got a pop up introducing Sleeping Tabs!

Then I put the Vertical Tabs flag to the Default state, assuming that I would get another pop-up soon introducing Vertical Tabs.

Any idea?

 

[mkoundo]

Still getting high cpu; seems to be the new tab as shown in the browser task manager.

apparently edge beta does not have this problem as per this Reddit thread

 

[Faybert]

Still getting high cpu; seems to be the new tab as shown in the browser task manager.

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apparently edge beta does not have this problem as per this Reddit thread

How strange, I tested it several times on my machine and my wife's and it's normal, little CPU usage actually:

 

[SeriousHoax]

OK, here's the fix that worked for me with Edge's horrible delays in not only launch but webpage loading, immediately following the latest update. When I'm finished posting this, I am going to reward myself with a large chunk of Raspberry Danish.

While waiting for Edge to open, I noticed something in small text in the lower left corner about waiting to load a proxy. So, I went to Edge Settings, typed "proxy" in the search bar and then "open your computer's proxy settings." I then toggled the "automatically detect settings" radio button to "off"--it had been ON. Walla! Fast, fast, fast. Dism..../restorehealth made the initial opening of Edge super fast again also. Something was messed up on here for sure. Not sure if this would apply to anyone but it sure fixed things for me.

Also, during my attempts to fix Edge, I noticed that one cannot uninstall it anymore, either from Programs and Features or from Settings/Apps and Features. One can only "change" and "modify" it respectively, and I'm not sure what that actually does. The only thing I outwardly noticed was my desktop icons refreshing. Nothing else. Hmmm, probably this is pertaining to Insider build 19042.782 (Beta channel). So if it's currently not in place on released Windows, get ready for it coming up.

Edit to add a brief clip showing before and after with that proxy setting enabled and then disabled. Good, Edge is useable for me again. I don't have the patience for 2-3 seconds' worth of webpage loading anymore. I guess I'm spoiled now.

One Fix for Microsoft Edge's Slow Webpage Loading

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@TairikuOkami had a similar problem a few days ago. This may help him.

 

[amirr]

 

[plat]

Yeah my observation on the previous page is still true: Edge is very jittery in Task Manager, taking much longer than Opera to calm down and when it does, it's only for a moment before spiking all over again. Probably part of the same issue. I agree though; at this point, it's not to where I'm wanting to install another version of the browser but it's something to keep an eye on periodically,

Hopefully, this version 88.0.705.50 is replaced soon--it did not start off well for some, myself included. Nice and fast, though.

 

[amirr]

I already got this notification in Edge 88 but not for Vertical Tabs yet, anyway I enabled Vertical Tabs via flags.

 

[blackice]

Nice and fast, though.

Maybe because it’s using your whole CPU

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Maybe because it’s using your whole CPU

This also makes sense. Why should sleep the CPU for none reason?
Same for RAM. Not using it (if free) is only waste of hardware

 

[silversurfer]

This also makes sense. Why should sleep the CPU for none reason?
Same for RAM. Not using it (if free) is only waste of hardware

Agree partially, if more than 30% CPU is often being used by browsers, that's bad for your device as laptop: battery power, CPU-fan...

 

[amirr]

Version 88.0.705.53: January 26
"Fixed various bugs and performance issues."
Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel | Microsoft Docs

 

[razorfancy]

The "Show alerts when passwords are found in an online leak" option to enable Password Monitor still isnt available for me, maybe its one of those progressive rollout thing.

 

[silversurfer]

The "Show alerts when passwords are found in an online leak" option to enable Password Monitor still isnt available for me, maybe its one of those progressive rollout thing.

Same here, I cannot find that related option in passwords-settings:

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Yep, not available for me either, but I'm not sure if I will ever use it...
Using Bitwarden for my passwords I have disabled sync and storage for passwords in Edge.
You need all that for it to work.

 

[amirr]

Yep, not available for me either, but I'm not sure if I will ever use it...
Using Bitwarden for my passwords I have disabled sync and storage for passwords in Edge.
You need all that for it to work.

Did the Vertical Tabs arrive?!?

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Did the Vertical Tabs arrive?!?

No, but I did use it briefly after enabling vertical tabs in edge://flags.
It's not for me, I don't have that many tabs open.

 

[mkoundo]

Version 88.0.705.56: January 28

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel

Microsoft Edge release note for Stable Channel

docs.microsoft.com

 

[amirr]

Microsoft publishes a more detailed roadmap for its Edge browser - Neowin

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Edge update today to version 88.0.705.62 with the security updates from chromium 88.0.4324.146:

Security Update Guide - Microsoft Security Response Center

msrc.microsoft.com

I believe not patched yet for the latest CVE-2021-21148 that was patched in chromium 88.0.4324.150:

Serious Discussion - Google Chrome Stable Channel Updates

Google Chrome 87.0.4280.66 Stable Channel Update for Desktop: The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 87 to the Stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux. This will roll out over the coming days/weeks. Chrome 87.0.4280.66 contains a number of fixes and improvements --...

malwaretips.com

Google is aware of reports that an exploit for CVE-2021-21148 exists in the wild.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

February 5, 2021
Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 88.0.705.63), which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. This update contains CVE-2021-21148 which has been reported by the Chromium team as having an exploit in the wild. 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

So now fully patched