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

[Sammo]

Chrome and Edge with just 4 tabs open. Both apps are the latest

 

[oldschool]

Chrome and Edge with just 4 tabs open. Both apps are the latest
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Very similar specs here too, possibly due in part to all those connections which are integral to Edge. Users can't block the many MS MSN, Bing, etc. cookies either. Such a shame after all the early promise about Edge.

 

[Sammo]

Very similar specs here too, possibly due in part to all those connections which are integral to Edge. Users can't block the many MS MSN, Bing, etc. cookies either. Such a shame after all the early promise about Edge.

Yes, and this was with all of the tabs sleeping.

 

[WhiteMouse]

When it first came out, Edge was minimal and get updates very fast. Now it's behind Brave, Opera and Vivaldi.

 

[piquiteco]

Chrome and Edge with just 4 tabs open. Both apps are the latest
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Is your computer or your browser Ram-hungry, because I have more than 20 tabs open in Chrome and several extensions and it only consumes 714MB and in Edge 10 tabs open only consumes 530MB.

Spoiler

 

[oldschool]

@piquiteco I think @Sammo was referring mainly to CPU. It's a hog.

 

[piquiteco]

@piquiteco I think @Sammo was referring mainly to CPU. It's a hog.

You get it, so I missed something on the way, I took the streetcar and walked I'm sorry @Sammo I think I misunderstood you, sorry buddy.

 

[simmerskool]

You get it, so I missed something on the way, I took the streetcar and walked I'm sorry @Sammo I think I misunderstood you, sorry buddy.

IT happens

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Microsoft Edge 113.0.1774.35: May 5, 2023​

Stable channel security updates are listed here.

Feature update​

• Improvements to enhanced security mode. Enhanced security mode provides an extra layer of protection when browsing the web and visiting unfamiliar sites. In this release updates include consolidating the security level settings to Balanced and Strict mode. For more information, see Browse more safely with Microsoft Edge.
• Switch from Microsoft Autoupdate to EdgeUpdater for macOS. Microsoft Edge for macOS will start using a new updater named EdgeUpdater. This change only affects Microsoft Edge on macOS. If you use update preferences for Microsoft Autoupdate to prevent browser updates, you will need to transition to the new EdgeUpdater UpdateDefault policy before Microsoft Edge 113 to prevent future automatic updates. For more information, see Microsoft Edge for macOS switches from Microsoft AutoUpdate to EdgeUpdater.
• New policy for PDF View Settings. The RestorePdfView policy lets Admins control PDF View Recovery in Microsoft Edge. When enabled or if the policy isn't configured, Microsoft Edge will recover the last state of PDF view and land users on the section where they ended reading in the last session.
• Updated Microsoft Root Store policy. The MicrosoftRootStoreEnabled policy will now be supported in Microsoft Edge version 113 and 114. It will be removed in Microsoft Edge version 115. For more information, see Changes to Microsoft Edge browser TLS server certificate verification.

Policy updates​

New policies​

• RestorePdfView - Restore PDF view
• EnforceLocalAnchorConstraintsEnabled - Determines whether the built-in certificate verifier will enforce constraints encoded into trust anchors loaded from the platform trust store
• ReadAloudEnabled - Enable Read Aloud feature in Microsoft Edge
• ShowDownloadsToolbarButton - Show Downloads button on the toolbar
• TabServicesEnabled - Tab Services enabled

Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel

Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel

learn.microsoft.com

Microsoft has released the latest Microsoft Edge Stable Channel (Version 113.0.1774.35) which incorporates the latest Security Updates of the Chromium project. For more information, see the Security Update Guide.

This update contains the following Microsoft Edge-specific updates:

• CVE-2023-29350
• CVE-2023-29354

Release notes for Microsoft Edge Security Updates

Release notes for Microsoft Edge Security Updates

learn.microsoft.com

What is the version information for this release?

Microsoft Edge Channel	Microsoft Edge Version	Based on Chromium Version	Date Released
Stable	113.0.1774.35	113.0.5672.63/.64	5/5/2023
Extended Stable	112.0.1722.71	112.0.5615.179	5/4/2023

 

[piquiteco]

For those who complain about modern browsers and recent versions that are heavy as many say, are not your mistake. I was not going to post more had typed and taking a screenshot of Chrome and Edge and I had misunderstood about what @Sammo had said in his post, I ended up not posting that I wrote. But I decided to post anyway about Chrome and Edge about ram consumption, they don't consume ram at all without any extensions. The villains are the extensions. If you have too many extensions the tendency is to only increase the ram consumption and CPU usage of your computer and also slow down the loading of web pages when opening. If I had a way to block ads without an extension I would not use any extension. In tests opening Youtube the story changes ram usage doubles to ~400MB. PS: Remember not to jump to conclusions about this post, it is more an illustration than an information, because each person has different settings, different hardware so nobody would fit this scenario here. The ram consumption is not a problem these days in question, but the CPU mainly for old computers when opening a Youtube video for example, to play the video it will use your CPU. So if your computer is old he will be in the bottleneck.

Spoiler

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Microsoft Edge 113 removes Basic Enhanced Security Mode

One of the main changes of Microsoft Edge 113 removes something from the browser. Microsoft notes in the release notes that it has consolidated the security level settings of the browser's Enhanced Security Mode.

Enhanced Security Mode is disabled by default on most systems. It enables protections against certain threats and disables the Just In Time Compiler, which makes certain exploits more difficult to use.

Edge, up until now, supported the three modes Basic, Balanced and Strict. The three modes determined the scope of the feature. Basic mode, the mode that Microsoft removed, enabled the mitigations for "less visited sites" only. Balanced expanded this to all sites that were not visited frequently in Edge and Strict expanded it even further to all sites.

With Basic gone, Microsoft Edge users have the option to set the mode to Balanced or Strict. The descriptions of the two modes have not changed. Edge users who have configured the browser to use the Basic mode are likely moved to Balanced mode during the upgrade to Edge 113, but there is no confirmation from Microsoft about this in the release notes.

Microsoft Edge 113 removes Basic Enhanced Security Mode - gHacks Tech News

Microsoft has just released Microsoft Edge 113 Stable for all supported operating systems and platforms.

www.ghacks.net

 

[piquiteco]

Microsoft Edge 113 removes Basic Enhanced Security Mode

Microsoft Edge 113 removes Basic Enhanced Security Mode - gHacks Tech News

Microsoft has just released Microsoft Edge 113 Stable for all supported operating systems and platforms.

www.ghacks.net

In the Microsoft Edge 112 had already been removed see in the spoiler below that I captured from my Edge, I just don't understand why microsoft announced they removed it in version 113?

Spoiler

 

[HarborFront]

 

[toto_10]

Version 113.0.1774.42: May 11, 2023​

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel

Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel

learn.microsoft.com

 

[Sammo]

Still uses more RAM and CPU than Chrome does

 

[razorfancy]

Version 113.0.1774.42: May 11, 2023​

Fixed various bugs and performance issues.

Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel

Microsoft Edge release notes for Stable Channel

learn.microsoft.com

This update seems to have fixed the oversized 3 dots menu

 

[brambedkar59]

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Not on my laptop

 

[brambedkar59]

Not on my laptop

Also not seeing this. Could be a regional thing or A/B testing dunno.

 

[TairikuOkami]

Starting with Microsoft Edge version 89, Microsoft Search in Bing suggestions will be available even if Bing isn't the user's default search provider.

reg add "HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Edge" /v "AddressBarMicrosoftSearchInBingProviderEnabled" /t REG_DWORD /d "0" /f