The Edge browser is ready for prime time

For a few years now my browser of mostly choice has been Google Chrome. I say “mostly choice” because I don’t really want to use it, but it is the one browser that most things seem to work with. The Edge browser had a few advantages. The two main ones were that it was a tad faster and wasn’t linked to Google. However, it also had problems where it would not quite work with sites, which was super annoying.

However, the new Edge is based on the same rendering engine as Google Chrome. And I find runs it faster than Chrome. And I can be fairly sure that it isn’t sending all my browsing activity back to Google. “Oh yes.” I can hear you saying “Instead it is sending all your browsings back to Microsoft”. Well, that might be a bit true, except that the default reporting settings for Edge give me a bit more confidentiality. And the settings themselves are much easier to manage. And furthermore, I reckon (said the Microsoft MVP) that Microsoft has a relationship with its customers which is also based on making stuff/services and selling them, which I think is much healthier than trying to figure out what I want and then selling these leads onto other companies.

Edge is still in beta, but I’ve been using it as my “daily driver” for the internet and it works a treat for me. You can find it here.