Microsoft has improved the Sleeping Tabs feature in Microsoft Edge. Now, the browser can more "sleeping tabs" to maximize resource savings on your device. Improvements are available starting in Microsoft Edge 100 and above.
Category: Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge allows specifying a date range when browsing history
Microsoft Edge has got a tiny but useful improvement. The browser now allows you to quickly go to the specific day or the date range in the browsing history. The appropriate option is available on the full history page, which opens in a new tab rather than in a quick flyout.
Microsoft Edge 100.0 released with PDF viewer improvements
Microsoft has releases Microsoft Edge 100.0.1185.29, the stable version. It includes several new features. The most notable of them are a simplified PDF viewer for Microsoft Outlook and Explorer, Microsoft 365 Application Protocol Activations improvements, and support for opening digitally signed PDF files.
Edge will soon allow pinning tab groups
Yet another improvement is coming to the tab management in Microsoft Edge. In addition to the ability to pin individual tabs, you will be able to pin the whole group of tabs with one click.
Microsoft is testing Office sidebar in Edge
In the latest builds of Microsoft Edge, Microsoft is testing a new sidebar that hosts links to Office web apps. The links are available for Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, and OneNote. The text at the top says that all these services are available to users absolutely free of charge.
The Workspaces feature may soon return to the Edge browser
Back in April 2021, Microsoft was tinkering the Workspaces feature for Chromium-based Edge. A "Workspace" is a set of tabs isolated into a session inside one window. This is actually a great idea that aready exists in Opera and Firefox. Thought the latter will require you to install an extension.
Microsoft Edge can now automatically generate Alt descriptions for images
Microsoft today announced a new feature for Microsoft Edge that allows the web browser to automatically generate image descriptions with an empty ALT attribute. First of all, this innovation is intended for visually impaired users using screen readers.
Microsoft Edge Dev 100.0.1185.7 is out with Xbox Clarity Boost enabled by default
Microsoft just released Edge 100.0.1185.7 to Insiders in the Dev channel. The Redmond firm is about to push it to the Beta channel, and subsequently update the Dev channel with version 101. The release changes defaults for Clarity Boost in Xbox Cloud Gaming, auto-signing behavior, and brings a few more group policies. Finally, there are some fixes, one of which reduces the number of extensions that block Startup Boost.
Edge Canary has received a new Web App Sidebar feature
Microsoft is working on a new feature for its Edge browser called "Web App Sidebar". When enabled, it adds a right sidebar to a PWA or website running in app mode with extra options. Those include the ability to manage the app contents, as well as to run a search query using Bing.
Microsoft Edge 99 stable is out with new features
Microsoft today released Microsoft Edge 99 to everyone running the stable app version. It includes several new features, such as PDF thumbnail navigation, primary password protection for saved logins, and associate URLs to with specific profiles.
