Category: Microsoft Edge

Microsoft has released Edge 95.0.1000.0 to Insiders in the Dev channel. It is a minor release that doesn't include any new feature. But there is a list of fixes.

In Microsoft Edge, to the left from a website address, you can spot a button with a lock icon called "View Site Info." Microsoft uses that button to indicate secured HTTPS connection and provide information about web pages, such as permissions, tracking prevention, etc. Developers now want to provide users with even more data.

Microsoft has updated the stable branch of the Edge browser with version 93. It is a major update that adds new features like tab groups, the ability to hide the title bar with vertical tabs enabled, improvements for IE mode, and more. Most changes are already familiar to users of preliminary builds from the Beta, Dev and Canary channels.

In May 2020, Microsoft announced a new built-in game for its Chromium-based Edge browser. In the Surf game, users have a chance to ride a surfboard using different characters, pick up boosters, avoid obstacles, and set high scores. Users can play the game without an Internet connection or just kill some time by visiting the edge://surf link. Google Chrome has a similar built-in game, called Dino, although it is much more primitive when compared to Surf.

Microsoft seems to be never out of ideas about how to improve PDF experience in the Edge browser. After bringing the free-form text editing in PDF to Edge Canary, Microsoft is back with another quality-of-life improvement for those using the browser as a PDF viewer.

Microsoft has released a new build of Chromium-based Microsoft Edge 95.0.997.1 to the Dev Channel. It brings several new features as well as various fixes and improvements. This is the first build with major version 95 on the Dev channel.

A couple of weeks ago, Microsoft introduced a new, somewhat quirky-named mode for its browser. Dubbed "Super-Duper Secure mode," it intends to improve security in the Chromium-based browser from Microsoft by disabling JIT in the V8 JavaScript engine and applying other security measures.

Microsoft has restored overlay scroll bars in Edge, so today we will learn how to enable this feature. One of the main downsides of the build-in dark theme in Microsoft Edge is scrollbars. No matter which mode you use, they are always bright white and take quite a lot of space on the screen. Months ago, Microsoft tried to solve that problem with redesigned scroll bars, but the company had to remove corresponding flags from Edge. Microsoft Edge users will be glad to learn that developers are bringing overlay scroll bars back to the Edge browser.

Microsoft today released the last Edge 94 build in the Dev channel. Version 94.0.992.1 comes with a few new features, and includes various fixes and improvements. The next Edge build based on Chromium 94 will be released in the Beta channel. The Dev channel will be then updated with builds based on version 95.

A couple of months ago, Microsoft updated the roadmap for Edge, providing more information about the upcoming changes and new features. According to Microsoft, Edge 94 is on track to receive a significant update for the built-in PDF Viewer. One of the biggest changes coming soon is the free-form text boxes support. Microsoft is now rolling out the feature for a limited set of Edge Insiders in the Canary Channel. It is a part of Controlled Feature Rollout, which means not all users are getting access to new capabilities right away, but Microsoft will increase the testing scope once Edge 94 gets closer to the public release.