Microsoft is working on improving the look and feel of Settings in the Edge browser. The latest Canary build includes comes with a refined style with new icons for switches, and other neat improvements. These changes are available to a small select group of Insiders as part of a Controlled Feature roll-out.
Category: Microsoft Edge
How to Assign Keyword to Search Engine in Microsoft Edge
Here's how to assign a keyword to a search engine in Microsoft Edge. In Microsoft Edge, the address bar can handle both search queries and website addresses. By default, the browser uses Bing, but users can change the search engine in Microsoft Edge at any time. Moreover, you can add several engines and quickly switch between them using a unique keyword. This feature eliminates the need to open the search engine website in a tab, or change the browser's settings each time you want to use a different search provider.
Microsoft Edge got neat Search Bar improvements and new quick commands
In addition to a new Assistance Hub flyout with different tips, changelogs, and suggestions, latest Canary builds of Microsoft Edge introduced one significant improvement to the address bar.
Change Sleeping Tabs Timeout in Microsoft Edge
Here is how you can change Sleeping Tabs Timeout in Microsoft Edge. To improve memory and CPU utilization of the browser, Microsoft has added a new "sleeping tabs" feature to the Edge browser. It extends device's battery life and reduces its power consumption by putting background tabs into the idle state.
Add or Remove Assistance Hub Button in Microsoft Edge
Here's how you can add or remove Assistance Hub Button in Microsoft Edge. In the recently released Microsoft Edge Canary Build 91.0.848.0, the Redmond software giant introduced a new Assistance Hub feature. Microsoft wants to improve the new features' discoverability, help users learn more about the browser's capabilities, and create a single place to find changelogs for updates. Of course, Assistance Hub is also another gateway to promote some features, e.g. to make you set Edge as the default browser, sign in with a Microsoft Account, sync your data, etc.
StatCounter: Microsoft Edge surpasses Firefox in popularity
Analyst firm StatCounter released data on the popularity of desktop web browsers as of March 2021, according to which Microsoft Edge had a market share of 8.04%. By comparison, in March 2020, the browser only had 0.57% of the market, so the growth rate is really impressive.
The News Widget in Microsoft Edge has got a new Vertical Layout
Microsoft has updated the News Widget in the Edge browser with a new option. Now it supports an extra layout "Search only" that turns the widget into a floating search box.
Enable Page Scrolling with Multiple Scrollbars in Web Capture Tool in Edge
Here's how to enable Page Scrolling with Multiple Scrollbars in Web Capture Tool in Edge. After that it will allow you to scroll while taking a screenshot when there are multiple scrollable sections. For the long time the Web Capture tool didn't scroll the page down when you tried to capture something that is has more than one scrollable section, but this has finally changed.
Microsoft is about to limit media autoplay by default in Edge
Soon the Redmond software giant will limit media autoplay by default in Edge. Many months ago, Microsoft Edge received the ability to manage media autoplay on different websites. Those who annoyed by the flood of automatically playing videos can disable media autoplay in Edge's settings. This feature is off by default, so users need to enable it manually. Moreover, a complete autoplay block is possible only after turning on one of the experimental flags.
Edge Dev now comes with Microsoft Account on Linux enabled by default
Microsoft today released Edge Dev 91.0.838.3, a new build for Insiders. It is a significant release for Edge for Linux users, as it the first version of the browser with the sync and Microsoft Account features enabled by default on Linux.
