Microsoft wants Chromium users to have the choice of using the native Windows Spellchecker. The company's interest is make this feature available in their own browser, Microsoft Edge, the upcoming version of which is Chromium-based.
Category: Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge Chromium Solves Dark Theme Tooltips Issue
Microsoft is constantly working on improving the dark theme support in their newest Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser. One of the issues with the dark theme is light tooltips that ignore the overall dark appearance. The company now offers a solution.
Microsoft Edge Chromium: Prepopulate Find with Text Selection
Yet another interesting feature is coming to the Microsoft Edge Canary. If you select a text on a page, it will be automatically inserted into the Find text box once your press Ctrl + F.
Microsoft Edge Chromium Gets Tracking Prevention Settings
With a new Canary build, Microsoft is releasing an experimental preview of tracking prevention for Microsoft Edge. Starting in Edge Chromium 77.0.203.0 it is possible to enable a and use a set of options which define how the browser will treat tracking cookies as you browse web sites.
Microsoft Edge Dev Channel is available for Windows 7, 8 and 8.1
Recently, Microsoft made their newest Chromium-based Edge browser available for Windows versions other than Windows 10. The company has released the Canary branch version for Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1. Today, the Dev branch is also became available to users of older Windows version.
Microsoft Edge Chromium: Change Display Language
Microsoft is releasing a new version of the Microsoft Edge browser. Edge 77.0.201.0 finally you to set a different display language for the browser. Earlier, the appropriate settings were locked.
Microsoft Edge Dev 77.0.197.1 Change Log
Microsoft is releasing a new development version of their Chromium-based Edge browser. Version 77.0.197.1 comes with a number of improvements made to the user interface of the browser, along with a list of fixes for PC and Mac.
Group Policy Templates for Microsoft Edge Chromium
Microsoft has released a preview version of the Group Policies for their newest Chromium-based Edge browser. Here is how to download them.
Microsoft Edge Chromium: Pin Sites To Taskbar, IE Mode
Microsoft is releasing a new version of the Microsoft Edge browser. Edge 77.0.200.0 allows pinning web sites to the taskbar from the browser's menu. Another new feature is the ability to enable and try Internet Explorer mode.
Microsoft Edge Chromium Includes YouTube Video Info in Volume Control OSD
As you may remember, Chrome includes a feature that allows using media keys on the keyboard to control the media content playback in the browser. When enabled, it allows using the Volume Up, Volume Down, or Mute media keys, you will see a special toast notification with buttons that you can use to control media playback. With a commit from a Microsoft developer, the notification now includes details about the YouTube video played in the browser.
