Adobe Flash could be used to play videos and animated content. These days, there are a large number of users who disable Adobe Flash. They do so because of performance and battery life reasons as well as because security vulnerabilities are discovered in the Flash plugin.
Windows Calculator can now be installed in Linux
This is not something you may really want, but rather a demonstration of the cross-platform capabilities of the .NET 5.x platform. Windows Calculator, a modern app that Microsoft had open-sourced, is successfully compiled and now works on Linux.
Edit Saved Passwords in Microsoft Edge
How to edit saved passwords in Microsoft Edge
Following Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge allows editing saved passwords too. The team behind the browser has merged the feature with Edge code, so now it allows editing the passwords you have saved for websites.
Edge Dev 87.0.664.8 includes new Favorites menu, price comparison
Microsoft has released a new Dev build of the Edge browser. Based on Chromium 87, it includes all the new features that were recently announced, including the price comparison option, the new Favorites pane, the ability to hide the Password Reveal button, and many more.
Set Linux Distro Version to WSL 1 or WSL 2 in Windows 10
How to Set a Linux distro version to WSL 1 or WSL 2 in Windows 10
Microsoft has ported WSL 2 to Windows 10 version 1909, and version 1903. Initially, it was exclusively available in Windows 10 version 2004. Now users who have installed two older releases of the OS can upgrade Windows Subsystem for Linux to the latest generation and get benefits from using it.
Manifest V3 changes are now available for testing in Microsoft Edge
Microsoft plans to support the Declarative Net Request API and other changes proposed as part of Manifest V3 by Google. The Manifest V3 document clarifies API and feature changes in the Chromuim project that also bring a number of restrictions for extensions. The most affected extensions are ad blockers, that may stop working properly.
Microsoft begins testing x64-on-ARM emulation
As of this writing, Windows 10 on ARM is an ARM64 platform, which only supports 32-bit x86 apps via a built-in emulator. It is not possible to run traditional 64-bit apps in this OS. Earlier, we mentioned that this will eventually be changed. It looks the change goes live.
Vivaldi 3.4 is here with a bunch of new features
Vivaldi 3.4 is out, featuring configurable context menus, automatic reloading of pages on desktop, and improved Speed Dial layout on Android. Also, it now includes Vivaldia, the real 80s arcade-style game, on both platforms.
Microsoft revamps the Favorites UI in the Edge browser
Microsoft has announced an update to the user interface of the Favorites pane in the Edge browser. In addition to the pane pinning option that we have covered earlier, there is a new tree-style view, and the ability to directly re-arrange entries with drag-n-drop without opening the bookmark manager.
Windows 10 Build 20236 (Dev Channels) adds Display refresh rate to Settings
Microsoft has released Windows 10 Build 20236 to Insiders in the Dev channel. Starting with this build, it is now possible to change the display refresh rate with a new option in the Settings app. There is also a long list of fixes, and a number of general improvements.
