I think one more reason for edge lagging is that most of the users are used to having Chrome on their mobile. So Chrome on desktop just becomes a default choice.
THIS, chrome integration will remember passwords and everything for many users. So they never have to "set up" the browser, they just log in, and its all their Chrome will even save tabs and open them in different devices.
@@rohansampat1995 this was my biggest concern. When I read the other comment on using Chrome on the phone I downloaded edge on my phone and importing all my passwords took less than 5 minutes without looking anything up. And I hate to admit it, but the first impression is quite strong on mobile at least, haven't tried pc yet.
@@akin242002 yeah but the Windows versions were actually good and stable. people bought them because they were VERY polished (well, most were). nowadays the reason we have Windows 10 and 11 on prebuilt machines is because of greed
As a Web developer, I remember when Chrome first debuted. It was everything I had ever wanted: lightweight, adaptable , secure. I had never liked the resource-hogging Firefox. Today, Chrome is the resource hog, and has the typical Google brick wall method of support. Edge is my daily driver. And I have warm feelings towards Opera.
@@Crabernacker not nearly as RAM and CPU friendly as Edge though, I honestly prefer Edge if it wasn't for all the small but so useful features like the one I mentioned
@@AlphaGametauri I never found a compelling reason to use Firefox, and it was (at the time) a memory hog. I loved Netscape back in the day. Chrome was cool at first. Opera always has clever tricks up its sleeve. And on mobile I use Yandex, of all things! But Edge just.. works. Edge is memory efficient, keeps itself out of your way, integrates really well with PDFs and stuff. It's just good, solid. Edge IS starting to spam up its menu bars a bit--at least on my Microsoft work laptop (yes, I work on one of their major franchises)--but it mostly keeps out of the way, other than loudly announcing new features when they launch.
Edge is a piece of garbage browser that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing due to their dirty tactics. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
@wlsmojo Luckily you can turn off most of those adds quite easily in the settings making edge just as simple looking as chrome or even firefox, but default it looks so ugly.
Also a large reason for why a lot of enthusiasts and developers didn't and don't like internet explorer is because it didn't follow web standards and instead just makes up its own stuff meaning if you wanted to make your website work on IE you'd need to add extra non standard code to support it
But so did Netscape back then. Web dev in the late 1990's meant testing and coding against every browser on the market. The times of CSS 1 were the first phase when there was alignment and back then Opera was the nice player really supporting and aligning with the standards. Unfortunately, these days Apple and Google do the same again, introducing new styling features because standardization moves too slow. The only reason people don't feel it is because the majority use Chrome, or are forced to use WebKit on iOS. The modern bad-boy Google is accepted by most. They have done a great job painting themselves as everybody's friend when in fact they sell you out. And no Apple fan boy would criticize them (even if there is lots of stuff WebKit does not support or do differently). Too few use neutral FireFox.
@@rush4you with IE that's still a problem today. And some companies still insist on using IE instead of edge or any other browser... Simply because a service they use was originally built for Microsoft's own version of the web instead of for the standard web
@@rush4you News for you: Devs are still coding hacks to support IE6 (released in 2001). Why? Because websites used by businesses still get significant IE6 traffic. If your work issues you a computer with Windows XP and IE6 and you don't have rights to install a new browser, then you just have to use IE6. Why do businesses insist on still using IE6? Because some crappy internal site(s) the companies use were built to work on IE6 but not actual real web standards (meaning if you tried to visit them in a real browser, they wouldn't work), and the businesses haven't been willing to spend the funding to rewrite those internal sites. So they bleed money by remaining on old OSes, applications, etc that are no longer maintained and supported. I've written enough "if (IE6) { /* do something stupid */}"-style code that purely out of spite Edge will never win me back, no matter how much better it gets.
The biggest reason I like using Edge is the Read Aloud feature. It’s so nice to open an article and have the browser just read it to me, usually while I’m doing other things. The voices are actually really good as well, very human like as we’ve come to expect from things like Siri and Alexa.
@@burneverything5585 No, not many browsers have a read aloud feature out of the box. Also Edge does it better since I've tried pretty much every TTS extensions out there
migrating all my data to firefox was the best thing i ever did especially now that chrome (and chromium based ie edge) browsers will stop supporting ad blockers
agreed fellow big chungus but i will stick with chrome it works much faster on my PC over any other browser ivce tried & ad blocker works just fine (for now)
Firefox has a wonderful feature that blocks all trackers (which I doubt works fully), it by itself blocks the most annoying ads nearly every time. When you do the same in chrome - the difference is apparent.
Edge is a total piece of garbage that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing due to their dirty tactics, and will continue to decrease until it disappear in the next decade. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome, and move to Linux.
I have an older computer that had trouble running newer Windows versions. It was super slow running just about everything. So I got a new computer to replace it and decided to install Ubuntu Linux on the old one. I was very impressed with how it performed with Linux and really like all the free software you can get. I like it so much, I'm actually considering installing Linux on the new computer. I still notice some bugs on Linux now and then, but not too bad. Firefox is the default browser on Ubuntu. It's very nice out of the box.
This! I just hate that I have to fight with Microsoft on how to use my pc. Edge is ok, its the fact it gets shoved down my throat all the time that I hate it.
The Edge Exclusive features are all great aswell. Some are: - math solver - quotation formatter - read loud - have pen input in pdfs - opening office documents in browser
Chrome has web apps to open documents in the browser, Google has a built in math solver, and Apple products (iPod, iPad, iPhone, and even Mac, I think) and Windows have "on-screen narrators" or similar features in the Accessibility options (I don't think that's what the Apple version is called) for that "read loud" I think you were talking about? Where your device will read what's on the screen to you, in case you're blind or something? Plus, wouldn't be surprised if Chrome & Firefox have Extensions that can do that, if needed. Maybe Android also has that? Wouldn't know. Nobody I know has an Android smartphone. Or, I should say nobody I'd remember. Nobody I've seen in years.
I've been a Firefox user since before Chrome even existed and I see no reason why I should switch to Edge. Every major browser becoming Chromium-based gives Google a monopoly over web standards which is bad for the web. Firefox and Safari are all that's preventing a total monopoly in this space. Plus Firefox is still a great browser!
Agreed 100%, I started using Firefox in 2003 and haven't stopped. Right since when it first came out, even before it hit version 1.0, Firefox was the best, and that hasn't changed since then. I think I started using Firefox when it was called Firebird, version 0.6 or 0.7 or something. There were all these articles coming out about this great new web browser and I tried it and loved it and still use it, haven't switched from Firefox since then. No reason to, it's perfect.
@@rano12321 I've used FireFox almost since it came out. There was a period where it was starting to get a bit bloated and had flaky stability/performance, but this changed with a couple of changes. I switched to the 64-bit client as soon as the betas were available, this was an instant and noticeable improvement. Then the new Quantum engine was another great leap forward. FireFox with uBlock Origin is the only way to fly.
I switched to Edge when it went Chromium-based and am really happy with it, vertical tabs makes for more screen realestate. It’s definitely improved over the years with new features as well.
The reason why it's better is: If it comes with your pc it can have more features and customizable things for your pc and the browser, and microsoft has a computer company, hp making it good for windows users. Honestly good opinion
Same, switched to edge, very easy to transfer everything with the one click and it trasfer all your tabs, saved passwords, plugins etc. That's one of the reason why I tried it, and loving it.
Edge is a piece of garbage that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing to 10.74% due to their dirty tactics. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
People don't want Edge because the default experience for a home page is to show an ugly news site, and to show the same when opening every new tab. They see that, close it, and go back to Chrome.
@@oneuniquegregyr on home page top right side besides your weather icon you can find settings icon click it and you can fully customise home page ( you can literally clean everything )
6:36: Google didn't want to challenge Firefox and Microsoft. They were afraid that Microsoft would make it hard to use Google on the desktop by outbidding them as the default Firefox search engine. And that browser would make changes in their codebase to restrict their ability to monetize users. Then came Chrome which would guarantees roughly they would keep direct access to the user.
My issue with edge is how hard they keep pushing it. Tricking users into setting it back as default. Making it hard to switch to chrome. If it was just an option like using Firefox or opera then I'd be more likely to use it. It's just how they handle it that leaves a bad taste in my mouth Edit: Wow 700 likes that's so awesome 😀
Google will always be superior, even APPLE users use chrome, if you can convince an apple user to change from their apple safari browser, you can convince anyone
this is probably a niche problem that some people would call me crazy for, but, edge breaks windows explorer when you have around 700 tabs or 100 windows, whichever comes first... chrome, firefox, brave, do not do that.
As a previous web developer, I can say IE lack of conformity to web standards made it a pain to build websites that would view correctly in it. Always had to add extra code for IE stuff.
No, I do not plan to switch to Edge. However, I also don't plan to use Google Chrome either and I do agree Edge is a better option than Chrome. So unless Firefox hits the bed for some reason I will stay here enjoying the wonderful browser by the Mozilla team.
I loved Mozilla in the early days, remember streaming Naruto on it .. but when their stocks went down I jumped ship... Guess I wasn't a loyal supporter of Mozilla
Firefox is amazing, but sometimes there's websites that are not optimized for it and act wierd. Most developers build sites based on Chrome while Firefox, safari, opera and other browsers gets the short end of the stick
@@waisalmakaleh9836 I have only really experienced that with 1 website. The website in question was a small little obscure site that one would not use a lot
I switched to Edge during the betas. It blew me away in several fronts. People would make fun of me for using it but then some of the features Edge had just were too big to ignore. First main-stream browser to natively support 4K video streaming (which is shocking), Amazing integration with all the Microsoft software, preview capability, and I wouldn't lose FPS in games (which was the biggest contributor to their switch). OperaGX offers a similar thing, but not as simple and as streamlined at Edge. I don't regret my switch.
Small correction - the IE security problem wasn’t VBScript. That was just JavaScript with a syntax more familiar it Visual Basic developers. The problem was with ActiveX controls. These were Microsoft’s answer to Java Applets. However, while the Java Runtime was locked down the ActiveX controls could run any code and had full access to the machine.
I used the new Edge when it was in development and LOVED it, but within 3 months of it becoming the new default Windows browser, it was all about distracting and obtrusive cash-grab features, and most of the lightweight peformance started to fade. It turned into Microsoft Chrome instead of its own thing. I'm very happy with Opera now.
Opera is chinese owned... The original devs of opera make their own chrome based browser. Also there's brave which will remove inactive tabs from memory, but that has it's own problems.
I use edge, I turned off everything. It is fully customizable at least in my country. Maybe NA version is different? Takes less resources than Mozilla and is faster than Chrome
I use edge as my main browser. I have grown accustomed to some of its features that are not on chrome: - Vertical tabs - Picture in picture mode - Collections - Translate selection feature (basically select anything and translate it) Also the switch from Chrome was actually made very easy. All the bookmarks and passwords got synced, even on mobile. It was just very easy to make the switch.
@@JohnL9013 Yep it's really cool. (I just noticed there's a similar feature on Chrome though Edge one seems better to me since it translates in-place). There's just too many good features in Edge. There's scrolling screenshots that you can take on both desktop and mobile. I didn't explain picture-in-picture mode but just as an example on desktop, you can open the youtube video in a mini-window of its own and you can resize it to your liking, you can browse other tabs, other apps, hell even play a video game with a small but fairly visible youtube video playing in a corner (or anywhere else u wanna place it)
I also daily drive edge, but I don't use verticle tabs. While it looks very nice, I find that it just takes up way too much space. How do you address that?
@@ethanstudent Whenever I use vertical tabs, I use fullscreen so that doesn't even apper. And you just gotta move your mouse to the side and it will show up again, it's just very convenient for me. (Talking about the desktop version)
Why I switched: 1- picture in picture out of the browser 2- I am using natural reader text to speech, and with Edge, there are more good voices 3- collecting tabs in one group as an ease 4- the design is cleaner and harmonized with the windows' design 5- less memory usage 6- possibility to add any function like a download or history tab to the toolbar 7- Pin those functions besides the browsing window 8- Creating a collection that comes with thumbnails helps to remember the pages you are looking for quicker than the Favorite folders 9- The sidebar gives access to the research tab and many apps like Messenger, Instagram, Spotify, Gmail... and even more, ready to check them out anytime. ++ a lot of new tweaks which Microsoft adds from day to day...
@@RandMV files. I open CSVs without saving since I execute once-off reports everyday. Firefox thinks we're stupid and removed the feature completely rather than giving users the choice.
@@triadwarfare oh, I see, but I thought I saw that this option still exists, in the Downloads section, there are options to ask you what to do when dealing with files
@@RandMV correction, the change happened in version 98. There's an entire thread of the complaints in the changes made "Firefox now saves files that I only wanted to open"
I was an avid Edge user, but I recently switched to Firefox. It took considerable customization, but is now quite satisfactory and some of Edge's features such as vertical tabs have been replicated.
I just switched to Edge after about 10 years with Chrome. Microsoft have came so far. I didn't think I would ever switch browsers, but Edge just seems more modern and has so many features that Chrome lacks. I think I just found my new browser 👍
Edge is good browser with many features but due to microsoft you cant able to install it in windows 8 or windows 7 besides all people who try to change wont chooce Edge becuase of how annoying it is to interfere in your daily browsing activity to make it default. So people don't like this behavior and tend them to favour google chrome over edge besides Microsoft make it hard to change the search engine making you search the whole setting just to change search engine and some people google services
One aspect of Edge that goes underrated is that you aren’t forced to sign in to your Google account, because after a few digs in the task manager with Chrome being open whilst logged in, I noticed A LOT of spiking chrome background services and account syncs. So that just kills your battery and RAM on its own.
Aside from syncing accounts, google insist a lot that you register in new websites with the google account, which in case you accept, you allow google to share your information
Yeah, you just need to register in MS to just log in to Windows = )) And MS does not collect any data, oh no, only Google does! (spoiler there are some ways to evade that even they removed button "no thank you") If you value your data, you should use Firefox and Linux. But if you use Windows, one more corporation account does not change anything.
I use Edge on a daily basis and I actually really love it, especially the vertical tabs. Not only that, but I also like the UI more than the one of Chrome.
For anyone who has more than 10 tabs opened vertical tabs should be a no-brainer. Sadly, because most people are on Chrome, they don't even know about this, and if you try to use Chrome addons for vertical tabs, they suck.
I actually switched to edge 2 years ago in 2021 and when I told my friends and best friend all of them laughed at me and thought I was stupid, goes to show how having a bad reputation from many mistakes can be a big factor in people not accepting even if improvements have happened. Anyway I told my friends to simply try it for a month and get used to it, and after they were mocking me they switched to edge full time. Honestly in my opinion and my friends’ opinion edge is really good in fact better that chrome and if u didn’t switch yet, just trust me and use it for even just a week.
It may be good, but does it synchronize with chrome? No? I use Firefox. It synchronizes with Firefox Mobile, with Firefox on Windows, Firefox in Linux and Firefox on Mac. So I always have my bookmarks, my passwords, my history and so on. So Edge for me is just a browser download utility still. Do they have Edge for Linux? For Android? Understand my point? Google have. If I want "Google browser I will install Google browser" not some Edge knock off.
@@enosunim there's edge on android, but since i've familiarized myself with chrome, i sticked to it while using edge on my pc.. im not a power user though so as long as the browser works, im all good
I used edge for a while for the vertical tabs, and while you can change the default search engine, that doesn't apply everywhere. when you highlight text, it gives you the option to search with bing before anything else. new tabs also still use bing for the big search bar in the middle. the search in sidebar feature also always uses bing.
Edge is a piece of garbage that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing to 10.74% due to their dirty tactics, and will continue to decrease over time. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
currently using edge, the highlight text to search will use the search engine you set although there is an option to use the bing sidebar search but it is below the original option. the middle search bar on the new tab will use the search engine you prefre, at least that's what it does to me since i set the address bar as a search bar as well so when i type something there it automatically transfers my text and cursor to the address bar
@@Tomoya778 so I didn't know that you can just have the new tab search bar redirect to the address bar, that's at least better than what I had. When you highlight text, you get a mini menu where you can only search with bing. When you expand the mini menu, you can copy the text and still only search with bing. if you want to search with google, you have to expand the menu again, for the right click menu, or just right click in the first place. you can only hide this menu, not change the search engine. Search in sidebar is right below search with google, and would've been a nice feature for when you don't want to open a new tab, but sadly it uses bing. searching using google in a sidebar is clearly supported, since that's what search in sidebar does when you searched with bing in the the first place.
I've been using edge for some years now and never had trouble with the search engine. All the problems you said are separate in the settings and very easy to change, maybe you just changed one thinking it applies to all of them.
firefox is a joke. it's literally funded by google. they wouldn't exist if google didn't funnel billions just so they can control the only other competitor
Yeah there's a lot of small things I've also learned that the Microsoft translate in the edge browser is far better than the one in the Chrome browser I don't know for accuracy but least with like its integration it's clean like there's no pop about the top it doesn't look call janki it looks like literally at built-in also the windows Speech-to-Text which I use often actually adds punctuation and other good things into your sentences something that Google's rarely does on the phone for some reason and I just find it to be not as good
I prefer pdf and pen support from old edge, before it became reskinned chrome. But even on chromium, the pdf support blows chrome out of the water. It made a huge difference to me as a college student.
Agree with you. Edge is a piece of garbage browser that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing due to its dirty tactics. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Crappy edge will never overtake google chrome,and never will. Just stick with google chrome.
I started using Brave after noticing how slow Chrome was in comparision on my M1 MacBook Air. Honestly although I like Opera GX's design and browser style, Brave's ad blocker just keeps me hooked on it.
The collections feature is why I like using Edge. Functionally it works the same way as favorites, but with one extra feature being that it has thumbnails that show you a preview image of every website you bookmark. Its perfect for when you're shopping around clothes from many different websites because it shows a thumbnail of every clothes on your list. And its not just a thumbnail of the entire website, but a picture of the actual clothing itself
One thing that the video didn't mention is that *Microsoft is still pushing Edge* (sometimes annoyingly) *hard.* Every other Windows update pins it to the taskbar and puts it on the desktop; the Settings recommend keeping/setting it as the default browser; and every link in Windows menus opens in Edge. This makes me less, not more willing to use it.
Edge also detects (at least on Windows 11) if you're trying to download a different browser and will basically beg you to not switch because you apparently don't have to. Pretty cringe.
It's really quite simple: Android. People who own iPhones have macbooks/ipads/etc. and use safari. It really makes no sense to use any other browser if you own 2+ iOS devices. If you own just one, then maybe you consider using a different browser, but that most likely will be chrome, since they have several years of positive browser experience since the XP days. If you own an android, then chrome is the obvious choice. Edge on android works great, however, it's not as well integrated into android's backbone services (password manager, files, etc.), and like many people, they value a cohesive UI experience as well. Since most people these days use their mobile devices as their primary means of interfacing with the internet, it only makes sense that they use chrome as the native browser on windows too.
@@unemployicus that's good for you, but I'm speaking in generalities here, and the numbers are very clear which browsers on iOS/macos get used the most.
@@InsidiousWeenie No. You said that for Macos/iOS users "It really makes no sense to use any other browser." The fact that most use the standard browser (Safari) the most on those platforms does not in any way validate your statement. Edge is the best, so that's what I use. There is no reason not to.
@@unemployicus I said "if you own 2+ iOS devices" as a qualifier. I specifically said that because of vertical browser integration, which isn't a big deal if you have mixed devices. There's also many reasons not to use edge, and I can name 5 off the top of my head: 1) Principle - forced integration into windows and search functions. 2) Goofy Loading - 3rd party cookies don't always work in the mobile browser. Chrome does. 3) Inconsistency - desktop mode on mobile browser does not actually get you the same desktop mode you'd get in Windows. Chrome and safari do. 4) Principle - It's Microsoft, and some people may find that inherently a problem 5) Overcrowded - It's starting to look like an AOL load up screen with the 30 different visual sections you go through, and is not nearly as streamlined as safari, chrome, or Firefox for that matter.
I upgraded my moms laptop about a week ago and when I opened Edge on the fresh Windows install with the intention to download Chrome I thought to myself "Wait, this isn't even bad". I actually did not install Chrome for the first time and left it at Edge. With the Chromium base and all the extensions I might even give it shot myself.
please give a shot,, i had a crappy laptop back in 2020 and struggles to play 720p videos on chrome, i just randomly gave a shot to edge and i could play 1080p flawlessly, got a new laptop but still using edge since battery is far better here.
@@oksowhat I actually did after posting this yesterday and have been using it since :D Installed all my extensions automatically and whatnot. That was something I really liked about chrome but edge seems to do it as well now
I switched to Edge last year and its just SO MUCH BETTER than Chrome. It deserves recognition for what it is as of today. The new ChatGPT integration will make it even better!
I don’t know but I always preferred edge even before chromium update. I miss the ebook reader feature so much from original edge, it was a game changer for me. And the web markup was so good too. My surface doesn’t feel the same since the edge chromium update. But still the chromium version is also very good. Collections is a huge w. I even got notified of this video on edge collections 😂.
Using the Edge as default browser on both PC and Phone. I had no problem still so far. The features like reading mode, rolling screenshot is pretty good.
And it's the default for certain things *even if you disable it* in all the available options. I'm at wits end trying to get it to NOT pop up automatically when I click certain things within the Windows OS. Big bully Microsoft still up to their old tricks.
I tried Edge, and really wanted to like it, especially the split tabs and collections. But like all Microsoft products it is buggy and has issues. I also hate that it won't fully close when you close it, leaving background tasks running, even after you turn off that feature in the settings. So I went back to Chrome.
This video is an year old and haven't aged well. Currently, Edge is bloated as hell due to stuff like integrated copilot etc. So the best option to use right now is Brave.
I think what also hurt the current Edge is that it shares the name with the legacy Edge running on the old engine. As Microsoft notified users through popups that Edge was going away, it wasn't clear to many people what that meant. I think the makers of the browser Opera handled their engine change better, although I'm not sure how many uses this browser these days. I think personally we're in for a bit of fragmentation in the market, as there are options in the market with some advertising privacy features for example. Edge doesn't just need to be a better Chrome to succeed, it would have to offer something Google will not be willing to do. But will Microsoft be willing to make Edge privacy focused?
It already is more privacy focused than chrome, but it can't live up to anything like firefox in terms of user privacy. I genuinely think that if Microsoft use the exact same thing, and relaunch it as another browser, it would do really well.
There is also the fact that many people have Android phones when Chrome as the default browser and chrome syncs between installations, so history, bookmarks, passwords etc are available on any device that can run Chrome.
I was using Edge when they launched in win 10. That was is great migration. With the copilot launch in a few months, I am now frequently using it for pieces of advice summary.
Edge is a piece of garbage browser that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing to 10.74% due to their dirty tactics. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
My biggest recommendation is using Firefox, although I myself use Opera. I've used Firefox for a long time and only recently switched just to try something new. But I still cherish Firefox a lot, mainly because it's open source.
Being open source or not being chromium-based means nothing to about 80% of casual internet users. What matters is how browser looks and what unique functions it has. And look is subjective. Back in 2010 when I first had internet access, my browser was Opera. It looked cool, was a cutting-edge technology of the time and fulfilled all of my needs. But couple of years later, after Opera 12 changed to Opera 15, I started looking for a new browser. In the early 2013 I tried a lot of different browsers - Apple Safari, Comodo Dragon, Avant Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and about a dozen others, none of them was my cup of tea as Opera was before (and Mozilla Firefox looked the worst for my taste, it was a slightly tidied Internet Explorer). It was a happy occasion that in the late 2012 russian company Yandex started developed their browser on Chromium engine, and I was pleasantly surprised with how Yandex Browser looks and what it could do. It was more than ten years since then, and I'm still a devoted Yandex Browser user. The only thing that probably could force me to switch browser again is a looming danger of Manifest V3 making Ad Blockers unusable on Chromium based browsers, but I hope it will not happen.
Firefox is great. I have nothing against it. Just keep on using it. But to be fair, Chromium is Open Source as well. That is the biggest part of Chrome. And the reason MS could just build the new Edge on Chromium without Google's permission. Chrome is mostly just the little closed source part that is build on top of Chromium. And while Google is the major force driving the Chromium open source project, there is still many smaller browsers our there that is based on Chromium, and that are fully Open Source, unlike Chrome.
@@AndreasRugtvedNeumann yes, I know that, but Alphabet still greatly influences Chromium in such a way that it starts controlling the market. Firefox is the only browser that does not depend on Alphabet whatsoever software wise, only dependency Firefox has on Alphabet is the money they get from having Google as the default search engine. Diversity in the browser market when it comes to software is very important because otherwise big companies such as Alphabet are going to control the internet. So yes, Chromium is open source but still under control of whatever Alphabet wants to do with it, so it's not the most "free" open source that you can get.
Even though there are extensions for vertical tabs on chrome (which I never realised before), the default integration of it in edge really locked me in. Never knew just a tad bit more of vertical space can really change my browsing experience
Vertical tabs? Like, on one side of the screen? If that’s the case, it feels funny seeing several people here bringing it up after I’ve had them in Vivaldi for like 4+ years. God I love that browser, and it can do so much more than I will ever bother to learn to use.
@@nandoflorestan brave is crap, not mainly because of the name, but because the UI itself feels cheap, rather than chrome or even edge which has started to look nicer and is my daily browser since 2019
I did the switch from Chrome to Edge around a month ago. So far I'm very satisfied with the results. Also, the vertical tabs is something I really enjoy.
I ditched chrome in 2019 and used opera for like 1 year before Microsoft announced that they were switching to Chromium, so I decided to give it a try. Never looked back at any other browser. I love the fact that you can just scroll on the startup page just to see some news, the vertical tabs look so good, the design is much better than Chrome and it's so much faster! Using safari on my iPhone though as it's objectively the best.
I actually completly stopped using edge because of chromium dont want to give monopoly to google so its now all firefox and if they swap to chromium fuck me then
brave is objectively the best - a fast, chromium based browser with a built in adblocker and it respects user privacy unlike chrome, edge, safari and yes even firefox.
Already using Edge ever since the new one came out. Before that i was switching browsers on a weekly basis, new Edge is the first one i actually got comfortable with and use to this day. As a developer, i also love their extra features in devtools, which Chrome just does not have.
I use Edge on both Desktop and Mobile. I love the seamless bookmarks and password synching across all my devices. I haven't used chrome or google search in more than 3 years and never really missed them.
It was a delight to see how much Microsoft had changed their web browser. I even switched to using Edge for my work because of Microsoft Office being connected to it while I use Chrome for everything else since I also use a lot of Google services such as CZcams and Gmail.
One thing I love about Edge is the read aloud option that reads text documents. Chrome or Firefox doesn't have it built in. It has several voices available.
Interesting, I'll have to try that out. I have been using Voice Aloud Reader extension for Chrome since forever ago because I'm visually impaired. having something like that built in with multiple quality voices available might make switching a tempting offer.
I think subconsciously it's a huge task to switch the browser. If you are a professional, you got tons of bookmarks and folders. And the UI might not feel at home.
Never paid attention much to browser stuff in the recent few years. Stuck to Firefox for so long but was forced to switch to Chrome after some websites just started to not play nice with Firefox anymore despite being my main browser for over a decade. This video just made me switch to Edge. Honestly feels very comfy and indeed fast. The whole modern landscape of the internet browsers being mostly based on Chromium is still a bummer, but as someone who kind of just gave up resistance to it and just want something to work nicely with everything, Edge is pretty nice so far. If nothing else, competition between Edge and Chrome despite being both Chromium based will at least still result in a win for the user's end. Definitely glad I saw this video.
@@somethinghv I lean towards convenience towards most things these days yeah, so I usually just go with those too . Always nice to learn stuff! :D I did hear a lot of good things about Brave especially in regards to privacy and security, though I also am sticking to Edge for the mean time due to convenience.
@@joshuafussell4497 That's true yeah! We don't have to constrain ourselves into just a single thing or do a "permanent" switch and instead just go for what suits us the best per situation.
I was there. Microsoft didn’t “force” users to use IE. They made it the path of least resistance. Netscape had a chance, they blew it when they decided to rewrite.
Edge is a piece of garbage. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing due too it’s dirty tactics. Edge is nothing but a dying web browser that will disappear in the next decade. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome. Crappy edge won’t stand a chance against google chrome.
My only gripe with the first iteration of Microsoft Edge was how Microsoft was tryharding so much to be "original", and ended up ruining their browser in the first place. When I heard Edge was changing to the Chromium engine, I tried it out and I stopped using Google Chrome. Mainly due to ease of accessibility. It's already included with Windows and behaves very similar as well. I'll worry about Manifest v3 when it happens, but until then, The 2018+ Edge is pretty sweet~
@@thecatontheceiling Manifest V3 is something that's proposed on being pushed that will make it so you cannot use any adblockers of any sort with Chromium-based web browsers. It hasn't been pushed yet, but I'm not too concerned because when it does, I'll switch browsers to something that supports adblockers.
For me Edge is the sweet spot: I love Opera's sidebar, but Opera has compatibility issues. I love Firefox's privacy and security, but FF's UI isn't that great, also not the fastest. I love Chrome's UI and Speed, but Chrome has privacy issues and is not very efficient. Microsoft Edge provides all of the above and more. Great UI, Privacy, Security, Compatibility, Fast, Efficient, vertical tabs, grouping tabs, Sleeping tabs, and recently the sidebar, it's just a more complete browser in my opinion. And the easy integration with Chrome webstore makes it super easy to switch over. The only reason it hasn't gained its former glory is probably due to inertia or just people's ignorance. Also, the new integration with open AI may just be the final nail to Chrome's coffin IF they do it right. The only feature I miss from Chrome is the reading list.
Edge is proprietary software from a big US company, I don't think it's comparable to an open source project like Firefox in terms of privacy. (I agree FF's UI / usability isn't the best, though.)
@@schoggo3407The new Edge is based on Chromium v8 engine, which is open source, So technically Edge is partially open source, some components of it are still proprietary. Of course FF is still superior in terms of privacy, but what I meant is that the new Edge has an edge over Chrome in terms of privacy, still behind FF though(so I agree with you there).
I've always kept two browsers installed for websites that don't support two accounts. My 2nd browser used to be Chrome until I found out they were scanning my hard drive without permission under the guise of a "virus scanner". I've been debating between switching to Edge and Brave for my second browser but I've been leaning towards Edge when I found out it can natively edit PDFs.
brave uses less ram and overall has better performance, and the pdf editor ur talking about is a basic feature in all browsers (all it can do is highlight, add some text and thats it)
Same. I have edge and Firefox installed at any given time. Been toying with Opera GX recently though. Had some issues in edge with running out of memory. But RAM is something I'm severely low on so it's not unexpected
This is a good point. Edge is my default pdf viewer on windows. It handle spintch to zoom really nice. On a full fat desktop system, foxit is better. but for my personal laptop, edge is great for pdfs. but I download them from chrome and open then in edge. I woudln't use it as a web browser just for the pdf functionality.
just a friendly FYI - you don't have to use multiple browsers for this anymore. Edge, Chrome, Firefox, etc all support "profiles" now - basically it's just separate instances of the browser where you can be signed into websites using multiple different accounts without interference.
I tend to be a Brave and Firefox guy personally, but for the last month or so I’ve been using Edge on my work PC, and I must say it is actually really good. I don’t tend to use modern Windows on my personal computers, but if I did, I wouldn’t mind using Edge on a more regular basis.
After release of Win 11 I decided to use default browser, and I must say that MS Edge got really good in past few years. I remember trying to use it when he had custom engine (forgot the name) and it was laggy. Really happy with Edge now, fast, simple and works out of the box
I won't switch away from Firefox as my primary browser because I support their cause more. I have used Edge a couple of times by now though (on work PCs and stuff) It's a good browser no question. You kinda could've mentioned that Edge might not've supported opus and stuff but supported more features of the ecma standard and that the developers definitely put time into edge's engine before they switched to chromium. now they can focus on the userinterface and work on the engine together with Google, which probably still allows more time to be put into the user interface.
Consider myself a power user and used Chrome since release, but I switched to Edge when Chromium version was released. It feels much snappier and the vertical tabs mode is a deal breaker for me being a tab hoarder. Only thing missing is a profile selector on startup like Chrome. Edge on Android is decent too.
@@sontodosnarcos launcher enables you to have only 1 icon in the taskbar. Current profile switching method means you have to load up a potentially unwanted profile first in order to get to the one you want, or have an icon for each profile which is cluttered, although less clicks to load the one you want but it has to be manually setup and I prefer a visual of all available profiles. Profile selecting via the right click context menu for default pinned icon would work too.
I'm hoping that Microsoft using Chromium will help push back on some of Google's awful decisions in the project. Though some I'm not sure if that will happen when those decisions might benefit them as well. For example, a few years back (before Edge was Chromium based), Google decided to change the way certain scroll event handlers work by default, purposefully ignoring the web standards for how this feature worked. This broke tons of websites. Their reason? It made some of the most popular websites faster which were coded wrong. Yup, some major sites were lagging because of using scroll handlers wrong, so they broke sites that were doing it right in order to make their browser faster than the competition. It was a relatively easy fix... once you tracked down that this change was behind it. But it still required updating code, which was an issue for projects using libraries that didn't update quickly. Or our company, which had clients running our code on their own systems. Clients were angry that we had broken our code, even though we had no access to their systems 🙃 .
I find it funny how powerful public groupthink is. All you have to say is "Edge bad" and you get a standing ovation. I switched from Chrome around 3 years ago and immediately noticed a difference in speed and RAM usage. I would have switched to something sooner, but I really do like the extensions. Chrome could be 2x slower than any other browser and people will still blindly use it...
Edge is a piece of garbage browser that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing to 10.74% due to their dirty tactics. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
The first time i am using Edge i was blown away by the fact that it has no downside at all compared to Chrome. And it's lightweight, i can hoard tabs and it's almost not affecting my computer performance
Well, the downside is you just switched which big corpo is primarily tracking you. "Good" thing is Microsoft ads were not as prominent and omnipresent as Google ads so it was a nice alternative for me at the time when Firefox Quantum was actually worse at resource hogging than Chrome.
I made the switch to Edge not long after the adopted Chromium and it felt just a little more flexible and advanced than Chrome. Honestly feels more suitable for power users - and I’m a web developer, so, if I can do my job every day on it, it’s probably good enough for everyone. Use it on Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android regularly. The only hurdle was being required to make new MS Live accounts for my two extra Google accounts to support the same extra profiles.
On desktop I've been using Firefox since about 2004... I'm stuck using Edge at work, but it gets the job done. I have tried switching to Chrome and Opera in the past and keep coming back to Firefox.
Agree with you. Edge is a piece of garbage browser that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing due to their dirty tactics. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
@@hasanalmatrood1441 Made the switch 2 years back, never looked back, keep in mind, Chrome was my go-to browser, I had tried multiple and just couldn't get used to them, Firefox, Opera, Brave, none had what Chrome had, but man, as soon as I began using Edge, I never went back to Chrome, trust me, It's worth the switch
@@hasanalmatrood1441 I wish more people realize what they're missing, to put it briefly, Chrome users to Edge users now are like Firefox users to Chrome users back in 2012. Edge is just too powerful, less ram usage, more efficient, freezes pages automatically to let you open even 100+ tabs without affecting your computer's speed, has a selection translation option (which translates the text and integrate it right on the same spot it's located), has free GPT-4 AI right on the sidebar for your convenience, has full Office integration, you can screenshot pages or selected itens, fully supports ALL of your favorite Chrome extensions, speedy downloads, speedy browsing, speedy opening time, it's just surreal really. Can't even believe I'm saying this about an MS browser lmao, they've changed 180 degrees, buddy, trust me.
I've been using Edge exclusively since the switch to Chromium. So that's about 4 years now since I started in the beta. I'm a web dev and it means I can build on one framework and reasonably expect the same results on all of them.
Edge is a piece of garbage browser that no one uses. Everyone despise Edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing due to its dirty tactics. Crappy edge is nothing but dying web browser that will disappear in the next decade. Edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
I started using the "New Edge" as soon as it released, and i never really went back to any other browsers (aside from firefox which i use on linux pretty commonly) . And so far, i am really happy with it! It really is wayy better than chrome and has so many more features which are just neat. I actually reccomend everyone reading this comment and watching this video to switch to edge for a month, use all its features and make your choice! I bet you will really like it.
@@vulamnguyen9453 Yeah, i do that too tbh :D not because of the vertical tabs tho, i don't really like them. I use it on linux mostly because it's a chromium based browser, that has good integration with my bookmarks and history across windows and linux, and as a backup in case something goes wrong with Firefox, because that does happen sometimes. Also, edge is just a good browser lmao
Reason is simple, Android phone have default chrome. My passwords and history are sync with google service. This is the only one reason i can't use edge regular basis.
Ever since the release of the chromium based Edge, I said, hey, I’ll give it a shot. Using MS Edge chromium on release was the best choice I’ve ever made. It’s difficult for people to understand my stance on why chrome lacks in both UI, but in numerous other basic features, such as my favorite, Read Aloud, which is present on vanilla Edge, but not chrome. In short, MS Edge is by far my favorite browser of all time, and has been since it released due to its abundance of surprisingly critical, effective, and useful features that Google’s chrome lacks.
Let me know you two things: I noticed> 01) Edge uses more disc 02) Edge or other browsers do not sync with google drive extension. 03) Edge is good for PDF view and TTS.
I just switched to Edge because of its integration with Bing AI. I can open up research papers and ask Bing Chat to summarize it for me or ask it questions and it'll answer. Its amazing
Would you compare Microsoft Office and Google drive suites? You mentioned it briefly here. It would be interesting to see. Thanks, love your videos. They are very informative.
"chrome may finally see competition" sorry due to the fact both are based on chromium it is NOT competition .. Google wins either way thus why they are sleeping on chrome now
With no way to disable tab groups, no, Edge is objectively worse. They are nothing but a pain in the ass when dragging tabs across two monitors for workflow.
I switched to edge on PC after the chromium update. I stopped using it on mobile after it started suffering the same problem that chrome had on my old phone
You will have to claw Firefox out of my cold, dead hands. So long as it works and doesn't completely betray itself, I will never willingly use another browser.
I've been using edge off and on for the past few years never fully replacing chrome but appreciating what it has to offer, I think you've just fully convinced me to make the switch
Personally, I'm using Opera GX as my main browser and Edge in certain conditions. But I'm slowly moving to Edge because everything from streaming quality to the way it integrates with Windows is considerably better.
I wouldn't call it malware but it fails at the one of the main points they have, less ram usage than chrome even though it uses more, (and for whatever reason uses your gpu) even with the ram limiter, if it's set to high it slows down the browser to a considerable degree.
I recently thought about why no one uses Edge, I transferred all my data to Edge and decided to use it for a week, to my surprise it is a really good browser, and its AI chat really helps
Some things are objectively better and underrated but many don't want it because how unpopular it is due to not being associated with to many popular stuff.
I would’ve been all-in for Edge had it not create a problem for relaunching in my Windows 10. Multiple background processes after closing the window made me have to go to task manager via ctrl+alt+del to delete them. I don’t want to have to do that every time.
If you'll go in Edge's Settings you find an option called "Continue running background extensions and apps when Microsoft Edge is closed", if you disable that, you'll have less background processes from Edge. Though I don't think it uses too much in the background, never had an issue with that, maybe you'll feel that if you have like 4GB of RAM.
And there are another few options that you could disable that makes Edge instantly kill it's processes. Like Sidebar, Startup boost (from System and performance category). And you can turn on Efficiency mode.
I migrated to Edge when Opera GX started having weird crashing issues when I tried to watch videos. I actually am having the best experience I've had on a browser ever. Got Edge on my phone too and I'm still testing it, but it already performs better than the other mobile browsers I've tried without cutting features.
I mean when I develop any webapp or website edge doesn't support so many things but chrome does so this is such a big drawback even edge doesn't support all type of images
I think one more reason for edge lagging is that most of the users are used to having Chrome on their mobile. So Chrome on desktop just becomes a default choice.
Yeah, I just use Chrome on my phone, though I still use Edge on PC
THIS, chrome integration will remember passwords and everything for many users. So they never have to "set up" the browser, they just log in, and its all their
Chrome will even save tabs and open them in different devices.
I use safari tho - think more Apple users use safari
@@rohansampat1995 this was my biggest concern. When I read the other comment on using Chrome on the phone I downloaded edge on my phone and importing all my passwords took less than 5 minutes without looking anything up. And I hate to admit it, but the first impression is quite strong on mobile at least, haven't tried pc yet.
Just wanted to point out on mobile all the browsers are basically the same with only integrations and looks changing between each browser
We need to take a moment to acknowledge how incredible of a CEO Satya Nadella is. He made really good moves for Microsoft and is currently on a streak
True
Yes! The complete opposite of Steve Ballmer's brand of leadership.
Maybe good for Microsoft's budget but I've yet to see anything game-changing come out since he took over.
Github, copilot, vscode, edge, powerapps, teams, chatgpt... You name it! He's been really bringing the company back
@@akin242002 yeah but the Windows versions were actually good and stable. people bought them because they were VERY polished (well, most were). nowadays the reason we have Windows 10 and 11 on prebuilt machines is because of greed
As a Web developer, I remember when Chrome first debuted. It was everything I had ever wanted: lightweight, adaptable , secure. I had never liked the resource-hogging Firefox. Today, Chrome is the resource hog, and has the typical Google brick wall method of support. Edge is my daily driver. And I have warm feelings towards Opera.
please, dear web developer, bring the upload with clipboard from Opera to Edge, game changing stuff bruv
Programmer here opera is def my fav browser everything I need
@@Crabernacker not nearly as RAM and CPU friendly as Edge though, I honestly prefer Edge if it wasn't for all the small but so useful features like the one I mentioned
What about Firefox?
@@AlphaGametauri I never found a compelling reason to use Firefox, and it was (at the time) a memory hog. I loved Netscape back in the day. Chrome was cool at first. Opera always has clever tricks up its sleeve. And on mobile I use Yandex, of all things! But Edge just.. works. Edge is memory efficient, keeps itself out of your way, integrates really well with PDFs and stuff. It's just good, solid. Edge IS starting to spam up its menu bars a bit--at least on my Microsoft work laptop (yes, I work on one of their major franchises)--but it mostly keeps out of the way, other than loudly announcing new features when they launch.
Edge is just Chrome but Microsoft has your data instead.
Just stick with google chrome
Edge is a piece of garbage browser that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing due to their dirty tactics. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
@@joshuahernandez-th6ov and in chrome google as your data 🐴
And they Ram ghastly ads down your throat at every turn
@wlsmojo Luckily you can turn off most of those adds quite easily in the settings making edge just as simple looking as chrome or even firefox, but default it looks so ugly.
Also a large reason for why a lot of enthusiasts and developers didn't and don't like internet explorer is because it didn't follow web standards and instead just makes up its own stuff meaning if you wanted to make your website work on IE you'd need to add extra non standard code to support it
This... 👆
But so did Netscape back then. Web dev in the late 1990's meant testing and coding against every browser on the market. The times of CSS 1 were the first phase when there was alignment and back then Opera was the nice player really supporting and aligning with the standards. Unfortunately, these days Apple and Google do the same again, introducing new styling features because standardization moves too slow.
The only reason people don't feel it is because the majority use Chrome, or are forced to use WebKit on iOS. The modern bad-boy Google is accepted by most. They have done a great job painting themselves as everybody's friend when in fact they sell you out. And no Apple fan boy would criticize them (even if there is lots of stuff WebKit does not support or do differently).
Too few use neutral FireFox.
Sure but that was 20 years ago
@@rush4you with IE that's still a problem today. And some companies still insist on using IE instead of edge or any other browser... Simply because a service they use was originally built for Microsoft's own version of the web instead of for the standard web
@@rush4you News for you: Devs are still coding hacks to support IE6 (released in 2001). Why? Because websites used by businesses still get significant IE6 traffic. If your work issues you a computer with Windows XP and IE6 and you don't have rights to install a new browser, then you just have to use IE6.
Why do businesses insist on still using IE6? Because some crappy internal site(s) the companies use were built to work on IE6 but not actual real web standards (meaning if you tried to visit them in a real browser, they wouldn't work), and the businesses haven't been willing to spend the funding to rewrite those internal sites. So they bleed money by remaining on old OSes, applications, etc that are no longer maintained and supported.
I've written enough "if (IE6) { /* do something stupid */}"-style code that purely out of spite Edge will never win me back, no matter how much better it gets.
The biggest reason I like using Edge is the Read Aloud feature. It’s so nice to open an article and have the browser just read it to me, usually while I’m doing other things. The voices are actually really good as well, very human like as we’ve come to expect from things like Siri and Alexa.
Same, my favorite TTS is Ana Online
wtf, this is a feature of Edge?? damn, I've gotta try it
There is a feature like this almost everywhere rn.. It's not edge exclusive ;p
haha same here, that's what sold me to edge actually. I was blown away, never gone back since
@@burneverything5585 No, not many browsers have a read aloud feature out of the box. Also Edge does it better since I've tried pretty much every TTS extensions out there
migrating all my data to firefox was the best thing i ever did
especially now that chrome (and chromium based ie edge) browsers will stop supporting ad blockers
agreed fellow big chungus but i will stick with chrome it works much faster on my PC over any other browser ivce tried & ad blocker works just fine (for now)
Brave is planning on supporting manifest v2 features just like firefox. PLus Brave has an ad blocker built in by default.
Firefox has a wonderful feature that blocks all trackers (which I doubt works fully), it by itself blocks the most annoying ads nearly every time. When you do the same in chrome - the difference is apparent.
firefox sucks nowadays used to be good
Based and Mozilla-pilled
The fact that Microsoft Search forces you to use bing and edge makes me not only want to switch from edge but also switch from Windows
Edge is a total piece of garbage that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing due to their dirty tactics, and will continue to decrease until it disappear in the next decade. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome, and move to Linux.
I have an older computer that had trouble running newer Windows versions. It was super slow running just about everything. So I got a new computer to replace it and decided to install Ubuntu Linux on the old one. I was very impressed with how it performed with Linux and really like all the free software you can get. I like it so much, I'm actually considering installing Linux on the new computer. I still notice some bugs on Linux now and then, but not too bad. Firefox is the default browser on Ubuntu. It's very nice out of the box.
hahahahaha
This! I just hate that I have to fight with Microsoft on how to use my pc. Edge is ok, its the fact it gets shoved down my throat all the time that I hate it.
@@playtester6635 Just stick with google chrome and forget crappy edge.
The Edge Exclusive features are all great aswell. Some are:
- math solver
- quotation formatter
- read loud
- have pen input in pdfs
- opening office documents in browser
Edge also has the same AI that runs chatGPT
Chrome has web apps to open documents in the browser, Google has a built in math solver, and Apple products (iPod, iPad, iPhone, and even Mac, I think) and Windows have "on-screen narrators" or similar features in the Accessibility options (I don't think that's what the Apple version is called) for that "read loud" I think you were talking about? Where your device will read what's on the screen to you, in case you're blind or something? Plus, wouldn't be surprised if Chrome & Firefox have Extensions that can do that, if needed. Maybe Android also has that? Wouldn't know. Nobody I know has an Android smartphone. Or, I should say nobody I'd remember. Nobody I've seen in years.
@@Paradox-es3bl whatever you can do on chrome is also available in edge too
also both browsers are chromium based web browsers
@@Paradox-es3bl true, you can achive it with extensions and other programs. I think it's great that all those features are built inside Edge.
@@Paradox-es3bl With edge you can turn a website into an application in seconds
I've been a Firefox user since before Chrome even existed and I see no reason why I should switch to Edge. Every major browser becoming Chromium-based gives Google a monopoly over web standards which is bad for the web. Firefox and Safari are all that's preventing a total monopoly in this space. Plus Firefox is still a great browser!
Agreed 100%, I started using Firefox in 2003 and haven't stopped. Right since when it first came out, even before it hit version 1.0, Firefox was the best, and that hasn't changed since then. I think I started using Firefox when it was called Firebird, version 0.6 or 0.7 or something. There were all these articles coming out about this great new web browser and I tried it and loved it and still use it, haven't switched from Firefox since then. No reason to, it's perfect.
new firefox user and i 100% agree
The one upside is that Microsoft now has more of a voice in the Chromium project and can help push back against some of Google's awful decisions.
Firefox has been making lame decisons since the OG creator of Firefox stepped down. The browser has become worse overtime.
@@rano12321 I've used FireFox almost since it came out. There was a period where it was starting to get a bit bloated and had flaky stability/performance, but this changed with a couple of changes. I switched to the 64-bit client as soon as the betas were available, this was an instant and noticeable improvement. Then the new Quantum engine was another great leap forward. FireFox with uBlock Origin is the only way to fly.
I switched to Edge when it went Chromium-based and am really happy with it, vertical tabs makes for more screen realestate. It’s definitely improved over the years with new features as well.
haha...vertical tab seem more viab,le
I switched to Edge on my laptop as CZcams runs much faster than on the Chrome browser.
The reason why it's better is: If it comes with your pc it can have more features and customizable things for your pc and the browser, and microsoft has a computer company, hp making it good for windows users. Honestly good opinion
Same, switched to edge, very easy to transfer everything with the one click and it trasfer all your tabs, saved passwords, plugins etc. That's one of the reason why I tried it, and loving it.
Wait how do you use vertical tabs?
I've used Edge since I upgraded to Windows 10, which was after Chromium Edge, and I've stuck with it since. It's a fantastic browser honestly.
Edge is a piece of garbage that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing to 10.74% due to their dirty tactics. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
kinda cringe ngl
@@matowakanimagine thinking anyone doing something you dont is cringe, kinda cringe ngl.
@@bigrat6030 I never said I wasn't cringe too
@@matowakan l opinion ngl
People don't want Edge because the default experience for a home page is to show an ugly news site, and to show the same when opening every new tab. They see that, close it, and go back to Chrome.
exactly!
@@oneuniquegregyrbro you can disable that with exactly 2 clicks I just did it.
@@GOOD_FARMER how?
@@oneuniquegregyr on home page top right side besides your weather icon you can find settings icon click it and you can fully customise home page ( you can literally clean everything )
Customize @@oneuniquegregyr
6:36: Google didn't want to challenge Firefox and Microsoft. They were afraid that Microsoft would make it hard to use Google on the desktop by outbidding them as the default Firefox search engine. And that browser would make changes in their codebase to restrict their ability to monetize users. Then came Chrome which would guarantees roughly they would keep direct access to the user.
My issue with edge is how hard they keep pushing it. Tricking users into setting it back as default. Making it hard to switch to chrome. If it was just an option like using Firefox or opera then I'd be more likely to use it. It's just how they handle it that leaves a bad taste in my mouth
Edit: Wow 700 likes that's so awesome 😀
Google will always be superior, even APPLE users use chrome, if you can convince an apple user to change from their apple safari browser, you can convince anyone
Edge is genuinely just Chromium & it uses less RAM and CPU usage..? Why the hell wouldn't you use it
@@alter112 Nope, wrong. Edge Chromium will always be optimal for Windows over Google's Chrome.
Google also tries push Chrome all time when using Google products. Even trying scare you by making you think you are unsafe if you don't use Chrome.
this is probably a niche problem that some people would call me crazy for, but, edge breaks windows explorer when you have around 700 tabs or 100 windows, whichever comes first... chrome, firefox, brave, do not do that.
As a previous web developer, I can say IE lack of conformity to web standards made it a pain to build websites that would view correctly in it. Always had to add extra code for IE stuff.
No, I do not plan to switch to Edge. However, I also don't plan to use Google Chrome either and I do agree Edge is a better option than Chrome. So unless Firefox hits the bed for some reason I will stay here enjoying the wonderful browser by the Mozilla team.
I loved Mozilla in the early days, remember streaming Naruto on it .. but when their stocks went down I jumped ship... Guess I wasn't a loyal supporter of Mozilla
Firefox is great. I use it alongside Edge and Chrome, each for different purposes.
@@trappedcat3615 I'm sure the purpose of Edge was to visit the no no sites...
Firefox is amazing, but sometimes there's websites that are not optimized for it and act wierd. Most developers build sites based on Chrome while Firefox, safari, opera and other browsers gets the short end of the stick
@@waisalmakaleh9836 I have only really experienced that with 1 website. The website in question was a small little obscure site that one would not use a lot
I switched to Edge during the betas. It blew me away in several fronts. People would make fun of me for using it but then some of the features Edge had just were too big to ignore. First main-stream browser to natively support 4K video streaming (which is shocking), Amazing integration with all the Microsoft software, preview capability, and I wouldn't lose FPS in games (which was the biggest contributor to their switch). OperaGX offers a similar thing, but not as simple and as streamlined at Edge. I don't regret my switch.
Too much bloat in the browser. I agree that the browsing experience is amazing but everything else fell short
Everyone should move to google chrome and forget crappy edge.
Edge is designed to fail and edge market share is decreasing than ever.
@@joshuahernandez-th6ov - NPC 🤖🤖🤓🤓
@@RazDum. he comments on literally every edge video, and only spreads hate. He never takes in any facts, and it’s obvious hes a 9yr old google simp
Small correction - the IE security problem wasn’t VBScript. That was just JavaScript with a syntax more familiar it Visual Basic developers. The problem was with ActiveX controls. These were Microsoft’s answer to Java Applets. However, while the Java Runtime was locked down the ActiveX controls could run any code and had full access to the machine.
The way you explained it is truly epic man, no kidding, thank you for sharing it
Wow thsnk you so much for those skulls! †‡†★5 king 🥷
I used the new Edge when it was in development and LOVED it, but within 3 months of it becoming the new default Windows browser, it was all about distracting and obtrusive cash-grab features, and most of the lightweight peformance started to fade. It turned into Microsoft Chrome instead of its own thing. I'm very happy with Opera now.
Opera is chinese owned... The original devs of opera make their own chrome based browser. Also there's brave which will remove inactive tabs from memory, but that has it's own problems.
I use edge, I turned off everything. It is fully customizable at least in my country. Maybe NA version is different? Takes less resources than Mozilla and is faster than Chrome
opera is chromium based and chinese owned, the ccp can request all user data of opera/opera gx users and they must oblige.
@@michaelcarson8375its actually Norwegian, but $600M of their shares is in china
Just to warn you opera was in multiple suits for stealing and selling information of its users
almost every time I tell people that I use Edge and that it's actually good, I get laughed at. Goes to show how difficult it is to get rid of a stigma
Just ask them one question, why do you use chrome?? and you will be baffled at their responses, they themselves don't know why......XD
@@_rage_285 I use Brave. Also Edge is Chrome underneath.
@@lennysmileyface Brave too is based on Chromium....
@@_rage_285 I know that. You're the one saying Chrome is bad though. I would rather use Brave than Microsoft trash filled with ads.
@@lennysmileyface why you triggered.....???, I never said which is good or bad.
I switched when Chromium Edge was released. I’m a web developer. I couldn’t be happier with it 👍🏻
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I use edge as my main browser. I have grown accustomed to some of its features that are not on chrome:
- Vertical tabs
- Picture in picture mode
- Collections
- Translate selection feature (basically select anything and translate it)
Also the switch from Chrome was actually made very easy. All the bookmarks and passwords got synced, even on mobile. It was just very easy to make the switch.
Wow, I might switch just for the translation feature. That sounds great.
@@JohnL9013 Yep it's really cool. (I just noticed there's a similar feature on Chrome though Edge one seems better to me since it translates in-place). There's just too many good features in Edge.
There's scrolling screenshots that you can take on both desktop and mobile.
I didn't explain picture-in-picture mode but just as an example on desktop, you can open the youtube video in a mini-window of its own and you can resize it to your liking, you can browse other tabs, other apps, hell even play a video game with a small but fairly visible youtube video playing in a corner (or anywhere else u wanna place it)
I also daily drive edge, but I don't use verticle tabs. While it looks very nice, I find that it just takes up way too much space. How do you address that?
@@ethanstudent Whenever I use vertical tabs, I use fullscreen so that doesn't even apper. And you just gotta move your mouse to the side and it will show up again, it's just very convenient for me. (Talking about the desktop version)
@@karinyha7anosatraseditado209 thanks!
One more reason is that Edge literally spams you when you open it. Be it popups, notifications, anything else, it just spams you.
It doesn't lil bro. Clearly u have never used it.
Ypu have malware lmfaoo
atleast open it first lmao
Why I switched:
1- picture in picture out of the browser
2- I am using natural reader text to speech, and with Edge, there are more good voices
3- collecting tabs in one group as an ease
4- the design is cleaner and harmonized with the windows' design
5- less memory usage
6- possibility to add any function like a download or history tab to the toolbar
7- Pin those functions besides the browsing window
8- Creating a collection that comes with thumbnails helps to remember the pages you are looking for quicker than the Favorite folders
9- The sidebar gives access to the research tab and many apps like Messenger, Instagram, Spotify, Gmail... and even more, ready to check them out anytime.
++ a lot of new tweaks which Microsoft adds from day to day...
Don't forget, Edge is the only browser that supports opening without downloading, as Firefox removed theirs in update 100
@@triadwarfare opening what? PDFs?
@@RandMV files. I open CSVs without saving since I execute once-off reports everyday. Firefox thinks we're stupid and removed the feature completely rather than giving users the choice.
@@triadwarfare oh, I see, but I thought I saw that this option still exists, in the Downloads section, there are options to ask you what to do when dealing with files
@@RandMV correction, the change happened in version 98. There's an entire thread of the complaints in the changes made "Firefox now saves files that I only wanted to open"
I was an avid Edge user, but I recently switched to Firefox. It took considerable customization, but is now quite satisfactory and some of Edge's features such as vertical tabs have been replicated.
The point made in your comment is valid and worth understanding.
Your point is really valid.
valid
Valid, I use Firefox too
So... you left Edge when it was good for a worse Browser, even when you used Edge when it was bad? Nice
I just switched to Edge after about 10 years with Chrome. Microsoft have came so far. I didn't think I would ever switch browsers, but Edge just seems more modern and has so many features that Chrome lacks. I think I just found my new browser 👍
Edge is good browser with many features but due to microsoft you cant able to install it in windows 8 or windows 7 besides all people who try to change wont chooce Edge becuase of how annoying it is to interfere in your daily browsing activity to make it default. So people don't like this behavior and tend them to favour google chrome over edge besides Microsoft make it hard to change the search engine making you search the whole setting just to change search engine and some people google services
same
@@danayg113 They need to make a compatible version of Egde for older versions of windows
still sticking to Firefox myself, but if I need a Chromium based browser for anything, I do switch to Edge.
@@danayg113 well put. 100% agreed.
I refuse to use anything that's repeatedly installed on my machine without my consent
What do you mean? Do you want your coputer to come without installed apps and OS?
One aspect of Edge that goes underrated is that you aren’t forced to sign in to your Google account, because after a few digs in the task manager with Chrome being open whilst logged in, I noticed A LOT of spiking chrome background services and account syncs. So that just kills your battery and RAM on its own.
Aside from syncing accounts, google insist a lot that you register in new websites with the google account, which in case you accept, you allow google to share your information
you don't need to sign in to google account on chrome lol, you can simply deny
@@learninggodot i know that. But solely by using chrome it keeps prompting and nagging u to sign it - and most average consumers probably do it
Instead they ask you for microsoft account
Yeah, you just need to register in MS to just log in to Windows = )) And MS does not collect any data, oh no, only Google does!
(spoiler there are some ways to evade that even they removed button "no thank you")
If you value your data, you should use Firefox and Linux. But if you use Windows, one more corporation account does not change anything.
I use Edge on a daily basis and I actually really love it, especially the vertical tabs. Not only that, but I also like the UI more than the one of Chrome.
same
why's that?
Me too, as someone who always has 30+ tabs open I really love keeping them vertical
same
For anyone who has more than 10 tabs opened vertical tabs should be a no-brainer.
Sadly, because most people are on Chrome, they don't even know about this, and if you try to use Chrome addons for vertical tabs, they suck.
I actually switched to edge 2 years ago in 2021 and when I told my friends and best friend all of them laughed at me and thought I was stupid, goes to show how having a bad reputation from many mistakes can be a big factor in people not accepting even if improvements have happened. Anyway I told my friends to simply try it for a month and get used to it, and after they were mocking me they switched to edge full time. Honestly in my opinion and my friends’ opinion edge is really good in fact better that chrome and if u didn’t switch yet, just trust me and use it for even just a week.
It may be good, but does it synchronize with chrome? No?
I use Firefox. It synchronizes with Firefox Mobile, with Firefox on Windows, Firefox in Linux and Firefox on Mac. So I always have my bookmarks, my passwords, my history and so on. So Edge for me is just a browser download utility still. Do they have Edge for Linux? For Android? Understand my point? Google have. If I want "Google browser I will install Google browser" not some Edge knock off.
@@enosunim Edge is on IOS, Android, and MacOS. they sync just like chrome. it even works on linux so try again.
@@enosunim there's edge on android, but since i've familiarized myself with chrome, i sticked to it while using edge on my pc.. im not a power user though so as long as the browser works, im all good
@@enosunim Yes it can.
Forget a week, just 3 days and you won't bother to open other browsers anymore. Well unless Edge do a big mistake.
I used edge for a while for the vertical tabs, and while you can change the default search engine, that doesn't apply everywhere. when you highlight text, it gives you the option to search with bing before anything else. new tabs also still use bing for the big search bar in the middle. the search in sidebar feature also always uses bing.
Edge is a piece of garbage that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing to 10.74% due to their dirty tactics, and will continue to decrease over time. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
currently using edge, the highlight text to search will use the search engine you set although there is an option to use the bing sidebar search but it is below the original option. the middle search bar on the new tab will use the search engine you prefre, at least that's what it does to me since i set the address bar as a search bar as well so when i type something there it automatically transfers my text and cursor to the address bar
@@Tomoya778 so I didn't know that you can just have the new tab search bar redirect to the address bar, that's at least better than what I had.
When you highlight text, you get a mini menu where you can only search with bing. When you expand the mini menu, you can copy the text and still only search with bing. if you want to search with google, you have to expand the menu again, for the right click menu, or just right click in the first place. you can only hide this menu, not change the search engine.
Search in sidebar is right below search with google, and would've been a nice feature for when you don't want to open a new tab, but sadly it uses bing. searching using google in a sidebar is clearly supported, since that's what search in sidebar does when you searched with bing in the the first place.
I've been using edge for some years now and never had trouble with the search engine. All the problems you said are separate in the settings and very easy to change, maybe you just changed one thinking it applies to all of them.
I use Firefox, but Edge is an ok browser. I don't use Edge because it doesn't respect my privacy.
firefox is best
and yet you use google products.... watch out, they are after you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whahaha
firefox is a joke. it's literally funded by google. they wouldn't exist if google didn't funnel billions just so they can control the only other competitor
@@Q_QQ_Q ma man
@@RPGkanon they dont control . firefox is better , open source .
I’ve been using Edge for almost two years now and I really enjoy it. Web capture, web clipping, grouping tabs, tabs vertically. It’s the small things.
Most of that is also found in Firefox, a superior web browser with the best security of anything out there.
the grouped tabs function made me switch to edge immediately, such a game changer
@@melongrass03grouped tabs exists on chrome too lol
Yeah there's a lot of small things I've also learned that the Microsoft translate in the edge browser is far better than the one in the Chrome browser I don't know for accuracy but least with like its integration it's clean like there's no pop about the top it doesn't look call janki it looks like literally at built-in also the windows Speech-to-Text which I use often actually adds punctuation and other good things into your sentences something that Google's rarely does on the phone for some reason and I just find it to be not as good
I prefer pdf and pen support from old edge, before it became reskinned chrome. But even on chromium, the pdf support blows chrome out of the water. It made a huge difference to me as a college student.
Yes!! I personally really like that functionality of reading outloud, it works quite well
I agree as well// as a student it was a life saver
Yes, and it made me wish i could buy like a portable stylus drawing tablet just so I could write down scribble some notes on it.
I dont understand...chrome supports pdf's....what am I missing here?
@@1BuFo this is with respect to pen support.
“Objectively” is a big word that’s objectively untrue
Agree with you. Edge is a piece of garbage browser that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing due to its dirty tactics. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Crappy edge will never overtake google chrome,and never will. Just stick with google chrome.
I started using Brave after noticing how slow Chrome was in comparision on my M1 MacBook Air. Honestly although I like Opera GX's design and browser style, Brave's ad blocker just keeps me hooked on it.
Brave's adblocker is dumb. It's literlly uBlock Origin BUT WORSE. It blocks less ads WITH MAX FILTERS.
Brave is just 🔥
Ever heard of ublock origin? Brave and its crypto shit really sketches me out.
The collections feature is why I like using Edge. Functionally it works the same way as favorites, but with one extra feature being that it has thumbnails that show you a preview image of every website you bookmark. Its perfect for when you're shopping around clothes from many different websites because it shows a thumbnail of every clothes on your list. And its not just a thumbnail of the entire website, but a picture of the actual clothing itself
One thing that the video didn't mention is that *Microsoft is still pushing Edge* (sometimes annoyingly) *hard.* Every other Windows update pins it to the taskbar and puts it on the desktop; the Settings recommend keeping/setting it as the default browser; and every link in Windows menus opens in Edge. This makes me less, not more willing to use it.
Idk, I have not had that happen in windows 10, maybe an 11 thing?
Edge also detects (at least on Windows 11) if you're trying to download a different browser and will basically beg you to not switch because you apparently don't have to. Pretty cringe.
You know what they say, If you can't beat em, join em, trust me it's worth it, at least give it the chance it deserves.
@@chadnoneo9769 I'm on 10 as well. I'm surprised that you have _not_ experienced this, but IDK either.
Google does the same. Everytime I open Google from edge, it begs me to install chrome
It's really quite simple: Android.
People who own iPhones have macbooks/ipads/etc. and use safari. It really makes no sense to use any other browser if you own 2+ iOS devices. If you own just one, then maybe you consider using a different browser, but that most likely will be chrome, since they have several years of positive browser experience since the XP days.
If you own an android, then chrome is the obvious choice. Edge on android works great, however, it's not as well integrated into android's backbone services (password manager, files, etc.), and like many people, they value a cohesive UI experience as well.
Since most people these days use their mobile devices as their primary means of interfacing with the internet, it only makes sense that they use chrome as the native browser on windows too.
Wrong. I use Edge on MacOS. It's better than anything else.
@@unemployicus that's good for you, but I'm speaking in generalities here, and the numbers are very clear which browsers on iOS/macos get used the most.
@@InsidiousWeenie No. You said that for Macos/iOS users "It really makes no sense to use any other browser." The fact that most use the standard browser (Safari) the most on those platforms does not in any way validate your statement. Edge is the best, so that's what I use. There is no reason not to.
@@unemployicus I said "if you own 2+ iOS devices" as a qualifier. I specifically said that because of vertical browser integration, which isn't a big deal if you have mixed devices.
There's also many reasons not to use edge, and I can name 5 off the top of my head:
1) Principle - forced integration into windows and search functions.
2) Goofy Loading - 3rd party cookies don't always work in the mobile browser. Chrome does.
3) Inconsistency - desktop mode on mobile browser does not actually get you the same desktop mode you'd get in Windows. Chrome and safari do.
4) Principle - It's Microsoft, and some people may find that inherently a problem
5) Overcrowded - It's starting to look like an AOL load up screen with the 30 different visual sections you go through, and is not nearly as streamlined as safari, chrome, or Firefox for that matter.
I upgraded my moms laptop about a week ago and when I opened Edge on the fresh Windows install with the intention to download Chrome I thought to myself "Wait, this isn't even bad". I actually did not install Chrome for the first time and left it at Edge. With the Chromium base and all the extensions I might even give it shot myself.
please give a shot,, i had a crappy laptop back in 2020 and struggles to play 720p videos on chrome, i just randomly gave a shot to edge and i could play 1080p flawlessly, got a new laptop but still using edge since battery is far better here.
@@oksowhat I actually did after posting this yesterday and have been using it since :D Installed all my extensions automatically and whatnot. That was something I really liked about chrome but edge seems to do it as well now
@@friddevonfrankenstein you will like the exprience, surely wont miss chrome
I switched to Edge last year and its just SO MUCH BETTER than Chrome. It deserves recognition for what it is as of today. The new ChatGPT integration will make it even better!
Firefox is still the GOAT, a team that cares? Nooo can't be????
I don’t know but I always preferred edge even before chromium update. I miss the ebook reader feature so much from original edge, it was a game changer for me. And the web markup was so good too. My surface doesn’t feel the same since the edge chromium update. But still the chromium version is also very good. Collections is a huge w. I even got notified of this video on edge collections 😂.
I personally have liked Chromium Edge *far* more
Microsoft edge was better before Chromium.
@@CoasterMan13Official
I didn’t use much of old edge but it was really slow for me chromium edge has been a lot better for performance
the edge ebook reader was the best ebook reader on windows! i can't believe they removed it before killing legacy edge
My issue with Chromium edge is it feels too much like stock chrome. I’m interested how they set themselves apart with the rumored phoenix update
Using the Edge as default browser on both PC and Phone. I had no problem still so far. The features like reading mode, rolling screenshot is pretty good.
And it's the default for certain things *even if you disable it* in all the available options. I'm at wits end trying to get it to NOT pop up automatically when I click certain things within the Windows OS. Big bully Microsoft still up to their old tricks.
@@rswow I thought you Could just change default browser
how do you do a rolling screen shot? doesnt work for me
@@nevinjosekallarackal3722 It work both in PC and Mobile. In Desktop it is "web capture" and in mobile option will popup when you create a screenshot.
Well, unless you consider unexpectedly closing to be a problem.
I tried Edge, and really wanted to like it, especially the split tabs and collections. But like all Microsoft products it is buggy and has issues. I also hate that it won't fully close when you close it, leaving background tasks running, even after you turn off that feature in the settings. So I went back to Chrome.
This video is an year old and haven't aged well. Currently, Edge is bloated as hell due to stuff like integrated copilot etc. So the best option to use right now is Brave.
I think what also hurt the current Edge is that it shares the name with the legacy Edge running on the old engine. As Microsoft notified users through popups that Edge was going away, it wasn't clear to many people what that meant. I think the makers of the browser Opera handled their engine change better, although I'm not sure how many uses this browser these days.
I think personally we're in for a bit of fragmentation in the market, as there are options in the market with some advertising privacy features for example.
Edge doesn't just need to be a better Chrome to succeed, it would have to offer something Google will not be willing to do. But will Microsoft be willing to make Edge privacy focused?
Agree. I think rename it and give more focus on privacy will make a difference.
It already is more privacy focused than chrome, but it can't live up to anything like firefox in terms of user privacy.
I genuinely think that if Microsoft use the exact same thing, and relaunch it as another browser, it would do really well.
They could name it whatever they want to. Most people will use what they were used to (Chrome/Opera/Firefox).
@@MirelRC But then again, some people, like me, like to try out other offerings instead of sticking to one for the rest of the lifetime.
@@MirelRC Not really. People are against edge because of the image that microsoft has built up with the old edge(running on edgehtml)
There is also the fact that many people have Android phones when Chrome as the default browser and chrome syncs between installations, so history, bookmarks, passwords etc are available on any device that can run Chrome.
Edge does the same thing across all platforms
@@dryphtyr Indeed it does, but it doesn't integrate with Google's infrastructure as well as Chrome does; for obvious reasons really.
@@ghj290 I'm good with that. I avoid Google services wherever realistically possible
0:01 Must be clickbait
I was using Edge when they launched in win 10. That was is great migration. With the copilot launch in a few months, I am now frequently using it for pieces of advice summary.
Edge is a piece of garbage browser that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing to 10.74% due to their dirty tactics. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
My biggest recommendation is using Firefox, although I myself use Opera. I've used Firefox for a long time and only recently switched just to try something new. But I still cherish Firefox a lot, mainly because it's open source.
Same
writing this from Firefox, and i have no complaints
Being open source or not being chromium-based means nothing to about 80% of casual internet users. What matters is how browser looks and what unique functions it has. And look is subjective.
Back in 2010 when I first had internet access, my browser was Opera. It looked cool, was a cutting-edge technology of the time and fulfilled all of my needs. But couple of years later, after Opera 12 changed to Opera 15, I started looking for a new browser. In the early 2013 I tried a lot of different browsers - Apple Safari, Comodo Dragon, Avant Browser, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and about a dozen others, none of them was my cup of tea as Opera was before (and Mozilla Firefox looked the worst for my taste, it was a slightly tidied Internet Explorer). It was a happy occasion that in the late 2012 russian company Yandex started developed their browser on Chromium engine, and I was pleasantly surprised with how Yandex Browser looks and what it could do. It was more than ten years since then, and I'm still a devoted Yandex Browser user. The only thing that probably could force me to switch browser again is a looming danger of Manifest V3 making Ad Blockers unusable on Chromium based browsers, but I hope it will not happen.
Firefox is great. I have nothing against it. Just keep on using it.
But to be fair, Chromium is Open Source as well. That is the biggest part of Chrome. And the reason MS could just build the new Edge on Chromium without Google's permission.
Chrome is mostly just the little closed source part that is build on top of Chromium.
And while Google is the major force driving the Chromium open source project, there is still many smaller browsers our there that is based on Chromium, and that are fully Open Source, unlike Chrome.
@@AndreasRugtvedNeumann yes, I know that, but Alphabet still greatly influences Chromium in such a way that it starts controlling the market. Firefox is the only browser that does not depend on Alphabet whatsoever software wise, only dependency Firefox has on Alphabet is the money they get from having Google as the default search engine. Diversity in the browser market when it comes to software is very important because otherwise big companies such as Alphabet are going to control the internet. So yes, Chromium is open source but still under control of whatever Alphabet wants to do with it, so it's not the most "free" open source that you can get.
Even though there are extensions for vertical tabs on chrome (which I never realised before), the default integration of it in edge really locked me in. Never knew just a tad bit more of vertical space can really change my browsing experience
Brave has vertical tabs too -- and a lot of other features you'll want.
@@nandoflorestanThe fact that there are still people recommending the pile of garbage that Brave is amazes me every day.
@@nandoflorestan i lke Brave. It's nice.
Vertical tabs? Like, on one side of the screen? If that’s the case, it feels funny seeing several people here bringing it up after I’ve had them in Vivaldi for like 4+ years. God I love that browser, and it can do so much more than I will ever bother to learn to use.
@@nandoflorestan brave is crap, not mainly because of the name, but because the UI itself feels cheap, rather than chrome or even edge which has started to look nicer and is my daily browser since 2019
I did the switch from Chrome to Edge around a month ago. So far I'm very satisfied with the results. Also, the vertical tabs is something I really enjoy.
+ tab grouping and importing into Collections which is a better version of Bookmarks
I ditched chrome in 2019 and used opera for like 1 year before Microsoft announced that they were switching to Chromium, so I decided to give it a try. Never looked back at any other browser. I love the fact that you can just scroll on the startup page just to see some news, the vertical tabs look so good, the design is much better than Chrome and it's so much faster! Using safari on my iPhone though as it's objectively the best.
I actually completly stopped using edge because of chromium dont want to give monopoly to google so its now all firefox and if they swap to chromium fuck me then
@@vjollila96 wierd hill to die on but ok
@@tonic316 never hear bs what google has tried to pull lately
brave is objectively the best - a fast, chromium based browser with a built in adblocker and it respects user privacy unlike chrome, edge, safari and yes even firefox.
@@kiyoponnn still using chromium deal breaker for me
Already using Edge ever since the new one came out. Before that i was switching browsers on a weekly basis, new Edge is the first one i actually got comfortable with and use to this day. As a developer, i also love their extra features in devtools, which Chrome just does not have.
Like what? Also a dev here, really curious.
I use Edge on both Desktop and Mobile. I love the seamless bookmarks and password synching across all my devices. I haven't used chrome or google search in more than 3 years and never really missed them.
It was a delight to see how much Microsoft had changed their web browser. I even switched to using Edge for my work because of Microsoft Office being connected to it while I use Chrome for everything else since I also use a lot of Google services such as CZcams and Gmail.
same! I use Edge for work and chrome for personal / entertainment use.
I feel stuck because all of my online ecosystem feels too rooted in Google.
One thing I love about Edge is the read aloud option that reads text documents. Chrome or Firefox doesn't have it built in. It has several voices available.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this! Very helpful when studying.
YES this is the feature that makes it impossible for me to switch to another browser
Interesting, I'll have to try that out. I have been using Voice Aloud Reader extension for Chrome since forever ago because I'm visually impaired. having something like that built in with multiple quality voices available might make switching a tempting offer.
Firefox has that built-in
Does the mobile version do this?
I think subconsciously it's a huge task to switch the browser. If you are a professional, you got tons of bookmarks and folders. And the UI might not feel at home.
You can migrate all of your bookmarks and folders to Edge if you want, it takes around 10 seconds. For the UI... well, you've got themes at least! XD
Never paid attention much to browser stuff in the recent few years. Stuck to Firefox for so long but was forced to switch to Chrome after some websites just started to not play nice with Firefox anymore despite being my main browser for over a decade. This video just made me switch to Edge. Honestly feels very comfy and indeed fast. The whole modern landscape of the internet browsers being mostly based on Chromium is still a bummer, but as someone who kind of just gave up resistance to it and just want something to work nicely with everything, Edge is pretty nice so far. If nothing else, competition between Edge and Chrome despite being both Chromium based will at least still result in a win for the user's end. Definitely glad I saw this video.
@@somethinghv I lean towards convenience towards most things these days yeah, so I usually just go with those too . Always nice to learn stuff! :D
I did hear a lot of good things about Brave especially in regards to privacy and security, though I also am sticking to Edge for the mean time due to convenience.
@@joshuafussell4497 That's true yeah! We don't have to constrain ourselves into just a single thing or do a "permanent" switch and instead just go for what suits us the best per situation.
I was there. Microsoft didn’t “force” users to use IE. They made it the path of least resistance. Netscape had a chance, they blew it when they decided to rewrite.
Edge is a piece of garbage. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing due too it’s dirty tactics. Edge is nothing but a dying web browser that will disappear in the next decade. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome. Crappy edge won’t stand a chance against google chrome.
My only gripe with the first iteration of Microsoft Edge was how Microsoft was tryharding so much to be "original", and ended up ruining their browser in the first place. When I heard Edge was changing to the Chromium engine, I tried it out and I stopped using Google Chrome. Mainly due to ease of accessibility. It's already included with Windows and behaves very similar as well. I'll worry about Manifest v3 when it happens, but until then, The 2018+ Edge is pretty sweet~
why did you end your comment like that uwu
@@thecatontheceiling Manifest V3 is something that's proposed on being pushed that will make it so you cannot use any adblockers of any sort with Chromium-based web browsers. It hasn't been pushed yet, but I'm not too concerned because when it does, I'll switch browsers to something that supports adblockers.
@@greenlight9896 I think they were talking about the "~" you know, stuff like "I wove you uwu~"
@@goldenkitty4802 Ah I see, thanks for pointing that out. I thought they were asking about the manifest v3 stuff.
@@greenlight9896 You realize that using ad blockers prevents server owners from being able to afford running it?
For me Edge is the sweet spot:
I love Opera's sidebar, but Opera has compatibility issues.
I love Firefox's privacy and security, but FF's UI isn't that great, also not the fastest.
I love Chrome's UI and Speed, but Chrome has privacy issues and is not very efficient.
Microsoft Edge provides all of the above and more. Great UI, Privacy, Security, Compatibility, Fast, Efficient, vertical tabs, grouping tabs, Sleeping tabs, and recently the sidebar, it's just a more complete browser in my opinion. And the easy integration with Chrome webstore makes it super easy to switch over.
The only reason it hasn't gained its former glory is probably due to inertia or just people's ignorance. Also, the new integration with open AI may just be the final nail to Chrome's coffin IF they do it right. The only feature I miss from Chrome is the reading list.
Edge is proprietary software from a big US company, I don't think it's comparable to an open source project like Firefox in terms of privacy.
(I agree FF's UI / usability isn't the best, though.)
@@schoggo3407The new Edge is based on Chromium v8 engine, which is open source, So technically Edge is partially open source, some components of it are still proprietary.
Of course FF is still superior in terms of privacy, but what I meant is that the new Edge has an edge over Chrome in terms of privacy, still behind FF though(so I agree with you there).
@@schoggo3407 Mozilla isnt known for privacy LOL
I've always kept two browsers installed for websites that don't support two accounts. My 2nd browser used to be Chrome until I found out they were scanning my hard drive without permission under the guise of a "virus scanner".
I've been debating between switching to Edge and Brave for my second browser but I've been leaning towards Edge when I found out it can natively edit PDFs.
brave uses less ram and overall has better performance, and the pdf editor ur talking about is a basic feature in all browsers (all it can do is highlight, add some text and thats it)
yeah because microsoft doesn't scan everything you do for "secruity reasons" lol
Same. I have edge and Firefox installed at any given time. Been toying with Opera GX recently though. Had some issues in edge with running out of memory. But RAM is something I'm severely low on so it's not unexpected
This is a good point. Edge is my default pdf viewer on windows. It handle spintch to zoom really nice. On a full fat desktop system, foxit is better. but for my personal laptop, edge is great for pdfs. but I download them from chrome and open then in edge. I woudln't use it as a web browser just for the pdf functionality.
just a friendly FYI - you don't have to use multiple browsers for this anymore. Edge, Chrome, Firefox, etc all support "profiles" now - basically it's just separate instances of the browser where you can be signed into websites using multiple different accounts without interference.
I've heavily tied into the Google ecosystem, so switching to Edge isn't logical for me.
I tend to be a Brave and Firefox guy personally, but for the last month or so I’ve been using Edge on my work PC, and I must say it is actually really good. I don’t tend to use modern Windows on my personal computers, but if I did, I wouldn’t mind using Edge on a more regular basis.
After release of Win 11 I decided to use default browser, and I must say that MS Edge got really good in past few years. I remember trying to use it when he had custom engine (forgot the name) and it was laggy. Really happy with Edge now, fast, simple and works out of the box
you mean EdgeHTML engine thingy
The name of the engine is literally named in the video and shown on screen.
I won't switch away from Firefox as my primary browser because I support their cause more.
I have used Edge a couple of times by now though (on work PCs and stuff)
It's a good browser no question.
You kinda could've mentioned that Edge might not've supported opus and stuff but supported more features of the ecma standard and that the developers definitely put time into edge's engine before they switched to chromium. now they can focus on the userinterface and work on the engine together with Google, which probably still allows more time to be put into the user interface.
Meanwhile, Me using Firefox:
Also Edge’s PDF reader and voice to text is absolutely phenomenal
Consider myself a power user and used Chrome since release, but I switched to Edge when Chromium version was released. It feels much snappier and the vertical tabs mode is a deal breaker for me being a tab hoarder. Only thing missing is a profile selector on startup like Chrome. Edge on Android is decent too.
I wish there was a profile selector too:(
You can actually switch between profiles on Edge.
@@sontodosnarcos yeah, i think they're aware. they just want one to appear when the browser launches
@@sontodosnarcos launcher enables you to have only 1 icon in the taskbar. Current profile switching method means you have to load up a potentially unwanted profile first in order to get to the one you want, or have an icon for each profile which is cluttered, although less clicks to load the one you want but it has to be manually setup and I prefer a visual of all available profiles. Profile selecting via the right click context menu for default pinned icon would work too.
I'm hoping that Microsoft using Chromium will help push back on some of Google's awful decisions in the project. Though some I'm not sure if that will happen when those decisions might benefit them as well.
For example, a few years back (before Edge was Chromium based), Google decided to change the way certain scroll event handlers work by default, purposefully ignoring the web standards for how this feature worked. This broke tons of websites. Their reason? It made some of the most popular websites faster which were coded wrong. Yup, some major sites were lagging because of using scroll handlers wrong, so they broke sites that were doing it right in order to make their browser faster than the competition.
It was a relatively easy fix... once you tracked down that this change was behind it. But it still required updating code, which was an issue for projects using libraries that didn't update quickly. Or our company, which had clients running our code on their own systems. Clients were angry that we had broken our code, even though we had no access to their systems 🙃 .
That's the kind of stuff IE used to pull!
They are both SPYWARE!!!!!!!
I find it funny how powerful public groupthink is. All you have to say is "Edge bad" and you get a standing ovation.
I switched from Chrome around 3 years ago and immediately noticed a difference in speed and RAM usage. I would have switched to something sooner, but I really do like the extensions.
Chrome could be 2x slower than any other browser and people will still blindly use it...
Edge is a piece of garbage browser that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing to 10.74% due to their dirty tactics. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
The first time i am using Edge i was blown away by the fact that it has no downside at all compared to Chrome. And it's lightweight, i can hoard tabs and it's almost not affecting my computer performance
Well, the downside is you just switched which big corpo is primarily tracking you. "Good" thing is Microsoft ads were not as prominent and omnipresent as Google ads so it was a nice alternative for me at the time when Firefox Quantum was actually worse at resource hogging than Chrome.
I made the switch to Edge not long after the adopted Chromium and it felt just a little more flexible and advanced than Chrome. Honestly feels more suitable for power users - and I’m a web developer, so, if I can do my job every day on it, it’s probably good enough for everyone. Use it on Windows, MacOS, iOS, and Android regularly. The only hurdle was being required to make new MS Live accounts for my two extra Google accounts to support the same extra profiles.
And Google is an ad based company so maybe it’s better to switch to Edge as they are also banning ad-blockers.
On desktop I've been using Firefox since about 2004...
I'm stuck using Edge at work, but it gets the job done.
I have tried switching to Chrome and Opera in the past and keep coming back to Firefox.
Your title is objectively wrong its for installing chrome and nothing else
Agree with you. Edge is a piece of garbage browser that no one uses. Everyone despise edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing due to their dirty tactics. Crappy edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
Been using Chrome for around a decade now. Really liking using Edge for work. I've been thinking of switching over to it for personal use too.
Did you switch yet? If yes would you recommend others to switch?
@@hasanalmatrood1441 Made the switch 2 years back, never looked back, keep in mind, Chrome was my go-to browser, I had tried multiple and just couldn't get used to them, Firefox, Opera, Brave, none had what Chrome had, but man, as soon as I began using Edge, I never went back to Chrome, trust me, It's worth the switch
@@hasanalmatrood1441 I wish more people realize what they're missing, to put it briefly, Chrome users to Edge users now are like Firefox users to Chrome users back in 2012. Edge is just too powerful, less ram usage, more efficient, freezes pages automatically to let you open even 100+ tabs without affecting your computer's speed, has a selection translation option (which translates the text and integrate it right on the same spot it's located), has free GPT-4 AI right on the sidebar for your convenience, has full Office integration, you can screenshot pages or selected itens, fully supports ALL of your favorite Chrome extensions, speedy downloads, speedy browsing, speedy opening time, it's just surreal really. Can't even believe I'm saying this about an MS browser lmao, they've changed 180 degrees, buddy, trust me.
@@lord_wither5605 Yeah, they had more. Firefox or Opera are better than Chrome.
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I've been using Edge exclusively since the switch to Chromium. So that's about 4 years now since I started in the beta. I'm a web dev and it means I can build on one framework and reasonably expect the same results on all of them.
Edge is a piece of garbage browser that no one uses. Everyone despise Edge because is to bloated and crappy. Their bunch of liars and also forcing everyone to use it against user’s will. No wonder crappy edge market share is decreasing due to its dirty tactics. Crappy edge is nothing but dying web browser that will disappear in the next decade. Edge is digging its own grave. Just stick with google chrome.
I started using the "New Edge" as soon as it released, and i never really went back to any other browsers (aside from firefox which i use on linux pretty commonly) . And so far, i am really happy with it! It really is wayy better than chrome and has so many more features which are just neat. I actually reccomend everyone reading this comment and watching this video to switch to edge for a month, use all its features and make your choice! I bet you will really like it.
I installed Edge on my linux machine 😂I'm too used to its vertical tab feature so that I can't use other ones
@@vulamnguyen9453 Yeah, i do that too tbh :D not because of the vertical tabs tho, i don't really like them. I use it on linux mostly because it's a chromium based browser, that has good integration with my bookmarks and history across windows and linux, and as a backup in case something goes wrong with Firefox, because that does happen sometimes. Also, edge is just a good browser lmao
Reason is simple, Android phone have default chrome. My passwords and history are sync with google service.
This is the only one reason i can't use edge regular basis.
I've been using Edge as my primary browser (even on my Mac) since the chromium switchover and I love the non-googlified nature of it.
Ever since the release of the chromium based Edge, I said, hey, I’ll give it a shot. Using MS Edge chromium on release was the best choice I’ve ever made. It’s difficult for people to understand my stance on why chrome lacks in both UI, but in numerous other basic features, such as my favorite, Read Aloud, which is present on vanilla Edge, but not chrome.
In short, MS Edge is by far my favorite browser of all time, and has been since it released due to its abundance of surprisingly critical, effective, and useful features that Google’s chrome lacks.
Let me know you two things: I noticed> 01) Edge uses more disc 02) Edge or other browsers do not sync with google drive extension. 03) Edge is good for PDF view and TTS.
It uses more disk because it has more features and also uses the extra space as a pseudo cache location so they can enable efficiency mode
That... was 3 things :)
@@arhitv Ha ha ha!
Man, I just downgraded from opera to chrome today, don't give me any more browser trouble please.
I just switched to Edge because of its integration with Bing AI. I can open up research papers and ask Bing Chat to summarize it for me or ask it questions and it'll answer. Its amazing
Would you compare Microsoft Office and Google drive suites? You mentioned it briefly here. It would be interesting to see.
Thanks, love your videos. They are very informative.
"chrome may finally see competition" sorry due to the fact both are based on chromium it is NOT competition .. Google wins either way thus why they are sleeping on chrome now
With no way to disable tab groups, no, Edge is objectively worse. They are nothing but a pain in the ass when dragging tabs across two monitors for workflow.
Edge really sucks ass. Just stick with google chrome.
i have been using edge for about 3 years and im pretty much in love with the way it looks and feels
I've been using Edge since Windows 10 released and ever since it became the new chromium edge let's just say it's pure joy
I switched to edge on PC after the chromium update. I stopped using it on mobile after it started suffering the same problem that chrome had on my old phone
Try Vivaldi for mobile. It's so good.
You will have to claw Firefox out of my cold, dead hands. So long as it works and doesn't completely betray itself, I will never willingly use another browser.
I've been using edge off and on for the past few years never fully replacing chrome but appreciating what it has to offer, I think you've just fully convinced me to make the switch
Personally, I'm using Opera GX as my main browser and Edge in certain conditions. But I'm slowly moving to Edge because everything from streaming quality to the way it integrates with Windows is considerably better.
Stop using operaGX, it's a literal malware.
@@GMPranav how so?
I wouldn't call it malware but it fails at the one of the main points they have, less ram usage than chrome even though it uses more, (and for whatever reason uses your gpu) even with the ram limiter, if it's set to high it slows down the browser to a considerable degree.
@@Evalnyx It also installs "apps" like Facebook which I don't want and it's literally just a link that opens in OperaGX browser lol.
I recently thought about why no one uses Edge, I transferred all my data to Edge and decided to use it for a week, to my surprise it is a really good browser, and its AI chat really helps
I have just switched from Chrome to Edge
Some things are objectively better and underrated but many don't want it because how unpopular it is due to not being associated with to many popular stuff.
I would’ve been all-in for Edge had it not create a problem for relaunching in my Windows 10. Multiple background processes after closing the window made me have to go to task manager via ctrl+alt+del to delete them. I don’t want to have to do that every time.
exactly! I used to use edge efore I got an ssd but now Firefox is my go to browser.
If you'll go in Edge's Settings you find an option called "Continue running background extensions and apps when Microsoft Edge is closed", if you disable that, you'll have less background processes from Edge. Though I don't think it uses too much in the background, never had an issue with that, maybe you'll feel that if you have like 4GB of RAM.
And there are another few options that you could disable that makes Edge instantly kill it's processes. Like Sidebar, Startup boost (from System and performance category). And you can turn on Efficiency mode.
I migrated to Edge when Opera GX started having weird crashing issues when I tried to watch videos. I actually am having the best experience I've had on a browser ever. Got Edge on my phone too and I'm still testing it, but it already performs better than the other mobile browsers I've tried without cutting features.
How does it compare to Opera GX?
Just use the regular Opera.
@@mikem9536 Don't use Opera at all. It is owned by China since 2018.
I mean when I develop any webapp or website edge doesn't support so many things but chrome does so this is such a big drawback even edge doesn't support all type of images
For the last couple of years I find myself using edge more and more. It really is a pretty good browser.