Windows 10: Microsoft is working on new features for Edge, Chrome browsers

It’s clear that Microsoft is fully committed to improving Chromium-based Edge browser and multiple enhancements are already underway. Many of the improvements will come to all Chromium-powered browsers, including Chrome.

After adding an improved version of Find box to Chromium, Microsoft is now working on two new features – Aura tooltips and contrast colours based on NativeTheme by default.

According to a commit by a Microsoft engineer, the company looks to improve dark mode implementation in Chromium web browsers with Aura tooltips. At the moment, when you hover a link in Chrome or Edge, the tooltip (text preview of the links or options) doesn’t respect the browser’s dark mode.

The tooltip preview is always light coloured and it doesn’t match the rest of the UI. In the comments of bug posts, Microsoft noted that it also discovered that when you change the text scaling via Settings > Ease of Access > Display > “Make text bigger” slider, the tooltip text does not get any bigger.

The tooltip’s dark mode incompatible issue and accessibility problems could be addressed by turning on Windows’ Aura tooltip by default.



An early version of Aura tooltip has been already enabled by default in Chrome Canary, but the feature is currently rendering the text previews in weird black background.

Contrast colours to respect Windows 10’s settings


As per another commit, Microsoft is working a “Forced colors mode” to apply the user’s OS forced colours theme to more compatible web content. If you turn on high contrast mode on your Windows 10 device, the supported web contents in Chrome will soon respect the setting and render the webpage in high contrast.

In a Github post, Microsoft revealed that the feature is already supported on classic Edge browser.



“Pass the state of high contrast from NativeTheme to the renderer and update the forced colors enum based on its value dynamically. This is used to evaluate the forced-colors media query,” the commit reads.

“This change also removes the use of DarkModeObserver in WebContentsImpl and NativeTheme in preference to NativeThemeObserver. WebContentsImpl and NativeTheme now implement NativeThemeObserver to track changes to both dark mode and high contrast,” Microsoft explains how this feature works.

Find box




As mentioned, Microsoft is testing improvements for Find box in Chromium and one of the change will allow Find box to pick up the selected text.

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Microsoft is developing a built-in ad blocker for its Edge browser

"One of the first browser add-ons many people install to improve their online experience is Adblock Plus or something similar. Until recently, Microsoft Edge's lack of support for add-ons put off a lot of would-be users, but reports from Build 2016 suggest that native ad blocking is on its way to the Internet Explorer successor.

Adblock Plus is coming to Edge, but built-in ad blocking would negate the need for such an add-on. A slide shown off and snapped at a Build presentation shows that the next version of Edge, in response to user feedback, will feature ad blocking capabilities. There's no word on delivery timescale, but the upcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update would seem a likely candidate.

ZDNet's Ed Bott photographed the slide which shows Microsoft's development roadmap built around feedback from testers. Right at the top of the list is reference to plans to create a plugin and extension store for Edge, but it's entry number four that's more intriguing.

"Build ad blocking features into the browser" is listed as a Feature Request from users. But the good news is that it is not only listed as being "Deliverable 4682811", but as "Targeted for the next version".

This will no doubt come as good news for those who have fallen in love with Edge, but it's not something that will be welcomed by the likes of Adblock Plus. It does seem that, particularly in the mobile arena, there is a move to baking ad blocking into the browser so it makes sense that Microsoft is following the trend. But it is the fact that Edge straddles Windows 10 on the desktop and Windows 10 Mobile that makes this a particularly interesting move.

Keep an eye out for Insider builds in the coming weeks as the feature may be just around the corner."

Forget extensions, built-in ad blocking is coming to Microsoft Edge - [UPDATE... no it's not!]

 

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Edge Browser features

I would like to use the Microsoft Edge browser, however, it seems to be lacking in many features that are pretty much standard on other browsers, such as, IE, Firefox, and Chrome. Does anyone know if the Edge browser will soon have some of the features
that are standard in other browser such as the normal ToolBar. To me the toolbar is a much needed feature which makes it much easier to do many things on a regular basis. As it stands I will soon be returning to Chrome and if such happens I doubt I will find
out if Edge has added these types of features.