Windows 10: Windows 10 Users Give Up on Edge

4 browsers. edge is last and rare at that. Anyone remember Netscape? And one more thing, IE is still unstable IMO, crashes for no apparent reason daily many times. Chrome and FF rock solid.

 

I remember Netscape, used it for a couple years in mid to late '90's, not a bad browser for it's time.

Edge just didn't end up working very good for me, and I gave it a chance too, from the insider program to RTM I used it, and tried to like it, but it was missing too much. It might catch up, with Edge MS is acting like it never saw a browser before, they know exactly what needs to be there for it to be considered usable by most users. I'm not talking about the few who can find no wrong with Edge, I'm talking about the many that choose something else. I've got Waterfox (Mozilla's original x64 browser) installed, don't use it too often, but it's better than Edge IMO.

Never cared for Cortana type programs, I don't need to talk to my computer, although I have talked to it before, and still do on occasion, just not in a very nice way *Wink

Since Netscape I've been using mostly IE, went back to IE11 after giving Edge a 2 or 3 month try. Don't very much like the way it's much more geared toward the tap and slide user, much less so for the desktop users. Can't understand why it was so difficult to integrate the functions of IE into Edge, rather than re-invent the wheel.

IMO MS is still trying to get their OS and related programs to be universal for desktop, mobile, smartphone devices. They seem to have released W10 along with Edge probably a year too early. Mine seems to be pretty stable but has annoying problems, couldn't easily move to 1511 TH2 through WU.

 

Here are other reasons:
--Edge is nearly unmanageable by enterprise. Only recently was the ability added to set a default homepage, and you still can't set a homepage as a locked policy. There are so few Group Policies in Edge. Compare that to Chrome, which can be almost completely controlled via Group Policy. Google supports Group Policy better than Microsoft does!

--Like all universal apps, Edge feels laggy compared to Win32 browsers. Sometimes, it feels like there is even a delay in it recognizing my keystrokes. Never had that issue in Chrome.

--Like most universal apps, Edge has an atrocious, bland interface. No shading. No colors. Its looks like hieroglyphics. The settings area looks like a scattered, disorganized mess.

--Compared to Chrome or Firefox, you basically can't customize the interface.

--Compared to other browsers, Edge crashes a lot. Just like all universal apps do.

 

If you log on, often it will have adds for Office or some other item in the corner, and none of the others you mention is an OS (an Operating System). They are things you chose to visit, an operating system should be just that, not a tag board for their advertising (they have Bing for that)

And as for Cortana or Bing I am glad for you. I prefer my Google. Those really aren't up for discussion. You mentioned updates, LOL, that is a beast of another color. Yes, I have been an Insider since day one, so I update (how can you not? it is forced upon you). Which I also hate about 10, forced updates *Mad, please I don't even want to discuss it.

What I criticized the most was Edge. It wasn't even mentioned early on in Windows 10 development. It was added later, they flaunted it as a new revolutionary thing, extensions, blah, blah, blah. At the time, to me, it just sounded nothing more than a hype topic to try and sell 10. I still feel that, for gods sakes you can't even run in other versions of Windows, how pathetic is that?

Any way Edge is the topic here, so I think it best to try and keep on subject. IMHO

 

Ok to me and several others from reading their posts Edge is better and improving,
If Windows 10 had not of come with a new Browser I would of not upgraded at all.
The reason IE11 kept crashing on all the systems, if it had of just been one yes could of put up with that but that was on every system we had in the house.
Now at last I can use a Browser without my systems giving me hassle as I have disabled IE from every system and ONLY use Edge

 

Agree - Extensions would be nice, but I can get by without them, it's more than just that, as stated by others in this thread, it lacks a lot.

I have used it less and less because of some of this and return to it hoping it's fixed, it's a long way off it seems.

Totally agree with all this. Edge has lots still to have fixed/make work before I can use it.

As I said, I go back and keep hoping. I like the look and feel of it but it's not useable - for me at least.

 

let me repeat what someone stated "Edge lacks basic functionality"

without a doubt

 

I started it once a couple of builds ago.
I didn't like it, so I'm continuing to use Pale Moon.

 

I've just encountered a weird problem in Edge (sorry, I know its a bit OT posting here but if anyone could confirm......)
Outlook suddenly displaying at wrong size in Edge - Windows 10 Forums

 

I've read where some folks had problems with IE11 crashing, since our last 2 or 3 updates, IE11 has not crashed once on my 2 computers. Rock solid for me. I also use Chrome too, which never gives me any problems. Edge has a VERY long way to go before I even look at it again. Completely USELESS for my needs. *Wink

 

so far I really like Edge, it has not crashed one time for me unlike IE... Windows vista and IE are the main reason that most of my computers are apple..... however so far I really like the dell latitude e6410 with windows 10 pro. windows 10 pro seems to be almost as stable as my mac desktop since it has not crashed one time yet... reason I say almost is I have only been using it for about a week and a half... have to see how it continues to behave.

 

Should have been using Chrome of FF all those years, you wouldn't have had a problem *sarc

I am happy you enjoy your Edge, it is better than IE in some respects and lacks in other areas. Edge is not for me, it doesn't even come close to my Chrome IMO.

 

FF I hated and Chrome kept popping up with a question and search right in the middle of the page and that was downloading it from the google site. Also had to just uninstall it from my friends computer because it is messing up his you tube so put Edge in for him he can now watch you tube to his hearts content
Edge will in time be able to do what IE11 and Chrome can do

 

... I agree with all the critiques folks have mentioned. I also have tried to warm up to it, and I still check it out from time to time, but nothing seems to change...

The handling of favorites is abysmal, slow, unpredictable. Lack of ad blocking is unacceptable. I experience random freeze-ups and sometimes outright crashes. Here's one that I haven't seen mentioned yet: Let's say to want to go back 4 or 5 pages. You just click and hold the back-button and you are presented with a history list that you can pick from, right? NOT! Unlike any other browser I have encountered, you have to go back one. page. at. a. time. This is a major annoyance to me.

The thing just doesn't feel well-crafted - it feels very fragile and unpredictable and sloppy. It feels more like a cobbled-together 'proof of concept' than a released product, and in my opinion MS rushed it out the door too soon. In any case, it needs a LOT of work before I could consider using it regularly. I'd like to, but I just can't.

 

I know you're an Edge fan, but as things stand it's unusable for plenty of people. I need a browser with Chromecast support, one that's compatible with Sky Go, one with cross platform support so I can access my bookmarks on my phone, tablet or Linux partition, one with an extension that shan't be named, one with RSS feed support.

Even if Edge had all the above, I'd still opt for Firefox and Chrome as both perform better on my machine.

I'm bewildered anyone can use Edge as their primary browser as things stand, it's nothing more than a curio as far as I'm concerned. I'll keep an eye on it, but I'll be extremely surprised if it catches up with the more established browsers, let alone surpass them.