The New Edge Can Be Downloaded
Or, you can wait a bit longer
Monday, January 20, 2020 by DrJBHL | Discussion: Personal Computing
The new Edge is here, promising more extensions and a far better search engine, based on Chromium, the same engine powering Google's Chrome browser. This makes it more compatible with websites other, less popular browsers have problems with.
This also means that after granting Edge permission, it can use Chrome extensions from the Google Playstore, which has far more than Microsoft's.
Downloading and installing are explained in the linked article, above. You don't have to uninstall the old Edge which is based on MS's engine.
Over the next weeks and months, MS will be pushing the new Edge. You can wait, and it might even be better to do so as just now it probably still has bugs, but if you like being on the bleeding edge, so to speak, go for it!
New Chromium based Edge download link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge
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Reply #44 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 11:34 AM
Skinning how? Edge accepts skins from the Chrome web store just fine.
Reply #45 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 12:45 PM
Skinning the titlebar with WindowBlinds. Not Chrome skins.
Reply #46 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 3:18 PM
I'm going to play Capt. Obvious here for a sec and say that Edge is a "modern app" or a "universal app" and windowblinds doesn't skin many of those, if any.
Reply #47 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 3:35 PM
Jim this from Neil:
"The same command line that makes Chrome use a normal titlebar will also make Edge - chrome do the same."
I tried this didn't work and I can't get Chrome to skin.
All my universal app's skin fine.
Reply #49 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 5:07 PM
I don't understand. What, exactly, is the purpose for Windowblinds and why should I purchase anymore?
Reply #50 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 5:18 PM
All my universal app's skin fine.
I guess that does not apply to all the different setups & systems since none of my universal apps are taking any skinning whatsoever.
I just went through the apps and I found that Photos and Maps don't skin. I don't use them that's why I didn't see them.
Reply #51 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 9:14 PM
I don't understand. What, exactly, is the purpose for Windowblinds and why should I purchase anymore?
Reply #52 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 11:33 PM
All my universal app's skin fine.
lol..No, really, most universal apps do not skin the titlebar for me. Is Edge's titlebar skinning for you?
Screenshot or it didn't happen...lol.
Reply #53 Tuesday, March 3, 2020 11:37 PM
I digress. Some do, some don't. A few I can say that don't skin correctly for me are, Edge, Calendar, Photos, Mail, Video Editor......I will check more later.
Reply #54 Wednesday, March 4, 2020 9:50 AM
The purpose as it has always been, to change the default Windows interface & start menu. The reason to purchase is, obviously, to get the latest working version and quite frequent updates, and to support the company that make all this possible in the first place. If you don't like it, don't buy it.
Winstep users do not need to chance the start menu. I wasn't talking about purchasing Windowblinds. I was talking about Windowblinds Skins. I didn't say I didn't like it. I have purchased WB since 2005 and every skin since its inception. The question was why should I continue to purchase anymore skins if they are not compatible anymore with browsers.
Reply #57 Wednesday, March 4, 2020 4:51 PM
Browsers change very often and seem to have a mind of their own as for skinning. If you want a browser that skins well, I'm afraid Internet Explorer is your option.
It is NOT that the SKINS are incompatible with the browsers.
It IS the browsers not compatible with BEING SKINNED, or with the skinning program.
That said, windowblinds skins much more than just browsers, as you know, so, you give a little, get a lot.
Your call, of course.
Reply #58 Thursday, March 5, 2020 12:38 PM
Saw this about the Edge and thought I post it here incase anyone of you do have these bugs. Having all the browser windows going black, or getting a fail to load error due to having a certain security software, but said software is not disclosed by Microsoft.
About the Bug Causing Microsoft Edge Windows to Turn Black
Hopefully you all been doing fine with it though. Personally I'm still on FireFox, since I do like that the whole browser can be skined, although I am aware that there is other browsers that can be that as well. 
Reply #59 Thursday, March 5, 2020 1:20 PM
I use Defender. I have no need for any other bloatware.
I just want the title bar to skin and I will be a happy boy.
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Reply #41 Wednesday, February 26, 2020 7:53 AM
Can anyone tell me how to skin the title bar in Edge? Neil told me it's the same as process as Chrome, I can't get that to skin either. It still has the same buttons as Win 10.