Edge is getting more and more like Vivaldi
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They added a sidebar that works just like web panels (except it doesn't let you change the zoom level of the site, or use the video fullscreen option in just the sidebar), and now it looks like they're adding tab tiling:
(Vivaldi is mentioned at the bottom of the above article.)
A demo of Edge's new split screen feature is available here:
Looks like it's limited to only two tabs though.
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@fred8615 Edge will never get to the edge of Vivaldi. They want to do a browser for the masses, therefore they will never get to the level of customization. Quick commands, command chains and custom buttons are out of their reach, to name a few.
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Hopefully those reading the article will be curious enough to heed the advice:
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However, those in a hurry might want to know that the Vivaldi browser already offers this functionality which it calls tab tiling.
⋮try it, be impressed and stay with it
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@luetage I do not know what Microsoft is aiming to with Edge, but the fact that they have a linux version makes me think that they are not targeting "the masses" - certainly they have had success with developers, you can hear it on the web and I have seen it in the company where I work where we have been switched from Chrome to Edge.
My guess is that they think that eroding the market shares of small browsers - Firefox (on Linux) and Opera (on Windows) mainly - is an easier target than eroding Chrome's.
I have tried to install it on my Mac but it is an unusable behemoth, so I guess they are not aiming to MacOS users
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@TalGarik I think they actually started to collect feedbacks from insiders and I think a lot of them are/were Opera/Firefox/Vivaldi/Chrome so they are implementing what asked.
About providing Edge for Linux/Mac I think is more to provide support to their own ecosystem (if a Win user has a MS account may want to sync with other OSes too).Why the Dark Explorer required literally years is a mystery to me
