Source: www.techradar.com --- Monday, October 02, 2017
Microsoft is looking to improve Windows 10’s dedicated browser by speeding up development on Edge with an Insider testing program, and the firm has also been defending its policy on extensions. Much like the testing programs which are already in place for Windows 10 itself, Microsoft Office and the Bing search engine (the latter was launched last year), apparently Microsoft is readying an Edge Insider program, at least according to an email sent to Bing testers. Spotted by MS Power User , the email notes that Microsoft would like folks to complete a survey to “gauge your interest in forming a Microsoft Edge Insiders program to help us improve Edge” (because many of the Bing testers also use Edge). This could mean that updates for the browser are tested and rolled out separately to operating system updates – because work on Edge is currently hampered by the fact that new features and tweaks are only issued as part of the big OS updates . At this point, though, Microsoft stresses the fact that it’s just gauging interest in such an Insider program for its browser. But on the other hand, if the testing program is going to happen, it will allegedly happen soon, with grapevine whispers indicating the scheme will kick off in the middle of October – so just a couple of weeks away. We’ll know whether that’s accurate or not soon enough. Extension woes Extensions have always been a controversial area with Edge, initially because they took ...
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