I get that MS is again trying to clean up its frontline browser while tidying up loose ends, but here is what I am wondering…will “CrEdge” uninstall LegacyEdge, in Windows 8/8.1/10, or will “LegacyEdge” remain on desktops like another bad chad? I know many advocate to having more than one browser installed, because they have different rendering strengths, but after the ongoing experience(s) of having to keep patching the now ancient Internet Explorer because it’s attack surface is still in the guts of the OS makes me VERY leery of yet another browser on my system.
In terms of MS, the consensus seems to be “NEVER auto-update, instead, defer the patches until other guinea-smucks have had a chance to scream about anything that breaks.” But in terms of say, Firefox and Chrome , it seems to be “It’s ok to give up some control of your box, because auto-updating from these people is GOOD for you.” Well, if I am going to maintain control of my system, I’m willing to go whole hog and make it so ALL installed browsers are updated when >I< initiate the update, not on the individual browsers auto-updating schedules.
But I digress, my concern is that when CrEdge drops for the masses, will I have FOUR browsers that demand regular maintenance…IE, LegacyEdge, CrEdge, and Firefox, or just three, CrEdge, Firefox, and IE. I’m not sure the hassle is worth going through the trouble of getting used to CrEdge’s way of doing things, and it has enough of a difference as to be on the border of jarring for me. Yes, I have been trying the “Canary” version of the beta CrEdge, and I still am not used to the way it opens new site tabs (one of those habits is that the oldest tabs are pushed towards the right of the window as new tabs are opened, instead of LegacyEdge’s habit, as well as IE’s and Firefox’s, of pushing the newest tabs to the right of the older tabs).
