• superkret@feddit.deEnglish
    611·
    1 year ago

    Designed to complement your operating system, whether on Windows 11, MacOS, or Linux.”

    Who the FUCK uses Edge on Linux??

    • aksdb@feddit.deEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Used it for a while. One very nice feature is that when you use multiple profiles, you can specify in which of those external links open in. Every other browser opens them in the window that last had focus so I regularly have work related links open up in the private profile.

      Also the performance was quite nice.

      But since they continuously rub new services in my face with new versions, I ditched it again.

      • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        You can do that in Chrome too, if you have multiple chrome profiles right clicking on links give you the option to open it in a different profiles window

        • aksdb@feddit.deEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          Yes, but with “external” I meant opening links from other apps like Slack.

          • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Yeah that’s what I mainly used it for. I would right click links on slack and make sure it would open on my work profile or not depending on the context of the link.

            Although this could potentially have been when I used the web app rather than the installed app, so i may be misremembering

            • aksdb@feddit.deEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              In the WebApp this would work. Across apps it’s a different story, since they just invoke a system command to open the URL in the associated application. From there it’s in the hands of that application, how to deal with it.

      • people_are_cute@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Mozilla’s “Multi-Account Containers” extension on Firefox does a much better job at the multiple profiles feature you’ve described.

        • aksdb@feddit.deEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          I miss the tab grouping from Chrome based browsers in Firefox.

          And I think tab containers don’t provide the separation I need to properly separate work from private.

          • jbk@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            You might be better off using a custom Firefox profile for that then. Not too well integrated UI-wise sadly though

      • meiti@lemmy.worldEnglish
        92·
        1 year ago

        Use different user accounts. That provides you with very stronger isolation and separation of concerns, with the bonus that you won’t be exposed to their crap.

    • CoderKat@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Only thing I can think of is if you are developing a website or extension and need to make sure there isn’t some subtle browser difference. Though since it uses the same engine as Chrome, that use case should be a lot more niche than it used to be.

      • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Heh reminds me when I was doing web development back in the day and had IE running on Linux. It actually made more sense to test compatibility with IE by running it through wine on Linux than actually doing it on Windows because I could have multiple versions of IE installed at the same time.

    • loutr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Just installed Edge on Arch after a disastrous Teams call with Firefox and Chromium, figured it was worth trying MS’ browser next time but I’m not holding my breath.

      • TheActualDevil@sffa.communityEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Edge is just Chromium. When they retired IE they switched. It might still work better because it’s the default supposedly built to work with their products so their tweaks should help. But it is Teams and they’ve been doing a lot more updates lately. Did you update to the new version of Teams they’ve been pushing? It’s bad and it’s performance is bad, so that can cause issues.