![]() To add an item, you can just click the ‘favorite’ icon in the taskbar, and from there, you can select whether it should go in a bookmarks folder or straight into your reading list. Just like with a Reader mode, you could still use a third-party service like Pocket to keep track of things you want to check out later, but Edge also has a neat ‘Reading List’ mode tucked away in its minimalist UI too. ![]() Is it still a worthwhile addition for anyone who spends time reading a lot of articles online? Without a doubt. Was Microsoft first with this? Not by any means. Click it again and you go back to the original webpage. Yes, you can use an add-on to put a reader mode in some other browsers or tweak the settings a bit, but Edge’s out-of-the-box Reader mode is incredibly convenient if you want a less distracting reading experience.Īll you need to do is click the Reader icon in the toolbar and the page will reload in an easy to view layout. Microsoft Edge Reader mode is quite convenient ![]() Internet Explorer, which also comes pre-loaded with some builds (aimed at businesses, primarily) of Windows 10, scored 929 and also failed two of the HTML5 tests.Įdge was also more than twice as quick as Chrome in the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark tests too.įorget the numbers though, it’s not just about speed. ![]() ![]() It drops support for Microsoft’s ActiveX, Browsers Helper Objects (BHOS) and VBScript and instead, will eventually allow third-party devs to build extensions with HTML5 and JavaScript. Nonetheless, the lack of legacy support in Edge is actually a good thing – as that’s what allows for many of the speed changes and helps reduce security threats (more on that later). In the Futuremark Peacekeeper browser performance test, it scored 1248.įor comparison, Chrome scored just 447 – it did get a clean sheet passing 7/7 HTML5 tests where Edge failed two though.Įdge is still far ‘better’ than IE11 in the standards stakes, but Microsoft is playing catch up here with regard to HTML5 feature support, so it can’t really count this as much of a win. Yes, Internet Explorer was slow to start, slow to fully load pages and, frankly, just a bit on the ugly and bloated side, but Edge is pleasingly snappy. ![]()
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