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“Chrome Memories”—an early look at Google’s UI update to History

You’ll need Chrome Canary to check out Memories—and you’ll need to enable an optional flag as well. [credit: Jim Salter ] Google seems to be working on a UI revamp for the traditional browser history interface, which it’s calling “Memories.” The new feature is only available in Chrome Canary, and it’s hidden even there behind […]

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Microsoft Edge is dead—long live Microsoft Edge

Enlarge / There can be only one. (credit: Jim Salter) Microsoft officially ended support for the legacy (non-Chromium-derived) Edge browser this week. The death of legacy Edge was first announced in August 2020, with the end-of-life date set to March 9, 2021—this Tuesday. The deprecated version of Edge, originally named Project Spartan, was developed and […]

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Microsoft adds Startup Boost, Sleeping Tabs to Edge build 89

Enlarge / We’re not sure why Chromium-based Edge’s branding seems so thoroughly wet. (credit: Microsoft) This week, Microsoft announced several more features trickling down to Edge Stable from its Beta insider channel. These features include Startup Boost, Sleeping Tabs, Vertical Tabs, and a more navigable History dialog. The company also announced some welcome interface tweaks to […]