The features which Microsoft promised to bring to Chromium Edge browser are gradually landing in the Dev and Canary builds, the company recently delivered a fix to Administrator mode detected the issue and now we’ve Windows 10 Share feature and favorites toolbar button available in both Canary and Dev builds.
Microsoft has brought the Share feature available for Classic Edge browser in Windows 10 to Chromium Edge. For the uninitiated, the option available in the menu allows sharing a webpage to users or Apps. The share UI offers options to copy page link to clipboard and share to contacts via apps such as Skype or Mail.
While Legacy Edge which is still alive and won’t appear in the start menu when you’ve stable Edge installed, offers “Share this page” option on the toolbar and under “More tools” in the menu, whereas new Edge offers the option within the ellipsis menu (check the screenshot given below).
In case you don’t know, Firefox already supports native Windows 10 sharing and provides the Share button in the Page Actions menu in the address bar.
The “favorites button” offered in old Edge toolbar (sometimes called as Hub), provides quick access to favorites, Reading list, Books, History, and Downloads, as history and downloads options already present in new Edge menu, at the moment, the favorites button in both Dev and Canary versions of Edge allows users to manage favorites and displays bookmarks added to Favorites bar.
What’s your take on these new features added by Microsoft to Edge browser?
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