In my months of sticking with Edge as my primary browser I have definitely pushed it to its limits and bogged my laptop down with it at times, but that’s attributable to my own bad habits of loading far too many windows and tabs at once.Īgain, prior to each test I restarted my laptop and made sure that no other applications were running. Even Chrome’s most ardent fan would concede that it can be a resource hog, but Google has thrown a lot of attention at this problem over the last year. Next, I took a look at the system impact that each of these browsers had on my laptop.
I’m going to give the win in this category to Microsoft Edge, but it remains close enough that I wouldn’t make a determination on this factor alone. Google Chrome finished with a 73, winning four of the six categories, but not by enough. Microsoft Edge claimed the win by a reasonably narrow margin with a total score of 76, based largely on a much stronger performance in the Encrypt Notes and OCR Scan test. This change only affects certain links within its own products.Before testing each browser, I restarted my laptop and ensured nothing else was running to get as close as possible to identical conditions. It’s important to understand that the tech giant won’t force all web links to open in Microsoft Edge. That’s because the Patch Tuesday update includes all the fixes from the previous optional and security updates. “Addresses an issue that might improperly redirect OS functionality when you invoke microsoft-edge: links,” the changelog reads.Īs expected, this change is now also included in the security or mandatory update for Windows 11. As per the release notes, Microsoft has fixed an issue where the operating system could be improperly redirected when “microsoft-edge: links are invoked”. In a statement, Microsoft officials highlighted the release notes of November 2021’s optional cumulative updates.
This move could annoy some users, as many of them use Google Chrome or a third-party browser as their default browser. The operating system has been modified to block methods used by apps like EdgeDeflector. Since the release of Windows 11 KB5008215 (Build 22000.376), it is no longer possible to open links in a third-party browser of your choice. Microsoft appears to be getting aggressive about its Edge policy and it has taken steps to force the browser in Windows 11 for certain tasks, whether users like it or not. Microsoft takes down Windows 11’s Edge workaround
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