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Rockin Robbins · 10-13-15, 07:51 AM

Yes, Edge is a cell phone app, not a computer app. It's also a simple port, a new front end on the same old IE of old. They've removed all the controls to customize your experience, but that's unfortunately been a trend with Firefox and Chrome too.

Looks like Firefox is having a conniption fit and are about to invalidate all Firefox extensions (the reason I use Firefox!) in favor of adopting Chrome extensions. Chrome is going through the thing you're having problems with. Edge thinks our computer is a cell phone. We're just in a down time for browsers and there's no reasonable fix for it right now. Right now the hot style that everyone is working toward is the "transparent browser" that emulates a cell phone app where you aren't even aware the browser is there--you just play on the internet with whatever restrictions they chose to impose on you.

The original developer of Opera is coming out with a new browser, Vivaldi, which looks promising but isn't ready for prime time. Linux has some very intriguing browsers, Konqueror is most interesting, a combination "open anything," file manager, internet browser that's like a swiss army knife for your computer.

Then we have the Java and Flash security issues, which affect all operating systems and browsers. If your shields are up with great antivirus, antimalware and two-way firewall and you sit behind a hardware firewall in your router, you are relatively safe and are just PO'd by the browsers trying to force those items into obsolescence by no longer supporting them. This is while alternatives are not fully developed.

The ultimate danger is the depreciation of the go anywhere do anything browser for the severely restricted app. Apps are the potential end of the Internetasd we know it, as they carve it up into virtual lots for sale. You can't go to Subsim in the Amazon app. There is lots of danger there and apps are not our friends.

If I were you, Neal, I'd just apply band aids right now to make it work for now. Edge isn't going to solve your problem either. It's time to find temporary shelter and wait for the next generation, then hope they give us enough controls to be able to type a response on a forum.

This morning I'm working on a malware infested Windows 10 machine. I'll play with Edge a little and let you know what I think. Should be fun.

10-13-15, 07:51 AM	#7
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	Yes, Edge is a cell phone app, not a computer app. It's also a simple port, a new front end on the same old IE of old. They've removed all the controls to customize your experience, but that's unfortunately been a trend with Firefox and Chrome too. Looks like Firefox is having a conniption fit and are about to invalidate all Firefox extensions (the reason I use Firefox!) in favor of adopting Chrome extensions. Chrome is going through the thing you're having problems with. Edge thinks our computer is a cell phone. We're just in a down time for browsers and there's no reasonable fix for it right now. Right now the hot style that everyone is working toward is the "transparent browser" that emulates a cell phone app where you aren't even aware the browser is there--you just play on the internet with whatever restrictions they chose to impose on you. The original developer of Opera is coming out with a new browser, Vivaldi, which looks promising but isn't ready for prime time. Linux has some very intriguing browsers, Konqueror is most interesting, a combination "open anything," file manager, internet browser that's like a swiss army knife for your computer. Then we have the Java and Flash security issues, which affect all operating systems and browsers. If your shields are up with great antivirus, antimalware and two-way firewall and you sit behind a hardware firewall in your router, you are relatively safe and are just PO'd by the browsers trying to force those items into obsolescence by no longer supporting them. This is while alternatives are not fully developed. The ultimate danger is the depreciation of the go anywhere do anything browser for the severely restricted app. Apps are the potential end of the Internetasd we know it, as they carve it up into virtual lots for sale. You can't go to Subsim in the Amazon app. There is lots of danger there and apps are not our friends. If I were you, Neal, I'd just apply band aids right now to make it work for now. Edge isn't going to solve your problem either. It's time to find temporary shelter and wait for the next generation, then hope they give us enough controls to be able to type a response on a forum. This morning I'm working on a malware infested Windows 10 machine. I'll play with Edge a little and let you know what I think. Should be fun. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS Last edited by Rockin Robbins; 10-13-15 at 08:01 AM.