48 TECH ADVISOR • APRIL 2020REVIEW
yourmostfrequentedwebpages.Inspirational
isessentiallythesame,butwiththeadditionof
Bing’snature photography.
The Informational option is the most crowded
of all them, with a dozen or so headlines from
Microsoft’snewsservicecrammingthepage.(Both
theInspirationaland Focused options also allow you
to explore those news headlines; they’re just hidden
below the ‘fold’ of the page.)
In all, the setup process took about 30 seconds,
though you’re free to explore drop-down menus
andotheroptionsthatexplainyoursetupchoices
inmoredetails.
What you won’t see in the setup process, however, is
the ability to select a search engine. Like virtually every
browser on the market, the URL bar doubles as a search
box. Queries go to Microsoft’s own Bing search engine
by default. If you’d like to change the search engineI prefer the
‘Informational’
layout within
the new Edge,
but I’m a bit of
a news junkie