APRIL 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 53next to the URL bar. I finally found the feature after
scrolling all the way down to the end of Edge’s Settings
Site permissions – but for now there’s only the ability
to either universally allow or ‘limit’ media playback.
In the latter case, the new Edge will try to determine
intelligently what media should or should not be
played, based on your behaviour in the past.
The new Edge also benefits from Chrome’s ability
to ‘cast’ a tab to a device such as a Chromecast, via
the ellipsis menu in the upper right-hand corner,
then dropping down to More Tools > Cast Media to
Device. Edge didn’t seem to want to do that, however,
reporting that the ‘source wasn’t supported’. We tried it
with an ordinary web page as well as a YouTube stream.
The new Edge also supposedly supports Internet
Explorermode,thoughwe’retoldthatit’san
enterprisefeature,andonethathastobeturned
onviaa group policy.
Edge’sdevelopmentis moreevolvedwhere
securityis concerned.JavaScriptis allowed,but
Flashisoff by default, and will ask for your permission
only when necessary.
Privacy and syncing
While other browsers require you to sign in to ensure
that favourites, passwords, and your browser history
are saved across various devices, Microsoft’s new
Edge benefits from ‘knowing’ your Microsoft account
password, and syncing that information with other
Windows devices you’re signed into. Microsoft already
had saved information like my address from prior
browser sessions, so it can store that information,