APRIL 2020 • TECH ADVISOR 59way into the desktop and smartphones as well. Features
like Collections, which encourage you to use Edge as a
shopping tool, may motivate some users to give up on
other browsers entirely.
For now, Edge has one big advantage. For all of
the praise we’ve lauded on Firefox, Opera, or Brave,
none come anywhere close to Chrome’s market share.
Each also requires users to seek them out, download,
andinstallthem.ThenewEdgewilllandonyourhome
PCwhether you like it or not. That hasn’t stopped
the ‘old’ Edge from being passed over, of course, but
maybe the second time’s the charm.
Convenience, ubiquity and moderate power make
the new Edge a solid if somewhat uninspiring browser
right now. If nothing else, the new Edge will be
worthcheckingout,asit stares at you from your PC’s
taskbar.Mark Hachman