Microsoft has outperformed a new browser with a lot of improvements and features. Microsoft Edge is built on chromium and is very different from Google Chrome, as it becomes independent day after day. Edge has its own services, Add-ons, extensions, search engine, Reader, Translator and more. Download it now and give a try.
In this article, we will focus on the strong positive points in Microsoft Edge. And how you set the browser to work efficiently and quickly and to support more services.
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New levels of Privacy Protection:
Edge was able to divide privacy into three stages of protection. Each stage has its functions that enable the user to control the content of the sites. Sometimes websites use information about you to display personalized ads to increase their profits, while others sell information to marketing or profitability organizations.
edge://settings/privacy
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The best Options:
Do you forget to delete your activities on the browser ?. Don't worry; Edge can remove all of your browsed activities, passwords and websites you visited when closing the browser. Go to settings and select what you want to delete :
edge://settings/privacy
Settings > Privacy and services > Choose what to clear every time you close the browser
edge://settings/clearBrowsingDataOnClose
Microsoft Defender SmartScreen:
Edge has a smart shield to protect you from malicious sites and downloads.
Smart Reader:
Edge contains a reader of the site content. If you have a vision problem or get bored of reading, you can hear the written sentences. It also allows the user to translate sites that use other languages. Select the paragraph or stand on it with the cursor, right-click and choose to read or translate it.
Ctrl + Shift + U
Continue where you left off:
To protect your browser activity from sudden power outages, Edge offers you three On startup options:Settings > On startup > Choose Continue where you left off.
- Open a new tab.
- Continue where you left off (Recommended).
- Open a specific page or pages.
Convert Website into App:
You can get shortcuts of your favourite sites and convert them to be an app with the icon of website favicon.Settings > Apps > Install this site as an app.
Prevent Auto-play videos for websites:
Some sites contain video or audio content that plays automatic and consumes the quota. To prevent videos from auto-playing when you visit a website, select Settings and more > Settings > Site permissions > Media autoplay.
edge://settings/content/mediaAutoplay
Interactive Tabs for Muting sound:
Quickly mute audio on a tab by selecting This tab is playing media on the tab to turn the audio off. Select the icon again to turn audio on.
Support Add-ons & Extensions:
You can add multiple extensions to control more sites' content like AdBlock, Grammarly, Security, Editor and more. Read How to Add Internet Download Manager to Microsoft Edge
edge://extensions/
Higher performance and lower consumption:
Chrome consumes a lot of RAM while browsing websites, even while not browsing, it consumes a lot of data and RAM. But in Edge, it consumes minimal RAM and data.
Professional download manager:
Edge has a download manager that categorizes files that you downloaded according to their types into documents, applications, images, audio, video, zip files and others.