Edge is updated in the Dev Channel: improvements are coming to the use of text and the import of data from Firefox

Returns activity to the Edge Dev Channel on the Chromium-based version. Microsoft has released version 83.0.478.5 of its browser, offering improvements and functions that have already been tested by members of the Canary Channel A necessary step before reaching the general version.

Edge Build 83.0.478.5 is now available for download and brings improvements regarding resource consumption, support for importing data from Firefox or the ability to add nicknames to payment cards that are stored on our equipment.These are the changes for this version of Edge.

New functions

• Added the ability to select text and read aloud selected text only.
• Added the ability to add nicknames to payment cards that are stored for easy differentiation.

• Added support for websites to request permission to edit files on the device, a feature not supported by all devices.
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• Add support for importing data from Firefox using the Auto Import admin policy>"
• Add support for Chromium upstream DNS over HTTPS mode management policy.

Other improvements

• Fix an issue where random rendering processes sometimes used consistently high amounts of CPU.
• Fixes an issue where closing a tab can sometimes crash the browser.
• Fixes an issue where closing a tab that contained a PDF document can sometimes crash the browser.
• Fix a crash on opening on Mac.
• Fixes an issue where attempting to report an unsafe website sometimes causes the browser to crash.
• Fix an issue where using Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode to watch a video can sometimes cause a crash browser crash.
• Fixes an issue where dragging an image into a Collection can sometimes crash the Collections panel.

Changed behavior

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• Changed the Passwords> page to no longer display the number of characters in a password before permission is granted to display the stored password. "
• Fixes an issue where trying to copy data from a form to a PDF sometimes copied the text of the main content from the PDF if any text was currently highlighted.
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• Fix an issue where PDF files were not automatically downloaded when the admin policy Always open PDF externally>"
• Improved detection of sites where payment information is sent to provide better suggestions on when to save credit card information I pay.
• Fixed an issue where attempting to manually import data from Firefox would sometimes display multiple Firefox entriess.
• Fix a bug where password autosuggest popups sometimes appear above the text box instead of below it.
• Fix an issue where admin policies that modify the new tab page break the setting to only show the Favorites Bar on the new tab page.
• Fixed an issue where logging into the browser with a work or school account sometimes caused work or school websites to crash when you should not.
• Fix an issue where links that create tabs in IE mode in new windows sometimes fail to create more tabs after the first one in the new window.

Known Issues

Some users are noticing duplicate bookmarks after adding some previous fixes in that area. The most common way to trigger this is by installing Edge's stable channel and then signing in with an account that is already signed in to Edge. Fixing this should be easier now that the deduplication tool is available. However, we've also seen duplication when running the replicator on multiple machines before any of the machines have had a chance to fully sync their changes, so while we wait for some of the fixes we've made to make it to Stable, make sure you leave plenty of time between runs of the replicator. Hope this will improve once version 81 is released to stable.

• After an initial fix recently, some users are still experiencing Edge windows turning completely black. Opening the browser's Task Manager (keyboard shortcut is shift + esc) and killing the GPU process usually fixes it. Note that this only seems to affect users with certain hardware and is most easily triggered by resizing an Edge window.
• Some users notice a rocking motion when scrolling using trackpad gestures or touch screens, where scrolling in one dimension also causes the page to scroll slightly back and forth in the other. Note that this only affects certain websites and seems to be worse on certain devices. This is most likely related to our ongoing work to bring scrolling back to parity with Edge Legacy behavior, so if this behavior is undesirable, you can temporarily disable it by disabling edge://flags/edge -experimental-scrolling flag.
• There are some issues where users with multiple audio output devices sometimes do not receive any sound from Edge. In one case, Edge is muted in Windows Volume Mixer and turning it on fixes it. In another, restarting the browser fixes it.
• At certain zoom levels, there is a noticeable line between the browser user interface and web content.

Remember that you can download the new Edge at this link on any of the channels on the platforms on which it is available. If you already have it installed, just go to preferences within the browser and check if you have any pending updates.

Via | Microsoft