Edge gets updated on the Dev Channel: Microsoft's browser can now be set as default

Microsoft continues to release enhancements to its Chromium-based Edge browser. Yesterday we saw how the version that can be found on the Canary Channel allowed you to set the PiP view and we explained the steps to enable playback in a small window.

And now it's the Edge browser Dev channel, which reaches build 82.0.439.1 An update that among other improvements allows we can set Edge as our default browser thanks to a new button or sync the Tracking Prevention exception settings.

New functions

• Added the ability to customize the size and color of ink when writing to PDF files.
• Added a service to suggest an address to try when navigation to a website fails due to a typo in the address .
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• Added support for synchronizing Tracking Prevention exception settings."
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• Included a button in Settings to make Edge the default browser. Appears in the right column"

Improvements

• Fixed an issue where typing in the address bar could cause a browser crash.
• Fixed an issue where selecting text in the address bar could sometimes cause the browser to crash.
• Fixed an issue where syncing favorites with the Edge stable channel sometimes causes a browser crash.
• Fixes an issue where the undo an action performed by the favorite mirroring tool crashes the browser.
• Fixed an issue where refusing to save a password via dialog sometimes crashes the browser.

• Fixes an issue where entering Immersive Reader may cause a browser crash.
• Fixed an issue where websites displayed in an IE mode tab would crash the browser when displaying a geolocation dialog.
• Fix a browser crash when opening a website in IE mode from a pinned shortcut.
• Fixed an issue where pressing F6 can sometimes crash the browser.
• Fix a crash when using Collections.
• Fixed an issue where deleting a Collection on one machine will crash the Collections panel on another machine if it is open when the deletion is synced.
• Fix a crash when changing Settings.
• Fixed a crash when starting Edge.

• Fixes an issue in Edge for Mac where some settings related to appearance were missing.
• After saving a PDF file from the PDF viewer, the saved file will become the displayed file instead of the original.
• Fix an issue where recently visited sites do not appear in the address bar as search suggestions.
• Fixes an issue where the Windows dialog box, to choose an application to open a particular type of file , it keeps opening in loop when selecting Edge as the application.
• Fixed an issue where certain internal pages, such as the Favorites admin page, would not respond to drag and drop.
• Fixes an issue where Windows Information Protection (WIP) sometimes doesn't work when copying content outside of the work or school related office documents.
• Fix an issue where WIP users cannot access work or school websites in InPrivate.

• Fixes an issue where full screen video playback sometimes does not display a portion of the video.
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• Fix an issue where closing a tab when the Guided Switch dialog> messes up the images on all other tabs. "
• Fixed an issue where clicking the exit button on a dangerous website that had been blocked by SmartScreen would disable the back/forward buttons in the address bar.
• Fixed an issue where couldn't save feedback screenshot.
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• Fix an issue where the Multiple Profile Preferences section>"
• Fix an issue where exporting Collections that have locations such as hotels or restaurants in Excel results in missing data in the exported spreadsheet .
• Temporarily disabled WIP support on Edge 32-bit to prevent a crash on startup.

Known Issues

• Some users are seeing doubling of favorites after we made some fixes in that area last month. The most common way to trigger this is by installing a new Edge channel or installing Edge on another device and then signing in with an account that has already signed in to Edge before. 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 either machine has a chance to fully sync its changes, so while we work to fix this, make sure to only run the replicator on one machine. at once.
• Users of certain security software packages will see all tabs fail to load with the error STATUS ACCESS VIOLATION. The only supported way to prevent this behavior is to uninstall that software. We are currently engaging with the developers of that software to test a potential fix, which we hope to bring to Dev and Canary soon.
• After an initial fix recently, some users are still experiencing Edge windows turning completely black. UI popups such as menus are not affected and 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.
• 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.

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