Edge is updated on the Dev channel: improvements are coming to favorites and private browsing

Microsoft continues its progress with Edge, the new Chromium-based browser that is conquering more and more users. The company continues to release updates through one of the three testing channels that Edge currently has running: Canary, Dev, and Beta. And in this case the Dev channel is the one that sees how a new update arrives

In fact, just a few hours ago you can download the latest Edge update on the Dev Channel. An update that brings Edge Dev to version 80.0.334.2, adding a lot of improvements and fixes. This version of Edge in the Dev channel can be tested on both Windows 10 and macOS.

New features and fixes

The released build carries, as we said, the number 80.0.334.2 and focuses mainly on fixing bugs present in previous released builds. In addition, eliminate a more than useful feature such as synchronization, after detecting problems in the process with the last released compilation.

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• Add a right-click option to sort individual favorites folders by name from the Favorites admin page. "
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• Add a new setting to always use Strict Tracking Prevention>"

Bugs fixed

• Fix a crash when opening the app.
• Fixed an issue where searching from the address bar sometimes crashes the browser.
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• Fixes a SmartScreen crash>"
• Fixed an issue where selecting context menu items on certain favorite entries would cause a browser crash.
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• Fixed an issue where renaming a Collection>"
• "Fixes an issue where Application Guard windows sometimes crash on startup."
• "Fixed an issue where navigation would crash in Application Guard windows."
• "Fixed an issue where closing tabs containing websites blocked by SmartScreen would sometimes cause the browser to crash."
• Fix issue where deleted or edited favorites would not sync correctly^^e, causing the edit to be undone when synced again.
• "Fixed an issue where sync fails in the Sync Settings state when launching the browser."
• Fixed an issue where processes that grew too large and stopped working were not automatically fixed.
• Fix issue where sync sometimes fails after restoring tabs after a browser crash.

• Fixed an issue where large collections would not export correctly to Word.
• "Fixed an issue where exporting a Collection to Excel would sometimes fail."
• Reduced the number of times a user needs to log out and log back in to the browser to correct timing.
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• Has temporarily disabled the ability to export Collections to Word and Excel on Mac."
• They have temporarily disabled a form of DRM support on ARM64, which may affect the ability to play certain DRM-protected videos.
• Fixed an issue where windows that are minimized when the browser is restarted are not restored correctly.
• Fixed an issue where Netflix playback failed with error D7356.
• Fix an issue where the space bar does not work when typing in the address bar.
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• Fixed an issue where the enter key does not work when typing in the address bar. "
• "Fixed an issue where the Windows Hello prompt for signing in to a website with the user&39;s operating system credentials is sometimes displayed in an infinite loop. "
• Fixed an issue for work and education account users where websites trying and not using profile credentials Browser login options do not allow the user to go back and test the user's operating system credentials.

• Improved the way Collections export images to Word documents.
• Fixed an issue where items could sometimes fail to be added to Collections
• Fixed an issue where web page content sometimes turns black if Collections is enabled.
• Fixed an issue where adding certain images to Collections results in a card with a broken image.
• Fixed an issue where PWAs installed for one user on one machine sometimes cannot be started by other users on the machine.
• Fixes an issue on Mac where comment screenshots cannot be included when sending comments.
• Fixed an issue where link context menus would not display all options if opened via keyboard instead of mouse.
• Fixes an issue where some websites pinned to the taskbar launch new tabs instead of activating existing tabs when tabs already exist with those websites.
• Fixed an issue where open tabs were not imported correctly from Chrome.
• Fixed an issue where the wrong icon appears in web notifications.

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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