Edge is updated in the Dev channel: collection management is improved
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Microsoft has already released a new Edge update within the Dev channel. More conservative than the Canary channel but more adventurous in testing than the Beta . And now Microsoft releases the build that brings Edge to number 78.0.276.2
In this new update to Edge, available for Windows and macOS, we'll see mostly bug fixes, but also some focused additions in the improvement of the dark theme, the management of Collections and a new policy when importing content from another browser.
Added in this version
- Added the ability to open all items in a Collection in new tabs. "
- Added support for dark themes with the edge://components window."
- Added an administration policy to import settings from another browser.
Alongside these improvements, there have been a large number of fixes to fix bugs present in previous builds. This is the complete list:
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- Fixed an issue where Edge would not update when displaying the error failed to cache downloaded installer. "
- Fixed an issue where printing web pages would fail because the print preview would get stuck while loading.
- Fixed an issue where dragging and dropping favorites on the favorites management page would sometimes cause a crash. "
- Fixed a crash when using InPrivate."
- Fixed some crashes when rotating PDF files.
- Fixed an issue where using keyboard shortcuts when popups were open sometimes crashes the browser.
- Greater reliability has been achieved when playing DRM-protected videos. "
- Fixed an issue where sessions of Application Guard>."
- Fixed an issue where clicking web page controls quickly sometimes crashes the page.
- Fixed an issue where browser would sometimes crash when changing the data collection level of the operating system .
- Fixed an issue where browser UI such as video controls do not disappear when accessing videos on certain sites.
- Fixed an issue where top site tiles on the new tab page displayed a different website than the one they actually linked to.
- Fixed an issue where translation doesn't work on certain pages. "
- Fixed an issue where the translation message>."
- Fixed an issue where touch screen scrolling would sometimes not work in the browser UI.
- Fixed an issue where the button to close a tab was not the correct size or shape.
- Fixed an issue where app links on the browser app page open the app twice. "
- Fixed an issue where using shift + enter>"
- Fixed an issue where the eye icon for displaying passwords sometimes appears twice.
- "Improved Tracking Prevention performance when installing extensions such as ad-blockers."
- Fixed an issue where text pasted into a collection was sometimes the wrong color.
- Fixed an issue where dragging and dropping items into a collection sometimes caused images to disappear in the collection.
- Fixed an issue on Mac where dragging and dropping an image into a collection would sometimes save a link instead of an image .
- Fixed an issue on Mac where using the debugger to move through a full screen video would not move correctly.
- Fixed an issue on Mac where some buttons do not change state when the browser loses focus.
- Fixed an issue in some locales where certain settings are not translated.
- Fixed some strings not localized in F12 developer tools.
- Fixed an issue where the web page favicon and the loading arrow would appear at the same time.
- Temporarily disabled with a feature that marks cards with website information that appears when you hover over a tab.
- Removed the ability to import favorites within an Application Guard session.
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.