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The Resume

    (July 29, 2015- )
    Created by Microsoft
    Successor to Internet Explorer
    Rebuilt as a Chromium-based browser (2020)
    Original browser known as Microsoft Edge Legacy
    Used on 11% of personal computers worldwide (2022)

Why Microsoft Edge might be annoying:

    OS News said about the original release of Edge, 'Infuriating doesn't even begin to describe it.'
    It sends images that users view online to Microsoft servers by default.
    It has been described as one of the least private browsers.
    Microsoft stopped providing security support for the Legacy version (2020).
    Microsoft's updates for Windows 7, 8, and 10 installed Edge without asking for the user's permission (2020).
    Windows 10 and 11 were designed to redirect URLs accessed via system search terms to Edge even if the user had a different browser set as their default.
    It has captured nowhere near the market share Explorer once commanded.

Why Microsoft Edge might not be annoying:

    Its logo was designed to maintain continuity with Explorer.
    It uses about half the RAM of Google Chrome.
    It includes a built-in PDF reader.
    It provides a reading mode that strips away unnecessary formatting from pages to improve their legibility.
    It lets you stack up tabs vertically, which makes them easier to read if you have a dozen pages open.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 29 Votes: 27.59% Annoying