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Old December 3rd 19, 03:18 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Rene Lamontagne
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Default Finally Found a use for Windows Edge

My ISP (Shaw Cable) gives us account holders a Free streaming TV service
with about 80 popular channels at no charge which can be used on any of
our devices, Cellphone, Tablet, TV or computer.

Seeing my computer is in my bedroom I decided to install this service on
it So instead of tying up my main browsers, Firefox or IE, I installed
it to run on Edge as my home page and seeing it requires Adobe flash
this works out quite well, One mouse click and I have instant streaming
TV with no hassle.
So you see Windows Edge does serve one purpose in life. :-)

Rene
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Old December 3rd 19, 03:35 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Finally Found a use for Windows Edge

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

My ISP (Shaw Cable) gives us account holders a Free streaming TV
service with about 80 popular channels at no charge which can be used
on any of our devices, Cellphone, Tablet, TV or computer.

Seeing my computer is in my bedroom I decided to install this service
on it So instead of tying up my main browsers, Firefox or IE, I
installed it to run on Edge as my home page and seeing it requires
Adobe flash this works out quite well, One mouse click and I have
instant streaming TV with no hassle. So you see Windows Edge does
serve one purpose in life. :-)


Maybe Shaw is giving away the access for free because it'll die in about
a year. Seems they are unwilling to switch from Flash to using HTML5
video for streaming content. The only reason I can think of why they
have not yet converted is that they don't plan to expend the resources
and instead will let the free service die (because Adobe dropped Flash
and the web browsers did, too). However, your cell phone, tablet, and
TV probably don't use Windows 10 as the OS, so Shaw really doesn't need
to use Flash to deliver that streamed content.

What happens when Adobe dumps Flash at the end of 2020?

Are you currently using a version of Edge that switched from their
EdgeHTML engine to using Google's Blink engine (same on in Chrome)?

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ng-demise.html
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Old December 3rd 19, 03:56 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Rene Lamontagne
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Default Finally Found a use for Windows Edge

On 2019-12-02 8:35 p.m., VanguardLH wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:

My ISP (Shaw Cable) gives us account holders a Free streaming TV
service with about 80 popular channels at no charge which can be used
on any of our devices, Cellphone, Tablet, TV or computer.

Seeing my computer is in my bedroom I decided to install this service
on it So instead of tying up my main browsers, Firefox or IE, I
installed it to run on Edge as my home page and seeing it requires
Adobe flash this works out quite well, One mouse click and I have
instant streaming TV with no hassle. So you see Windows Edge does
serve one purpose in life. :-)


Maybe Shaw is giving away the access for free because it'll die in about
a year. Seems they are unwilling to switch from Flash to using HTML5
video for streaming content. The only reason I can think of why they
have not yet converted is that they don't plan to expend the resources
and instead will let the free service die (because Adobe dropped Flash
and the web browsers did, too). However, your cell phone, tablet, and
TV probably don't use Windows 10 as the OS, so Shaw really doesn't need
to use Flash to deliver that streamed content.

What happens when Adobe dumps Flash at the end of 2020?

Are you currently using a version of Edge that switched from their
EdgeHTML engine to using Google's Blink engine (same on in Chrome)?

https://www.computerworld.com/articl...ng-demise.html


Using the latest Windows 1909 version of Edge, Don"t know the version
number.
Well seeing it's free I will use it untill its dropped then move on to
something Else, Ya can't expect free stuff to go on forever.

Rene

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Old December 3rd 19, 05:10 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Finally Found a use for Windows Edge

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Using the latest Windows 1909 version of Edge, Don"t know the version
number. Well seeing it's free I will use it untill its dropped then
move on to something Else, Ya can't expect free stuff to go on
forever.


https://www.techtimes.com/articles/2...-platforms.htm

Looks like just over a month when Microsoft switches from EdgeHTML to
the Blink rendering engine. The engine is changing. No idea about any
other features, like which embedded plug-ins will come with the new
version of Edge.

Microsoft wanted to disassociate its new Chrome-based Edge from their
old Edge and further from Internet Explorer. While they're replacing
the "e" icon with something that still looks like an "e" but more like a
surf wave, I can't help but snicker that the surf wave is about to crash
(fall over). I supposed the wave icon could also be said to look like a
"c" to denote the Chrome-based Edge.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/2/2...-wave-surf-new

Maybe a better icon would be falling over the edge (into the Chrome
abyss), like:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...ho7_ct3t8HmQ&s
or
https://media1.tenor.com/images/f53d...itemid=6002411

Here's the rest of us trying to find the perfect web browser:

https://media1.tenor.com/images/f53d...itemid=6002411
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Old December 3rd 19, 05:22 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Rene Lamontagne
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Default Finally Found a use for Windows Edge

On 2019-12-02 10:10 p.m., VanguardLH wrote:
Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Using the latest Windows 1909 version of Edge, Don"t know the version
number. Well seeing it's free I will use it untill its dropped then
move on to something Else, Ya can't expect free stuff to go on
forever.


https://www.techtimes.com/articles/2...-platforms.htm

Looks like just over a month when Microsoft switches from EdgeHTML to
the Blink rendering engine. The engine is changing. No idea about any
other features, like which embedded plug-ins will come with the new
version of Edge.

Microsoft wanted to disassociate its new Chrome-based Edge from their
old Edge and further from Internet Explorer. While they're replacing
the "e" icon with something that still looks like an "e" but more like a
surf wave, I can't help but snicker that the surf wave is about to crash
(fall over). I supposed the wave icon could also be said to look like a
"c" to denote the Chrome-based Edge.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/2/2...-wave-surf-new

Maybe a better icon would be falling over the edge (into the Chrome
abyss), like:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...ho7_ct3t8HmQ&s
or
https://media1.tenor.com/images/f53d...itemid=6002411

Here's the rest of us trying to find the perfect web browser:

https://media1.tenor.com/images/f53d...itemid=6002411


Had to hunt for it but just for thoroughness here is my version of
Windows Edge.

Ver 44.18362.449.0
HTML 18.18363.

Rene


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Old December 3rd 19, 06:02 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Mark Lloyd[_2_]
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Default Finally Found a use for Windows Edge

On 12/3/19 10:22 AM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:

[snip]

Had to hunt for it but just for thoroughness here is my version of
Windows Edge.

Ver 44.18362.449.0
HTML 18.18363.

Rene


Chromium Edge seems to be using the same version number as Chromium (75+).

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Old December 3rd 19, 09:11 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
VanguardLH[_2_]
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Default Finally Found a use for Windows Edge

VanguardLH wrote:

Rene Lamontagne wrote:

Using the latest Windows 1909 version of Edge, Don"t know the version
number. Well seeing it's free I will use it untill its dropped then
move on to something Else, Ya can't expect free stuff to go on
forever.


https://www.techtimes.com/articles/2...-platforms.htm

Looks like just over a month when Microsoft switches from EdgeHTML to
the Blink rendering engine. The engine is changing. No idea about any
other features, like which embedded plug-ins will come with the new
version of Edge.

Microsoft wanted to disassociate its new Chrome-based Edge from their
old Edge and further from Internet Explorer. While they're replacing
the "e" icon with something that still looks like an "e" but more like a
surf wave, I can't help but snicker that the surf wave is about to crash
(fall over). I supposed the wave icon could also be said to look like a
"c" to denote the Chrome-based Edge.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/2/2...-wave-surf-new

Maybe a better icon would be falling over the edge (into the Chrome
abyss), like:

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...ho7_ct3t8HmQ&s
or
https://media1.tenor.com/images/f53d...itemid=6002411

Here's the rest of us trying to find the perfect web browser:

https://media1.tenor.com/images/f53d...itemid=6002411


Oops, last URL was same as 2nd last. Guess the copy didn't work to
paste the URL that I wanted for the last link, which was:

https://media.tenor.com/images/5aa7d...eeff/tenor.gif
 




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