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Edge Developers, why do you run experiments in Edge Stable channel?
I need an Edge channel that is Free from all the experiments and is stable.
but Edge stable channel is not stable anymore. I read the Official change log in Microsoft Docs,
it says there is vertical tabs, okay, then i open up my Edge, check everywhere, there is no sign of these features. after that I turn on a VPN, then I get vertical tabs after a browser restart.
did you mention in the change log that user need to use flags? nope, it says these features are added to Edge, mentions no flags, mentions no group policy. mentions no need for special VPN.
these are activated based on user location and region, easily proved by simple VPNs.
but why do you do this? it's really not acceptable to run experiments in Edge stable. there are 3 insider channels for experiments already. I need a channel that is stable and the experience of all users on it, regardless of their location, is the same, that's the actual meaning of stable.
I've sent lots of feedbacks through browser and other places, but this is still going on.
Spoiler
- Improve productivity and multi-tasking with vertical tabs. As the number of horizontal tabs grows, site titles start to get cut off and tab controls are lost as each tab shrinks. This interrupts user workflow as they spend more time finding, switching, and managing their tabs and less time on the task at hand. Vertical tabs let users move their tabs to the side, where vertically aligned icons and longer site titles make it easier to quickly scan, identify and switch to the tab they want to open.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-relnote-stable-channel
there is also no mention of the new favorites flyout menu that was added to Edge stable. it was a controlled feature rollout too.
- in my case i rest on stable for security reason, but i enable some flags for feature i think it's critical for security exemple :
edge://flags/#fill-on-account-select
For me it's a critical flags who must be activated be default.- I can see how it can be useful for when you have more than 1 accounts for a website but how does it improve security exactly?
you're just 1 tap/click away from entering your password- Actually i have readed some times ago that auto fill is a very dangerous feature : https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a24687/autofill-bad/ and it already exists an attack who use it to extract data.
MissyQ josh_bodner I hope that the team is seeing this.
- Yes, I totally agree. I thought that Edge Stable was the version that had all the features and that everyone one using Stable had the same. That it was a testing ground since I expected that my edge would match the other stables. This is just ridiculous.
I was waiting for Vertical Tabs, Password Mointer/Generator for a very long time and I thought I was going to get it in 88 but it seems I have to wait even longer.- The flag is available. I've enabled it manually
- Windows developers also sin with this, activating the header in the settings application, depending on the region and PC characteristics.
- "Windows developers also sin with this, activating the header in the settings application, depending on the region and PC characteristics."
I thought it only happened in insider builds- No, it happened to my 2 stable (build 19042) PCs, the header disappeared after a week, now it is showing again on one PC.
