Microsoft has
released a new update (Build 77.0.218.4) to the Microsoft Edge Developer channel. This build comes with several new features which we have seen over the past two weeks in the Canary channel. Find the full changelog below.
New features and behavior:
■ Added more strings to the translation work
■ Prevent IE-Mode in Application Guard containers
■ Ability to set text size and background theme in Reading View is now under a flag.
■ Ability to use dark mode on downlevel Windows versions 7, 8 & 8.1
■ Search box now clears content with Esc or “x” button
Fixes for improved reliability:
■ Fixed a crash on the Extensions page.
■ Fixed a crash in API keys
■ Fixed a crash while opening PDFs
■ Fix crash in Sync service
■ Fix crash due to cached call in the renderer
■ Fix a deadlock in Windows, where Microsoft Edge blocks shutdown.
■ Fix crash in JSON parser
Fixes for improved behavior:
■ Fix preventing URL redirection in Application Guard.
■ Fix to prevent the creation of database until needed (performance)
■ Subpage headers display the number of search results.
■ Fix to close Profile UI on sign-in
■ Dev Tools support using OS theme color on Windows 10
■ Fix color contrast for selected favorites
■ Fixed Copy / Paste keyboard shortcuts on macOS
■ Fix for z-order on the history page
■ Fixed transparency issue on First Run Experience
■ Strengthened launching logic for PDF to specified file names and paths
■ Fix to show FavIcons in Favorites management page.
■ Fix for account removal in Identity
■ Fix for sign-in where account pop-up was not the topmost window.
■ Fix for data imports from Chrome and Edge during First Run experience.
Users in the weekly Dev channel can update their browser by visiting the About Edge page in the Browser Settings.
To download the updated browser, which can be used side by side with regular Edge, read more at Microsoft
here.
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