Many believe that Edge needs more improvements in Windows 10

Jun 18, 2015 08:48 GMT  ·  By

A few days ago, we asked if there was the slightest chance for you to replace Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox with Microsoft Edge when the new browser comes out as part of Windows 10, and the answers pretty much speak for themselves.

Despite the fact that Microsoft Edge is slowly taking shape and becoming a much more advanced browser than Internet Explorer, not many plan to give up on their current browser and replace it with the new Microsoft app when it launches on July 29.

In fact, most users said that, while Microsoft Edge is indeed an evolution of the Microsoft browser, they wouldn’t install it on day 1, so sticking to Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and sometimes Opera is the better choice for them.

“I don't know. First I have to try it out for couple of days. Then I will decide. Day by day I am becoming more frustrated in chrome & want to move to another browser. I don't like Firefox & opera. After seeing the progress on EDGE I think it will be a good rival to chrome,” one of our readers wrote.

Basically, most believe that Microsoft Edge is not yet a full browser in all regards, and some improvements are still needed (don’t forget that Edge is still being worked on right now and some more enhancements could be released by July 29).

I’ll give it a try, but that’s it!

In most of the cases, our readers claim that, once Windows 10 debuts with Microsoft Edge, they plan to give the new browser a try, but if no major tweaks are implemented as compared to the current builds, chances are that no switch is possible.

And the somewhat limited availability of Microsoft Edge also appears to be an issue. Microsoft will launch the new browser as a universal app, so it will be available on all devices running Windows 10, including PCs, tablets, and smartphones.

But for the moment, there is no plan to bring Edge on Windows 7/Windows 8.1, Mac OS X, or Linux, so all those who won’t be running Windows 10 will have no option than to continue using another browser.

“Since it will only be available in Windows 10, of course not. I will not be using a ‘tethered’ service oriented OS, now or anytime in the near future. Windows 7 will become my last Microsoft product and I will move on probably to Linux, if not Apple as a replacement,” our reader FreebeeDiane said.

Microsoft Edge is already up for testing in Windows 10 preview builds as Project Spartan, but the rebranding is very likely to take place in the next release.