14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft finally introduced the new Edge browser with Windows 10 on July 29, thus making the first step towards the demise of Internet Explorer, the browser that has been around for nearly 20 years.
Edge comes with plenty of new things, including a new engine, new features, and a new UI, but despite all of these, many believe that it's still “not ready for final release.”
That's what more than 2,000 Windows 10 testers said through the Windows 10 Feedback app, telling Microsoft that improvements are needed to make Edge a better browser.
New features coming in future Windows 10 updates
And all these users claiming that Edge is not ready for the final release are more or less right.
Right now, Microsoft Edge browser is a rather basic feature, with good annotation options that could come in handy to those who are looking to enhance collaboration on the web. But it still lacks a number of key features, including minor things that really matter, such as an option to save annotations as screenshots.
One of the major features that Microsoft will be adding soon is extension support, which should further enhance browser functionality in a way that's already seen in other browsers.
For Microsoft Edge, the company is working to add Google Chrome extension support, which basically means that you should be able to pick extensions designed to work in Google's browser and then install them to run in Edge.
All Edge extensions will be published in the Windows Store, so you'll be able to quickly find new ones using built-in tools, while also being sure that all would work perfectly fine because they're all verified before getting published.
This extension support for Edge is projected to arrive sometime in the next few months, most likely in October, as part of a larger Windows 10 update.