14 DAY TRIAL // After Microsoft released and then pulled the latest Edge Dev build update, the company comes back with a full new version this week, and this includes not only the previous improvements, but also a bunch of new ones.
Microsoft Edge Dev build 78.0.262.0 thus features a series of refinements versus its predecessor, and this starts with a fix for the bug causing the browser to sometimes fail to load pages after launch.
“To try to prevent scenarios where the browser launches but no webpages will load, it will now attempt to de-elevate itself when it detects that it’s running with administrative privileges,” Microsoft explains in the updated changelog (you can find all the improvements specific to this new release in the box at the end of the article).
Behavior changes
Additionally, because clearing browsing data removes files not only from the device you’re using at the time of initiating the cleaning but also from the other devices where you are signed in with the same account, Microsoft has updated the UI to inform users in this regard.
The Edge update also includes a management policy “to go to an intranet site for a single word typed into the address bar instead of initiating a search,” as the company itself explains.
When it comes to fixes, there are lots of them, including for crashes on first-run experience or when using Collections. All of them are included in the changelog below.
Microsoft says this update features a bunch of behavior changes as well, including for Collections, as the company claims certain options weren’t working as expected. For example, dragging a product from some websites to Collections did not add the data, so this issue is corrected in the latest version.
These improvements are aimed at all platforms where Microsoft Edge Dev is available, including Windows and macOS.