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Initially I thought Edge would just be IE with (yet another) skin, but I have to say, it's absurdly fast and lightweight. It's still not my main browser as I'm now too deeply entrenched in Chrome for development, but it makes me really happy to know they're actually pushing the web ahead.

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Give the JavaScript Browser a go; is Edge render + Chakra, but has a faster starup - Also OSS by MS O_o https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/store/apps/javascript-browse...

To be fair that's a sample app which is part of a tutorial demonstrating the capabilities of the web platform on Windows 10.

https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/JSBrowser

I find its UI quite annoying and its tab management really poor, but technologically it's really solid. I've noticed it seems to handle HTML5 video more smoothly than Firefox (I rarely use Chrome so I can't really comment on it).

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