Microsoft's Edge browser is in serious trouble

I tried to like Edge. I gave it a try because work pushes it. But it is so bizarre. I’m not sure who their customer is. There’s no save as, no view source, no home button, favorites are screwed up.

These are basic functions. Chrome and Firefox have it figured out. Who is Microsoft building this for? Even IE plain is better.

I like Edge in general but it is very buggy. Dragging a tab away to create a separate window only works 2/3 of the time. It often just freezes without obvious reason. And this is where I only visit a few simple standard websites whilst at work. Very disappointing. Oh, and sometimes it will not work correctly when ordering from the Microsoft Store and so I have to use Chrome to place an order for Microsoft hardware! Nice.

I use it on my small weak 8 inch Windows 10 Dell tablet because it works much faster than Chrome on the weaker hardware. I like how it now has all the same extensions I use on Chrome. I also like how you can just double tap, like Safari IOS, to zoom to a frame. I still use Chrome on desktop as I am just used to it.

This makes sense, but for me the question becomes.. why would bot creators choose Edge/IE and not some other browser? Random chance?

As a sidebar, I really enjoy when authors throw interesting colloquialisms that I've never heard before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village

If Edge dies, the web will be left with only Gecko and Webkit rendering engines... :-(

Was forced to use it for work, it was hell.