With the arrival of No products found. to the market we also welcomed Microsoft Edge, the new web browser that replaced the popular Internet Explorer. After many versions of Windows having to use Explorer, the Redmond people started a change with the launch of Edge, in which for the moment they continue working to offer users a browser that meets their needs.
More than a year after the launch of the new Windows, the guys at Satya Nadella are still working on the development of Microsoft Edge, which has undoubted potential, but which still has a lot to do to reach the level of, for example Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. If your bet like ours is decided by this new browser, today we are going to show you 5 tricks to get the most out of Microsoft Edge and that you can get the most out of it.
Change the topic
First of all we are going to start by telling you how to change the subject, and that is Unlike other web browsers, Microsoft Edge allows us to change the clear theme that it brings by default, for a darker and in our opinion more elegant.
To change the theme, we just have to open the menu on the right, where the settings are found, and where we have to choose the option "Choose a Theme". In the images that we show you below, you have the steps to change the subject in a simple and fast way.
Import bookmarks from another browser
Not too long ago it has been possible to import saved bookmarks or pages from Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome. To do this, just open the "Settings" menu and access the option "View favorites settings". Now it will be enough for you to choose the browser from which you want to import the favorites.
At the time of the launch of Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge, this was one of the main drawbacks for many users to abandon their usual web browser. The Redmond people have been able to solve it quickly and it is now possible to "make the move" from any browser to the new Microsoft software.
If you do not use one of the three browsers that we have mentioned (Internet Explorer, Firefox or Google Chrome), importing the favorites to Microsoft Edge is a bit more complicated, but it is not something impossible to carry out.
First of all you must export your bookmarks from for example Opera or Safari, to put two examples, to an HTML file, and import them to Google Chrome or Firefox, which allow the import of favorites through HTML, which Edge does not currently allow. Then it will be enough for you to go back to the first step that we have explained and import the favorites from Chrome or Firefox.
Disable Flash
Flash It is one of the features that fewer and fewer users want to have available, among many other things due to its continuous security flaws, and also because it exposes users to dangerous vulnerabilities. In addition, the advantages they offer us are very few and their use is decreasing to a great extent every time.
One of the great advantages that Microsof Edge offers us is the possibility of deactivating Flash, which is included by default. To deactivate it, we just have to go once more to the Settings menu, and access "See advanced settings", where we must uncheck the box "Use Adobe Flash Player".
Luckily also In the next Windows 10 Creators Update the Flash content will be blocked automatically, which for many will be a true blessing.
Smart password management
Surely you did not know, but like most web browsers that are available on the market, Microsoft Edge allows you to store passwords, to avoid having to put them every time we want to access our email account, for example.
To manage the passwords stored in the Windows 10 web browser, we must access the settings menu and then Advanced Settings. Once in this menu we must access the option "Manage saved passwords" where we can edit or delete the passwords that we already have stored.
The bad news is that if you used another browser until now, this option is not as visual and simple as for example in Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. Of course, as we have already said Microsoft Edge, it is still in full development and surely very soon this will be one of the options that will be improved and renewed.
Create and add a Bookmarkelt
One of the biggest disadvantages that any user will find in Microsoft Edge is the few extensions that we are available, and that are of great help to us in other browsers such as Google Chrome. The extensions allow us to automate the process or make them simple, which, since they do not exist in the native Windows 10 browser, have to be done manually.
Thanks to a bookmarklet we can partly make up for the absence of extensions and it is that thanks to this functionality we will be able to create a bookmark that does not do such a function, but points to a specific URL and that allows us, for example, to send tuiste from any page. Unfortunately, at the moment, very few services allow you to create this type of bookmarks.
To be able to use it, all you have to do is drag the buttons or links to the bookmarks bar. The drag option at the moment does not work in Edge so it is best once again to use Google Chrome as an intermediary to fine-tune Microsoft Edge.
Windows 10 continues to grow in every way and along with it, Microsoft Edge is also doing it, possibly the most powerful browser with the greatest room for improvement on the market, which today we have learned to squeeze with these tricks, which we will expand as we learn about some more trick that may be interesting.
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