That said it's good to have another browser choice on the platform. On a general point I do wonder how much continuous re-skinning is going to be needed over time to keep Edge looking and feeling like a true at-home Mac app. On first launch it offers to import bookmarks from Chrome, but not the default Mac browser Safari Non-standard contextual menus feel quite alien It feels like a port from another OS close buttons on the right of the tabs?!

That Edge also runs light on CPU and RAM is all the more reason to download it today. Safari users will be hard pressed to find a better experience that offers a much deeper set of extensions to choose from as well as greater Web compatibility. Easy to change font sizes, which is important to me from an accessibility standpoint In the end, Microsoft Edge for Mac is a fantastic macOS experience that rivals other browsers. Many of the good points I cite below are quite possibly things that Edge gets 'for free' because it's based on Chromium. I know Edge for Mac is based on Chromium, but I don't use Google Chrome due to issues with energy usage and privacy, so some of the 'chrome-like' elements of Edge for Mac are unfamiliar to me.

Kirk First impressions from a regular Safari user.

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