
Microsoft - the new soft, but sturdy version - intimated that apps from Google's Chrome Web store mess up Edge's inner workings.īut then Redmond realized it didn't have so many fine Edge extensions, so it started to recommend Chrome Web Store extensions.Ī truce.

Which is odd coming from a company that's just been sued for allegedly tracking users' private browsing activity. Google seemed miffed that Microsoft had created a functioning browser. Which could be something to do with the fact that it's based on Google's Chromium platform. Why, Chrome's market share is now said to be almost 50 percent.īut then here came Microsoft with something oddly competent.

Humans, flocking fools that they are, immediately forsook their old browsers. Once upon a time, Google created Chrome, a browser that actually seemed to work for fundamental things like video and opening more than one tab at the same time. Here is but the latest chapter, for example, in its riveting browser scuffle with Microsoft.

