Latest Microsoft Edge Canary Build Brings IE Mode, Better Reading Mode and More

Jul. 11, 2019

The latest update to Edge Canary has reportedly added a‘Text Preference’option within the Reader View to change font sizes and background themes on both Windows and Mac. Believed to have been first spotted by Redditor,u/Leopeva64-2, the option adds an always-visible button just below the address bar and, can be enabled by a new flag:edge://flags/#edge-reading-view-text-preference

The development comes just a day after Google enacted a similar change in its Chrome web browser, but it isn’t immediately clear as to whether the events are correlated or not. Both Chrome as well as the all-new Edge, are based on Google’s open-source Chromium engine and share many features, but this one is seemingly an exclusive Edge feature ported from the older version of the browser.GIF Courtesy: u/Leopeva64-2 (Via Reddit)

Reading View ‘Text Preference’

The new feature is enabled by default in both Canary and Preview builds of the Chromium-based Edge. The new settings will be available in the Edge Canary 77.0.216.0 or later, and can be enabled by the flag:edge://flags/#edge-reading-view-text-preferenceScreenshot Courtesy: WinAero

The latest Microsoft Edge Canary build also contains a flag that enables users to block annoying autoplaying media on websites. This is an experimental flag, so it is not enabled by default, but can be activated by enabling the flagLimit Media Autoplay.Screenshot Courtesy: Bleeping Computer

The Chromium based Microsoft Edge is available forWindows and macOS, so you can check out these new features right away.

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