[SCHiM]

Sometimes I start edge when something does not work in firefox. Everyone knows you want your browser to be quick, snappy and use few resources.

What does Edge do? It shows you a unskippable, un-closable "how-to" (as if I've never used a browser), and a make-an-account-and-sync nag. It takes a minute to click though, what a turn off!

It hasn't popped up for me in a while, but it definitively happens sometimes.

[siriusfeynman]

Interestingly I've had the same experience with firefox, I keep it installed as a fallback if something isn't working in chrome but every time I (infrequently) use it I have to dismiss several popups about new features and how to switch to it as my primary browser/import history etc.

[SCHiM]

I think I saw this too with firefox. My memory is a little hazy on this detail, but the _critical_ difference with firefox is that ctrl+t let me open a new tab and leave the sync-a-nag alone. Edge did not allow that, and I actually hat to wait while it was "Working on it".

[FullyFunctional]

This resonates so hard. I really wish that SW stop assuming that if they are just installed, then the user is a complete ignoramus who needs to be educated and onboarded. I (for reasons) frequently install OSes from scratch and all the boilerplate is so tedious.

[trefoiled]

even worse, Mozilla has begun using startup as an opportunity to deliver VPN advertisements.

[toast0]

Well, this is coming from the people who brought you the old Edge; the first browser with a input queue, so that the stop button waits until the browser engine is ready to stop it; and then all of your many other button presses play out after that.

Edge as a Chrome reskin is better than that at least. But then again, so was IE.