# Can I bitch about Microsoft Edge? Please **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 18, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963 "2017-05-18T22:39:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/21 "2017-05-21T00:10:05Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > So, I’ve tried Chrome, Firefox and IE. > > All the time, my CPU is running at 100% > [@Gatopescado](#): > > Edge and Edge Content Process. > > I end Content Process and then Edge just jump to compensate. :rolleyes: It’s pretty much always hovering around 90-98%. > > I just don’t know what’s happening sometimes. What about when you run the other browsers you say you’ve tried? Does _any_ browser use 100% CPU? If Edge were actually the source of the problem, it shouldn’t have continued when you killed Edge and ran another browser. Just to be really sure, make sure all the Edge processes are no longer showing up in TaskManager, before you launch another browser. If they’re still hanging around in the background, you can end task them. Or, just reboot the machine before launching whatever browser. If you’re still having problems even with no Edge process running, then you’ve ruled out Edge as the culprit. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/22 "2017-05-21T00:21:26Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Just switch to Lynx. I’ve also heard good things about that upstart Netscape. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/23 "2017-05-21T01:02:11Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > I’ve also heard good things about that upstart Netscape. Funny thing is, you can no longer get Netscape, but you can still get Lynx. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/24 "2017-05-21T01:23:01Z")
Do any sites still work with lynx? Straight Dope? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/25 "2017-05-21T02:18:10Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Do any sites still work with lynx? Straight Dope? Just tried for science and nostalgia reasons, and the SD main page and boards work fine, they are mostly text after all. It doesn’t cope at all well with Youtube, unsurprisingly. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/26 "2017-05-21T04:00:04Z")
> [@tim314](#): > > If you’re still having problems even with no Edge process running, then you’ve ruled out Edge as the culprit. I hate to say it, but Straight Dope seems to be the constant in this little fucking experiment in browser hunting. Everything else works. I come here and freeze up instantly. TThere is an ad running at the top of the page, and one on the bottom. Why won’t adblock take? Fucki it I’m drinking. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/27 "2017-05-21T04:29:22Z")
I use Ghostery and Adguard on Edge, and have no problems whatsoever. AdGuard by itself should be enough, really. ---
**Author:** ![eulalia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eulalia/32/457_2.png) [@eulalia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eulalia)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/28 "2017-05-21T04:39:29Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Funny thing is, you can no longer get Netscape, but you can still get Lynx. Netscape sort of evolved into Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/29 "2017-05-21T06:38:03Z")
> [@eulalia](#): > > Netscape sort of evolved into Firefox. Yes, well, it looks to me as though everything has evolved into everything else. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/30 "2017-05-21T10:38:44Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I hate to say it, but Straight Dope seems to be the constant in this little fucking experiment in browser hunting. > > Everything else works. I come here and freeze up instantly. TThere is an ad running at the top of the page, and one on the bottom. > > Why won’t adblock take? > > Fucki it I’m drinking. When SDMB freezes up, I often find that I’ve got an invisible pop-up covering the part of the screen I’m trying to click on. (Of I’ve just been browsing too long, and Chrome / Firefox have taken so much memory there’s non left). ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/31 "2017-05-21T15:17:44Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > I use Ghostery and Adguard on Edge, and have no problems whatsoever. AdGuard by itself should be enough, really. You, Sir, have earned Pie! AdGuard successfully downloaded and the install seemed to “take”, and I am now ad free! Third time was a charm! Thanks for the tip. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/32 "2017-05-21T17:38:32Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Do any sites still work with lynx? Straight Dope? The Straight Dope and Straight Dope Message Board do indeed work with Lynx, and I sometimes use it to read the boards. Though these days I prefer its smarter, sleeker cousin, [Links](http://links.twibright.com/). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/33 "2017-05-21T20:01:59Z")
This kind of crap is why I hate Microsoft. Gonna switch to Linux, soon. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/34 "2017-05-21T21:07:23Z")
Since installing the AdGuard this morning, I’m flyin’! No problems. I suspected it was those pesky ads all along. And no more click-bait bullshit! Life is not so bad after all! ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/35 "2017-05-21T21:51:08Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > It looks like Chrome is wanting me to add another “device”. > > I got a chainsaw. I suggest that your problems go beyond the selection of browser. I have never had a browser want a ‘second device’ to… do anything. It’s not like these are licensed apps needing validation or a key or whatever. A new browser should be able to suck the bookmarks list simply by being pointed to it - it’s just an HTML file. Or you can export it and import it in Chrome or Firefox. Edge shouldn’t have to “play nice” with a new browser in any way. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/36 "2017-05-21T23:02:18Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Since installing the AdGuard this morning, I’m flyin’! No problems. > > I suspected it was those pesky ads all along. And no more click-bait bullshit! Life is not so bad after all! Glad to hear it - now, run a full scan with Windows Defender (or the AV of your choice) and install Malwarebytes Free and run that as well. It should _not_ have been that hard, and that makes me suspicious. At least a couple of other adblock extensions on Edge worked fine for me (AdBlock and AdBlock Plus); I don’t know if you tried those, but I had no trouble installing and running them. That said, I gather AdBlock Plus (IIRC) accepts money to whitelist certain companies; maybe that was the problem. Still, the occasional full scan with Defender and Malwarebytes is easy, and cheap insurance. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/37 "2017-05-22T00:56:29Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > This kind of crap is why I hate Microsoft. > > Gonna switch to Linux, soon. I like how you just automatically assume the problem lies with Microsoft, and not with shitty ad networks who inject bloated script-laden ads into the pages you view. Trust me, I’ve been running Linux on the laptop on which I am typing this for a long time, and I can tell you flat out Linux is not a fucking panacea for this bullshit. Not only are web browsers susceptible to the same issues as they are running on Windows, they also have lower performance overall. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/38 "2017-05-22T03:18:46Z")
You want to complain! Look at these shoes. I’ve only had them three weeks and the heels are worn right through. If you complain nothing happens, you might as well not bother. Oh, my back hurts, it’s not a very fine day and I’m sick and tired of this office. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/39 "2017-05-22T03:20:36Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > I suggest that your problems go beyond the selection of browser. I have never had a browser want a ‘second device’ to… do anything. It’s not like these are licensed apps needing validation or a key or whatever. A new browser should be able to suck the bookmarks list simply by being pointed to it - it’s just an HTML file. Or you can export it and import it in Chrome or Firefox. Edge shouldn’t have to “play nice” with a new browser in any way. Probably what happened is that Chrome wants him to sign in/set up his google account/gmail address. And their new special sauce is that you don’t sign in with a username/password, instead you have two factor authentication using your phone. But you don’t have to do this, it’s perfectly possible to run Chrome without signing in and letting Google track you. I mean, they’re going to track what you browse, but they’re not connecting browser session A on device B and browser session C on device D unless you sign in. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-bitch-about-microsoft-edge-please/786963/40 "2017-05-22T09:10:39Z")
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