I generally found this to be true, especially with sites like Engadget (ahem) that were designed to be responsive. It's worth mentioning too that in addition to having a minimal design, Edge was designed to scale well, so that regardless of the device you're using or how you choose to resize the window, the contents of the page should scale smoothly as you move from a big window to, say, a narrow one. That would make Edge look even cleaner upon boot-up than it already does. (You can still show the favorites bar if you really want it.) Out of the box, the page you'll see every time you launch the browser is Microsoft's own MSN portal (can't fault the company for promoting it), but you can easily change this in the settings so that you see a specific web page or even just a blank page. There's not much to Edge's design, and that's a good thing.īy default, the favorites bar is hidden, which goes a long way in making Edge look cleaner than any version of IE that came before it. As with everything else here, these icons are exactly where you'd expect them to be, and even if you're a first-time user, it should be obvious at a glance what these buttons are for. (I prefer the stock light one, but that's just me.) Lastly, there are buttons just to the right of the address bar for adding favorites and entering Reading View. Meanwhile, the icon all the way on the right brings up various settings, including the ability to swap out the default white theme for a black background. The icon farthest to the left is where you'll find your favorites, browsing history, downloads and your so-called Reading List, which I'll tell you about shortly.

Up in the upper-right corner, you'll see four icons, which allow you to mark up a page (more on that later) or share a page (more on that later as well). Nearby are self-explanatory icons for forward, back and refresh.

As in Chrome, there's just one bar toward the top of the screen that doubles as the address box and search field. There's not much to Edge's design, and that's a good thing.

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