![]() ![]() EdgeHTML never got more than 10% market share. ![]() Internet explorer once had so many users, even +90% market share. The Edge legacy has been on feature freeze for a while now, meaning nothing new was added to it, no new feature. Since book readers are not extremely fast moving/changing apps, this may not be an expensive option. In any case, the legacy Edge engine is still being preserved for those that need its features and have already built dependencies on it (similar to Internet explorer mode being implemented in the chromium edge). But I think they can do a feature freeze on EdgeHTML. You are making very good points about dependencies on EdgeHTML/Chakra. Wrote:First good job with Freda! I've been a very long time user. (Disclaimer: I don't know any of the details of the internals of Edge, I am just relying on published articles, and on my own personal experience of building rendering code in EPUB-reading apps I am the developer of the Freda app, mentioned in this thread). I suspect that the old Edge EPUB-reader depended, for some of its functionality, on some rather clever interactions with the old EdgeHTML/Chakra engine - and that it turned out to be too hard (=expensive) to re-implement once Edge was instead using the Chromium engine underneath. (Disclaimer: I don't know any of the details of the internals of Edge, I am just relying on published articles, and on my own personal experience of building rendering code in EPUB-reading apps I am the developer of the Freda app, mentioned in this I understand it, Microsoft's decision that Edge won't render EPUBs any more is related to the transition to the new (Chromium-based) rendering engine core. keeping it working would be a significant maintenance effort. That's a big chunk of code, and it's not used in any other Microsoft product, and it's quite likely to get broken by future OS releases - i.e. ![]() So in asking Microsoft to publish and maintain the old Edge EPUB reader as a standalone app, you're actually asking them to maintain the EdgeHTML/Chakra engine. I absolutely love that someone came up with this! It makes it super easy to organize all your e-books in one place! They absolutely mean it when they say you're never more than three clicks away from your goal, it's that easy to navigate and use! I also love that they don't just work with one format.I understand it, Microsoft's decision that Edge won't render EPUBs any more is related to the transition to the new (Chromium-based) rendering engine core. But eventually, you start to run out of space, and things become difficult to find, which is where Calibre comes into play. From authors, I'm interested in reading, to resources on marketing and writing, almost everything can be found in e-book format. As an author, I'm also an avid reader, and with everything basically going digital these days I found myself buying and downloading e-books almost daily. ![]()
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