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MSFT release stable branch of Edge Chromium.

Yeah, you could say I’m pretty excited for this.

Ever since MSFT started including the Mac version of Outlook in on the good fun its Windows counterpart was capable of, their software’s been pretty good. I had a very public love affair with OneNote for the longest time until paying for an Office365 subscription didn’t make any sense for me considering I was already paying for plenty of space on iCloud and other solutions synced better with my devices.

When Edge Chromium was announced I was bouncing back and forth between Firefox and Opera on my PC. I’ve historically preferred actually using Edge, but for awhile, I stopped using it when running into some compatibility issues with some web-based applications I was using at the time. After ditching Edge, I switched back and forth between Firefox and Opera, but didn’t really feel compelled to stick with either one.

After exclusively using the Canary branch of Edge Chromium, I would highly recommend giving the new browser a try if you’re looking for alternatives or if you’re used to Chromium-based browsers elsewhere and you’d rather not have Google’s browser help track you across the web. And considering you can add in Chromium-compatible extensions, there’s fewer pain points to switching.

Here’s what I learned from CheckPoint S3E27.

  • First of all, is MSFT trying to sell the fact that in some awful and unreasonable way the Xbox One is backwards compatible? Oh, I need to hear more about these claims.
  • “[…] I think we might have blown our seasonal load too early.” So, this is a thing.
  • I believe the reason that No Man’s Sky will be a success isn’t because of the first-person shooterism or the fact that it’s a four-man game developer entering the same genre arena that Bungie’s attempting to claim next year with Destiny, it’s because of the art direction. Those colors and the way that everything is rendered just screams Mirror’s Edge to me. Even though Faith’s runabout-is-fair-play adventure didn’t sell that well because EA marketed it, any competently created game that includes procedurally generated anything will.
  • Metal Gear Solid V preorders for the Playstation 4 will get a DLC mission where you play as Solid Snake, but Xbox One variants will get a DLC mission where you play as Raiden circa Revenegance? I liked MGR for the challenge it provided, but console-specific exclusives always irks me. I’ve thought twice about buying a Xbox One lately, and if this sort of polarity becomes a trend, it will only add more complexity to making a decision.
  • Good Ol’ Games is one step away from Steam with regards to being trustworthy game distribution methods. DRM-free classics that don’t require a front-end to acquire, and now they’re offering refunds? Perhaps they’re more trusting than Steam is at this point.
  • Oh, it’s just a scam. Morons who brick their Xbox Ones deserve to have voided their warranties and ruined their systems. Backwards compatibility? Odds are your Xbox 360 is setting right beside the Xbox One you just bought AND IT STILL WORKS.
  • 100k user registration spike? 10% of all content on Twitch came from PS4s since launch? Time to start shaming MSFT for not including Twitch streaming in the Xbox One launch software suite.
  • Another adventure game from Telltale that everyone will care about except for me! Yay!

Here’s what I learned from CheckPoint S3E26.

  • Cue the Playstation kids that are angry they have to finally get their parent’s credit card out for another thing besides the M-rated game they recently fell on their face begging for.
  • I imagine that “You shut your filthy, seasonal mouth” is a tasteful way of saying “GET ON WITH IT!”
  • Obvious report about service subscription sales going up tremendously when an updated service requires aforementioned subscription.
  • Vlambeer releases a parody of the parodies generally being released about their own games? “We Must Clone Deeper” indeed. My head hurts after trying to suss that one out.
  • Even CheckPoint caught onto to Apple picking up PrimeSense, the manufacturers of the first generation Kinect for Xbox 360 and SDK for PC. Guessing from how long it took the biometrics company’s product to the integrated into Apple products in a very Apple manner, these sensors probably be expected no earlier than the 2015-2016 models of upcoming Apple products.
  • Skylanders? PASS.
  • Barcode Battlers sounds like a mobile game property that can be made awesome right now.
  • Typing of the Dead mention is awesome. Plus… an expansion pack to add Shakespeare quotes as lines to type? Man, I think I need to get on this train and fast.