Microsoft is currently working on a new feature called "Sleeping Tabs" for their Chromium-powered Microsoft Edge browser, which will let the inactive browser tabs sleep after a specified time to save system resources.
This is indeed a very good feature when you keep a lot of tabs open on a regular basis. To know more about the feature, its availability, and how to enable it, continue reading further.
Dark Theme improvements come to Windows Search. With the latest Windows 10 Insiders Preview Build 20215 in the Dev Channel, Microsoft now rolling out the dark theme support to the Windows Search results through a server-side change.
This change will make the transition between Start and search results easier on the eyes now. To know what has been changed with Windows 10 build 20215, continue reading further.
Microsoft announces that the company is planning to add support for Android and iOS in .NET 6. The next major version of .NET (i.e. .NET 5.0, currently in Release Candidate 1) is going to be shipped in November 2020, and .NET 6 will be shipped in November 2021 as an LTS (Long Term Support).
If you are an application developer, you should know Microsoft's plan on releasing the next versions of .NET, and the support for Android, iOS platforms. Conversely, they will stop supporting platforms that are no longer relevant.
It's just a week after Microsoft released the first build of Microsoft Edge 87 to the Edge Insiders in the Dev Channel. Now the Redmond based software giant released another build to the insiders with a new feature, improvements, and bug fixes.
The new Microsoft Edge build 87.0.637.0 in the Dev Channel adds the ability to activate Shy UI with a gesture on touch screen devices. For a complete changelog, continue reading further.
The latest version of Microsoft Edge (Chromium) not only alerts you when it finds your credentials leaked somewhere in the Dark Web, but now also suggests you a random, strong, and unique password when you visit a site to create a new account.
Microsoft added a new feature called "Suggest strong passwords" to Microsoft Edge 87 (enabled by default). If you are currently running Edge Canary or Edge Dev build, you can try out it now. The feature will soon roll out to the stable release channel.
The latest version of Microsoft Edge in the Dev Channel gets support for viewing the Table of Contents (TOC) of a PDF document. If you are having Microsoft Edge version 87.0.634.0 and above, you can now view and navigate the document through the new "Table of Contents" panel.
This is indeed a great new feature in Microsoft Edge, along with the other features like Read aloud, PDF Highlighter, Smooth Scrolling, PDF Forms filling, and Dark mode. Let's learn how to launch the TOC Panel in Microsoft Edge while viewing a PDF document.
Microsoft releases Visual Studio Code August 2020 (version 1.49) update. The new update comes with several new improvements such as the ability to format changed codes, change text casing, display pending changes per repository, filter debug console output and more.
To know more about the new features introduced in the latest Microsoft Visual Studio Code August 2020 Update, and to download the latest stable build, continue reading further.
Microsoft added a new feature to Microsoft Edge that will now allow you to choose "Open" or "Save" options for downloaded items before the download begins. This is called as the new download GUI. Though this feature was there in the old legacy Edge browser, Microsoft recently added it to the Chromium-powered Edge.
If you are running the latest Edge Canary or Edge Dev build (version 87.x or higher), you will have to turn ON a setting to experience the feature. Here's how you can enable the new download UI in Microsoft Edge. Follow the steps mentioned below.
Microsoft releases a new Windows 10 build for the Windows Insiders who are on the Dev Channel. The latest Windows 10 build 20211 contains two new features. Among these, one is the ability to search for default apps, and the other is the ability to access the Linux file systems in WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).
If you are a Windows Insider and your device is enrolled against the Dev Channel, you can grab the latest preview build through Windows Update. In this post, we are going to learn how to access Linux files with Windows Explorer in Windows 10.
Microsoft releases a new Windows 10 build for the Windows Insiders who are on the Dev Channel. The latest Windows 10 build 20211 contains two new features. Among these, one is the ability to search for default apps, and the other is the ability to access the Linux file systems in WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).
If you are a Windows Insider and your device is enrolled against the Dev Channel, you can grab the latest preview build through Windows Update. Before upgrading to this build, make sure to check out the original release notes for known issues present in this build.
