Microsoft Fixes Edge Bug That Made It Crash When Searching With Google (theverge.com) 52
"Microsoft's new Edge browser started randomly crashing when users typed into the address bar," reported the Verge on Thursday.
"The issues appear to have affected Edge users who had selected Google as the default search engine." Microsoft investigated the problem and now says it's believed to have been resolved. The Microsoft Edge crashes started at around 7PM ET, and were affecting macOS and Windows users. Microsoft resolved the problems after around four hours of crashes, but it's not clear why they were only limited to Google search users in Edge.
If users switched to Microsoft's Bing search engine within Edge, the crashes never occured.
"The issues appear to have affected Edge users who had selected Google as the default search engine." Microsoft investigated the problem and now says it's believed to have been resolved. The Microsoft Edge crashes started at around 7PM ET, and were affecting macOS and Windows users. Microsoft resolved the problems after around four hours of crashes, but it's not clear why they were only limited to Google search users in Edge.
If users switched to Microsoft's Bing search engine within Edge, the crashes never occured.
What do you mean bug? (Score:5, Funny)
It was working as intended before someone started to complain!
Re: What do you mean bug? (Score:5, Funny)
Re: What do you mean bug? (Score:2)
*Groan* but worth a 'funny' mod all the same.
Now of course, if they'd taken it to its logical conclusion and reset your default search engine to Bing that would at least have been able to exclude the "never ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence" meme.
It's not done till Lotus won't run (Score:4, Informative)
Remember ... It's not done until Lotus won't run?
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Google's not done until Edge won't run??
Never attribute to malice... (Score:4, Funny)
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Malice is what often lets incompetence persist much longer than it normally would, though.
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Microsoft's not *that* incompetent. The most common use case for the search bar is to search Google - if they didn't test that, there's more than incompetence going on.
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Ads (Score:5, Funny)
If only Microsoft were a giant software house with decades of experience in rolling things out to a billion people, testing simple use cases with automation.
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Oh, sure! Who'd thought to test such an obscure edge case as the user using Google search!
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At least Google already has all my data and browsing habits. I don't need to share them with Microsoft too.
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Maybe you forgot the part when MS got rid of their QA group about four years ago? This is why they release a horrendously broken update to Windows 10 every six months or so.
They probably don't feel the need to test Edge, as it's just Chromium, which has been tested for years now.
Is Bing still better (Score:3)
for porn searches?
There's nothing new under the sun. (Score:2)
It's not done until Lotus won't run.
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So you're saying Google's not done because Edge still runs?
the poo (Score:4, Insightful)
Predictably, Microsoft took chromium and rubbed the poo on it. You touch Edge and end up with pink eye. Its 2020 and we should all know better by now. I think by picking up chromium Microsoft is really pining for the IE6 days, one browser to rule them all - poo and all.
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At least Chromium doesn't have the stench of Google all over it like Chrome. Well, mostly not, anyhow.
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Edge Chrome is to IE6 the way a solidified dog turd is to a baby with explosive diarrhea right after burrito night. Yeah it's still not pleasant but holy shit at least Edge Chrome doesn't make we want to gouge my own eyes out.
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I'd rather just avoid the poo myself. Fresh and runny or old and crusty, its still poo and its not something I like to play in.
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No one likes to play with it. Unfortunately as a dog owner / parent you eventually will. I'm just happy I no longer need to fire up Internet Explorer to access company websites anymore.
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I pick up after the dog and I've changed a lot of diapers and wiped butts - these are required for responsible pet owners and parents. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever to pick up Edge and get the poo on me. Willing to deal with poo that I or my family created, yes. Willing to deal with Microsoft's browser poo, no way. Like I said, its 2020 and we should know better.
Unusual condition (Score:2)
I'm sure MS characterized the use of Google in their web browser as an edge case not needing to be tested.
Windows and Edge (Score:5, Informative)
Microsoft has a history of making their O/S and browser not compatible with others. It started with their version of the open-source Spyglass software turned into the closed-source "Internet Explorer", then mixing that up with their file browser to create "Explorer".
It continued by blocking other search engines (or making it REALLY hard to select them) or lately in Windows 10 making Bing the default no matter what you do requiring a LOT of effort to change it.
Edge is just another coat of paint on the cracked wall.
Windows, Edge, Microsoft... the only real supporter they have is the government wanting them to be the only company "that gets to" buy Tik-Tok.
Everyone else "just has to use them because the software I must have only runs on it."
SAD!!
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Your comment has just that little whiff of panic about it. Do you own a lot of Google/Alphabet stock?
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Microsoft has a history of making their O/S and browser not compatible with others.
Indeed, but what they don't have a history of is fixing the problem when immediately noticed.
What clever trick did Google use to crash Edge? (Score:3, Interesting)
Presumably Google changed there incredibly complex JavaScript to do this, probably after Edge was released. And I would be surprised if Google tested on Edge, officially anyway.
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Sounds like they fixed it server side. Meaning the client is vulnerable.
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After all, Google makes all their money by handing customers eyes over to other search engines.
Put the MSFT kool aide container down and step away from the keyboard. Reality is quite different when you get clean from that junk.
LoB
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Those millennial Googlers can't help but keep screwing around with their JS to use all of last month's new browser features. Because of course everyone uses an auto-updated browser now. Those of us who prefer to not use the latest Firefox or Chrome suddenly find that mysteriously we can't do something like post a YouTube comment.
My preferred browser tries to track Firefox changes, but the not-so-recent ripping out of the old plug-ins support apparently wrecked a lot of Gecko code to the point where they're
Who called it a bug? (Score:2)
Remember, Dos isn't done, till DR-Dos won't run.
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To the contrary, Google's javascript mysteriously crashes Microsoft's competing browser.
Also DR-DOS has never been a client binary that runs on top of MS-DOS.
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Microsoft product crashes randomly when it detects the user has installed/using competing software. Why is this called a bug?
Remember, Dos isn't done, till DR-Dos won't run.
And kill off OS/2 as well.
Payback (Score:2)
Windows isn't done (Score:2)
Windows isn't done until Lotus doesn't run.
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When Windows 3.11 first came out, it was meant to be an easy upgrade from Windows 3.1, with "some applications may need to be updated first"
Microsoft helpfully provided a list of applications known not to run. Top of the list: Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
Window's isn't done until our own products won't run
New Microsoft my a55 (Score:2)
After all, anyone sticking with Microsoft now has drunk the kool aide for so long, their ability to even think about using another company's
Oh woe is me! (Score:2)
The Firefox download utility fails at the more roundabout way of obtaining Firefox.
Nah, Bing is good enough for that, or I can even be bothered to remember http://getfirefox.com/ [getfirefox.com] and skip the search step.
Chrome lock-out? (Score:2)
I've noticed that if I'm on a machine without Chrome and without the new version of Edge, and I install Adobe Reader, I get offered an installation of Chrome... but if I'm on a machine with Edge, I do not. I'm assuming that this is because whatever programming in the website detects the presence of Chrome on the computer is satisfied that Chrome is there if the new Edge is.
Intentional, or just an inadvertent side-effect of the new Edge having Chromium under the hood? Either way, it's a pretty nifty way to g