did I said anything about Chrome, FireFox, Opera ?!? I did not! bunch of MS apologist without vision going from Spartan to Edge .. what an improvement ... NOT!
I would've preferred they kept Spartan myself, but Edge is perfectly inoffensive. What browser has an awesome name? Chrome, Opera, Safari? Please. Firefox is the best, just because a fox made of fire is awesome. It doesn't really have much to do with browsing the internet, though.
Yeah Firefox is the only one that sounds even remotely cool, I always thought Chrome sounded kinda silly. Edge isn't bad, other than the fact that it reminds mobile enthusiasts of 2G GSM speeds. :p It's gonna lead to very interesting Google searches when you start mixing keywords like edge and speed.
I imagine that part of the reason for the name Edge is they wanted to stick with an "E" word. Think about it, for the last two decades or so, people have been trained to click on the blue "E" icon to get to the internet. Now, even though MS is changing the name of the browser, they probably want to keep the icon similar. That limits them to names that can have another "E" icon.
Handwritten markup of dynamic online documents is one of the most contrived software features I've seen in a long time. Worse than useless, since some people might expect it to actually work, and it won't.
It already works, I sent a bunch of webpages to my GF, as we are house hunting, and it was much better than throwing everything into a word doc or whatever else I would have had to do to have the same effect. I could just circle point arrows at things and be done with it.
Just by using Windows 10 once, you give Microsoft the right to spy on you, which means record everything you write, record you with any camera, including the one aiming at you on your laptop, record you with any microphone, record your GPS location, and any other way to collect information about you.
You give Microsoft the right to use all your private information WITHOUT LIMITATIONS, FOR LIFE, no matter if you stop using any Microsoft product, and not just by the hardware/software in which you installed Windows 10. You give general, unlimited rights, on your private life.
You give Microsoft the right to use that information for profit, and for any purpose Microsoft finds useful.
You have the rights of a slave: nothing. You give MS the rights of a slave master: everything. No limitation, in exchange of nothing (actually, you PAY for it).
I guess you didn't realize the fact that the "license" you linked specifically states it is the PRIVACY STATEMENT for the >>PRE-RELEASE<< version of the OS? Of course MS is gonna collect data on that. How else are they gonna find what needs improvements and/or fixing?
Stop reading what you want to see and actually read (and hopefully understand) what is actually stated.
You are wrong. This is only part of the final license of Windows 10. Ask a lawyer. If you were right, it should explicitly state that those are limitations of the Preview version, and it says nothing about that. It is not an "error" to omit it. No lawyer would make such an elemental "error", it is totally intentional. It should also collect anonymous information, and it does not at all.
You are wrong again, because it is a necessary part of the rest of Windows 10 design. Windows 10 doesn't works without it. Everything in W10 is designed to innecesarily require access to MS servers, despite not having any functionality requiring a web connection.
Everything on Windows 10 is designed to fit with it, including lots of "apps" which cannot be removed, like any camera "app", microphone, Cortana, GPS, Onedrive, Store, and other 50 "apps" without any means of uninstallation.
By the way, you should disclose that you are a Microsoft employee.
Maybe it's because I am Italian, but Spartan sounded terrible to me (and I certain almost any Italian would agree). Edge sounds cool to me, makes me think of "future", "leading technology", etc.
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zmeul - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - link
sorry MS but this is a very dumb name"let me fire Edge here and go to google" - WTF!? NO!
SpartanJet - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - link
And chrome is any better? Maybe chrome is the superior data mining name, but for a browser I will use Edge.Alexvrb - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - link
He won't settle for less than the finest name possible - Zmeul Browser.zmeul - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
did I said anything about Chrome, FireFox, Opera ?!? I did not! bunch of MS apologist without visiongoing from Spartan to Edge .. what an improvement ... NOT!
kyuu - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
I would've preferred they kept Spartan myself, but Edge is perfectly inoffensive. What browser has an awesome name? Chrome, Opera, Safari? Please. Firefox is the best, just because a fox made of fire is awesome. It doesn't really have much to do with browsing the internet, though.Impulses - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
Yeah Firefox is the only one that sounds even remotely cool, I always thought Chrome sounded kinda silly. Edge isn't bad, other than the fact that it reminds mobile enthusiasts of 2G GSM speeds. :p It's gonna lead to very interesting Google searches when you start mixing keywords like edge and speed.cmdrdredd - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
No but you're being ignorantly biased anyway.baii9 - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - link
let me fire w.e fox here and go to google?I guess they should call it terminator or something.
Mr Perfect - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
I imagine that part of the reason for the name Edge is they wanted to stick with an "E" word. Think about it, for the last two decades or so, people have been trained to click on the blue "E" icon to get to the internet. Now, even though MS is changing the name of the browser, they probably want to keep the icon similar. That limits them to names that can have another "E" icon.mkozakewich - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
Microsoft announces new E Browser.#thereifixedit
Morawka - Friday, May 1, 2015 - link
echo would have been better imoCoreLogicCom - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - link
I can see it now. Windows 95 launched with the Rolling Stones song Start me up. Windows 10 launches with the Aerosmith song Living on the Edge.DCide - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - link
At least no one got fired. ;)Microsoft marketeers couldn't come up with a good name, so they probably hired someone else to not come up with a good name.
DCide - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - link
Microsoft truly has become IBM.ivan256 - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - link
Handwritten markup of dynamic online documents is one of the most contrived software features I've seen in a long time. Worse than useless, since some people might expect it to actually work, and it won't.Alexvrb - Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - link
Why couldn't it work? Maybe it's for sharing/saving a snapshot of a page with your own notes added. That would be easy.thtechnologist - Monday, May 4, 2015 - link
It already works, I sent a bunch of webpages to my GF, as we are house hunting, and it was much better than throwing everything into a word doc or whatever else I would have had to do to have the same effect. I could just circle point arrows at things and be done with it.marraco - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
Read the fucking Windows 10 licensehttp://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview...
Just by using Windows 10 once, you give Microsoft the right to spy on you, which means record everything you write, record you with any camera, including the one aiming at you on your laptop, record you with any microphone, record your GPS location, and any other way to collect information about you.
http://i.imgur.com/0tRnGp0.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/etZm6dq.jpg?1
You give Microsoft the right to use all your private information WITHOUT LIMITATIONS, FOR LIFE, no matter if you stop using any Microsoft product, and not just by the hardware/software in which you installed Windows 10. You give general, unlimited rights, on your private life.
You give Microsoft the right to use that information for profit, and for any purpose Microsoft finds useful.
http://i.imgur.com/rMp8mGa.jpg?1
Microsoft explicitly says that it will disclose your private information, for profit.
Yo sign to Microsoft a blank contract, which Microsoft explicitly can change at will, without restrictions.
So, you basically give Microsoft a contract giving Microsoft the privilege of anything it wants now on in the future.
http://i.imgur.com/dA6O0Pi.jpg?1
You have the rights of a slave: nothing. You give MS the rights of a slave master: everything. No limitation, in exchange of nothing (actually, you PAY for it).
kyuu - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
Your post would be hilarious if it wasn't so sad.blanarahul - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
The sad truth about the era of Internet.Stahn Aileron - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
I guess you didn't realize the fact that the "license" you linked specifically states it is the PRIVACY STATEMENT for the >>PRE-RELEASE<< version of the OS? Of course MS is gonna collect data on that. How else are they gonna find what needs improvements and/or fixing?Stop reading what you want to see and actually read (and hopefully understand) what is actually stated.
maximumGPU - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
Well said. This effectively renders his over the top rant meaningless.marraco - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
You are wrong. This is only part of the final license of Windows 10.Ask a lawyer. If you were right, it should explicitly state that those are limitations of the Preview version, and it says nothing about that. It is not an "error" to omit it. No lawyer would make such an elemental "error", it is totally intentional.
It should also collect anonymous information, and it does not at all.
You are wrong again, because it is a necessary part of the rest of Windows 10 design. Windows 10 doesn't works without it.
Everything in W10 is designed to innecesarily require access to MS servers, despite not having any functionality requiring a web connection.
Everything on Windows 10 is designed to fit with it, including lots of "apps" which cannot be removed, like any camera "app", microphone, Cortana, GPS, Onedrive, Store, and other 50 "apps" without any means of uninstallation.
By the way, you should disclose that you are a Microsoft employee.
taisingera - Thursday, April 30, 2015 - link
They should have called it Microsoft Extractor.Sounds cooler and you extract information from the internet and cloud.
digiguy - Friday, May 1, 2015 - link
Maybe it's because I am Italian, but Spartan sounded terrible to me (and I certain almost any Italian would agree). Edge sounds cool to me, makes me think of "future", "leading technology", etc.