Although it is somewhat late, Microsoft has taken the batteries very seriously when developing its new web browser. Unlike what it did with the previous Edge, the new Chromium-based browser is receiving a lot of love from the company. Based on Google’s OpenSource engine, Microsoft is implementing all kinds of options, functions and features with which it tries to gain an advantage over its rivals. And one of the latest news that we find in this web browser is found directly in its interface.
Until now, when we want to open the bookmarks, history or any other element of our browser, it opens in a new independent tab. Even on the new Edge. Although it is as it has always been done, and as we are used to working, the truth is that this could be much more practical. Microsoft has been experimenting with a new change in this regard for some time now, a series of floating panels that, instead of opening in a new tab, open within it, like a menu.
How are floating trees or panels
Microsoft began experimenting with floating panels in the browser’s bookmarks menu . As in any other browser, this menu opened in a new tab, from where we could access all the websites that we had saved. The new browser development versions now, instead of opening a new tab, show us a floating panel from which we will be able to access all the websites that we have saved.
As we can see, this panel is much more practical to use and manage than the classic panel that we can open from “edge: // favorites /” in previous versions of the browser. And it seems that the concept has been liked by users, because they have asked Microsoft to take it to other parts of the browser.
Microsoft, heeding user feedback, has begun to bring these floating panels to other parts of the browser. For example, the Collections panel (where we can save links, webs or notes) will also open within a similar panel. And we may also see it in other sections of the browser, such as the history.
Edge’s floating panels are coming soon
At the moment, this change in the browser interface is only available to a very specific number of users of the Canary branch. However, it seems that its development is going the right way, and it is likely that with the launch of versions 90 or 91 of this browser this function will reach all users of the Canary and Dev versions. And, from there , will go to the stable version of it.
In addition to this interesting change in the browser interface, Microsoft is also working to bring other improvements to its web browser. For example, we can see improvements in color, a function to suspend tabs, save RAM and more.
Of course, the new Edge Chromium is becoming a very interesting browser. The same thing even manages to steal the spotlight from Chrome.
