{"id":8678,"date":"2015-10-22T16:26:21","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T20:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=8678"},"modified":"2015-10-22T16:26:21","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T20:26:21","slug":"microsoft-says-edge-browser-extensions-will-arrive-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2015\/10\/22\/microsoft-says-edge-browser-extensions-will-arrive-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft says Edge browser extensions will arrive in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has never said when to expect extension support for its Edge browser, but now we have a timeframe: 2016.<\/p>\n

As news begins to leak out about when the so-called \u201dThreshold 2\u201d Fall Update to Windows 10 is expected, one component that won\u2019t be included is support for Windows 10 Edge extensions. Microsoft said in a statement that that capability won\u2019t be available until 2016.\u201cWe\u2019re committed to providing customers with a personalized web experience, which is why bringing extensions to Microsoft Edge continues to be a high priority,\u201d a Microsoft representative said in an email.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re actively working to develop a secure extension model to make the safest and most reliable browser for our customers, and look forward to sharing more in a future Windows 10 update in 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n

The news comes as no surprise, given that most of the new features expected in the fall update have or are being pushed out to users in the ongoing preview builds of Windows 10 that have continued past its official \u201crelease.\u201d Build 10565 of Windows 10, for example, includes the Cortana text integration that is now in Windows 10 (for Mobile) build 10572 \u2014 making it pretty obvious that those messaging features will be part of the Threshold 2 update as well as the Windows 10 Mobile rollout in November.<\/p>\n

In May, however, Microsoft\u2019s Edge developer conference in May didn\u2019t exactly put a stake in the ground as to when extension support would be rolled out. And, oddly enough, the company\u2019s Edge roadmap doesn\u2019t seem to list extensions in its proposed feature list.<\/p>\n

Microsoft isn\u2019t the only browser developer working to secure its extensions. Beginning with the publicly available Firefox 41, which launched in September, Mozilla began blocking all unsigned extensions to stop ad injections and malicious scripts.<\/p>\n

However, extensions are one of the most popular ways of customizing a browser, and extension (or add-on) support has been built into Google Chrome, Opera, and Firefox. (Here are ten productive extensions for Chrome, for example.) That\u2019s part of the reason we picked Chrome as our best browser of 2015.<\/p>\n

Why this matters: It\u2019s perhaps telling that while Windows 10 has captured 6.6 percent of all PCs according to NetMarketShare, the same firm claims that only 2.4 percent of those PCs run Edge. One reason has to be support for extensions, which won\u2019t be part of the browser as more people turn to Windows 10.<\/p>\n

Source: Microsoft says Edge browser extensions will arrive in 2016 | PCWorld<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft has never said when to expect extension support for its Edge browser, but now we have a timeframe: 2016. 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