[BetterRed]

I had the impression Chromium Edge would come with 1909, which I got in 2002, but it snuck past me with the Nov 2019 Patch Tuesday update.

I didn't know MS had made it so easy to ditch Chromium Edge and revert to EdgeHTML Edge. I can see why, UAP apps do use and look like they will continue to use the EdgeHTML engine - I was worried that they would start wanting Chromium Edge. I still have EdgeLaunch installed so I wont have to track it down again.

I've changed my mind about why MS ditched ePub viewing in Chromium Edge. Initially I assumed it was because it was too hard to do. But that doesn't make sense, a) they still have a PDF viewer which was and still is functionally much the same as the ePub viewer; and b) what's inside an ePub is a variant of what's inside a web page, whereas what's in a PDF is another can of worms entirely. So, I now think it was some weird managerial decision.

I have more or less lost patience with web browsers, we've been faffing around with them for over 30 years and I am not sure they are substantially better now than they were 20 years ago.

Oh yes, slow to load epub readers - the one that comes with calibre was the one I had in mind, but when i tried them a couple of others were also quite slow. Added: EdgeHTML and Quicklook have undoubtedly biased my view on this even further.

BR