Microsoft putting Edge on Chromium isn’t just about the browser. It’s about making Web apps that do a better job integrating with the operating system — like Electron apps, or MacOS Marzipan apps, but better.
Interesting. Until reading this article I thought Edge on Chromium was a yawner, because I don’t see any reason to switch to Edge. But this puts a new face on it.
A handy Keyboard Maestro macro from Federic Viticci, for those of us who have uninstalled Flash from our Macs but need to watch the occasional Flash video. I had an app to do this, but a Keyboard Maestro macro is simpler.
Google is introducing a read-later service to compete with Instapaper, Pocket. But it’s half-baked. [Ben Woods – The Next Web]
Google released a “Save to Google” extension for Chrome. I gave it a spin. The repository was hard to navigate, and won’t let you search the full text of saved articles. Also, I’ve seen no mention of being able to save pages from a phone or tablet.
Read-later services are one of those areas where I’m never satisfied, and continually rotate between Instapaper, Pocket, and Pinboard. Right now I’m on Pinboard.
