> This new Copilot is an interesting app, and that might also explain why it feels faster than typical web apps or PWAs. It’s because Microsoft ships a private copy of Edge inside the Copilot app, includes a custom launcher (mscopilot.exe), and the Copilot UI itself is a web app rendered via WebView2.
I’m having trouble understanding the causality here. Why does shipping an entire version of Edge improve speed?
Not a good week/weekend for Microsoft on HN. There are currently 2-3 front page threads tearing them apart. I’ve even made my own thread regarding discontinuation of not only support, but runnability of Publisher (what the absolute fuck!). What are their product managers doing?!
> This new Copilot is an interesting app, and that might also explain why it feels faster than typical web apps or PWAs. It’s because Microsoft ships a private copy of Edge inside the Copilot app, includes a custom launcher (mscopilot.exe), and the Copilot UI itself is a web app rendered via WebView2.
I’m having trouble understanding the causality here. Why does shipping an entire version of Edge improve speed?
Ironically, this will hurt their push to increase browser market share, RAM being an advantage: https://web.archive.org/web/20240712092321/https://www.tomsg...
Not a good week/weekend for Microsoft on HN. There are currently 2-3 front page threads tearing them apart. I’ve even made my own thread regarding discontinuation of not only support, but runnability of Publisher (what the absolute fuck!). What are their product managers doing?!
It was Meta not too long ago.
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