Problem with BA.com and Chromium Edge
Jun 7, 2020, 9:33 am
#1
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Problem with BA.com and Chromium Edge
Hi,
just upgraded to Microsoft's new Chromium Edge...Anybody else now have problems with BA's website...??
It keeps forgetting my country and language preferences (which are UK and English) and defaults to the local BA website for my location i.e. France
Previous version of Edge worked ok...also tried messing with various options under the settings menu but to no avail...
Tried it on another PC running Windows 7 (Chromium Edge runs on 7)...and same problem...
Chris
just upgraded to Microsoft's new Chromium Edge...Anybody else now have problems with BA's website...??
It keeps forgetting my country and language preferences (which are UK and English) and defaults to the local BA website for my location i.e. France
Previous version of Edge worked ok...also tried messing with various options under the settings menu but to no avail...
Tried it on another PC running Windows 7 (Chromium Edge runs on 7)...and same problem...
Chris
Jun 7, 2020, 9:34 am
#2
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BOS
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Hi,
just upgraded to Microsoft's new Chromium Edge...Anybody else now have problems with BA's website...??
It keeps forgetting my country and language preferences (which are UK and English) and defaults to the local BA website for my location i.e. France
Previous version of Edge worked ok...also tried messing with various options under the settings menu but to no avail...
Tried it on another PC running Windows 7 (Chromium Edge runs on 7)...and same problem...
Chris
just upgraded to Microsoft's new Chromium Edge...Anybody else now have problems with BA's website...??
It keeps forgetting my country and language preferences (which are UK and English) and defaults to the local BA website for my location i.e. France
Previous version of Edge worked ok...also tried messing with various options under the settings menu but to no avail...
Tried it on another PC running Windows 7 (Chromium Edge runs on 7)...and same problem...
Chris
Jun 7, 2020, 9:40 am
#4
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Chromium Edge is Microsoft's new browser and an upgrade to Edge...
It can run across legacy operating systems such as Windows 7...that the original Edge could not.
No doubt Microsoft saw that they were losing the browser market to Google Chrome and Firefox when it came to such legacy PC's that hadn't or couldn't upgrade to Windows 10...
Chris
It can run across legacy operating systems such as Windows 7...that the original Edge could not.
No doubt Microsoft saw that they were losing the browser market to Google Chrome and Firefox when it came to such legacy PC's that hadn't or couldn't upgrade to Windows 10...
Chris
Jun 7, 2020, 9:51 am
#5
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 4,648
Chromium Edge is Microsoft's new browser and an upgrade to Edge...
It can run across legacy operating systems such as Windows 7...that the original Edge could not.
No doubt Microsoft saw that they were losing the browser market to Google Chrome and Firefox when it came to such legacy PC's that hadn't or couldn't upgrade to Windows 10...
Chris
It can run across legacy operating systems such as Windows 7...that the original Edge could not.
No doubt Microsoft saw that they were losing the browser market to Google Chrome and Firefox when it came to such legacy PC's that hadn't or couldn't upgrade to Windows 10...
Chris
Jun 7, 2020, 1:29 pm
#6
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Chris_G have you tried checking your cookie settings? It sounds like it is forgetting your settings because it is not saving in a cookie... or it's just a compatibility issue / bug.
Like others, I use Chrome (on Mac) and have done for years, but I'm slightly edging towards Firefox now due to Chrome slowly eating more RAM in recent years.
Like others, I use Chrome (on Mac) and have done for years, but I'm slightly edging towards Firefox now due to Chrome slowly eating more RAM in recent years.
Jun 7, 2020, 1:36 pm
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Jun 7, 2020, 2:02 pm
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Jun 7, 2020, 2:17 pm
#10
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Try Opera. I use this a lot, and Chrome when necessary. Edge is simply not safe. Firefox has been a disaster area for a number of years now, so I avoid it too, having used it more or less exclusively for a long time before that..
Jun 7, 2020, 4:18 pm
#12
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Jun 7, 2020, 6:03 pm
#13
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different skins/features on top, and maybe some minor changes under
Last edited by paperwastage; Jun 7, 2020 at 6:11 pm
Jun 7, 2020, 6:41 pm
#14
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Surely what people wish to use for a web browser is up to them - suggesting using another browser that the person might think is superior / denigrading what the person wants to use, hardly helps address if there is an issue with the browser/help person work with it
Just tested Edge and it was switching back to local country initially but now seems to be holding the preference - not sure what I did that changed it other than changing the language to English(UK) ; I did do things such as disabling services and set strict tracking prevention, but dont see that they should have caused the ssue
Just tested Edge and it was switching back to local country initially but now seems to be holding the preference - not sure what I did that changed it other than changing the language to English(UK) ; I did do things such as disabling services and set strict tracking prevention, but dont see that they should have caused the ssue
Last edited by Dave Noble; Jun 7, 2020 at 6:55 pm
Jun 7, 2020, 7:50 pm
#15
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Surely what people wish to use for a web browser is up to them - suggesting using another browser that the person might think is superior / denigrading what the person wants to use, hardly helps address if there is an issue with the browser/help person work with it
Just tested Edge and it was switching back to local country initially but now seems to be holding the preference - not sure what I did that changed it other than changing the language to English(UK) ; I did do things such as disabling services and set strict tracking prevention, but dont see that they should have caused the ssue
Just tested Edge and it was switching back to local country initially but now seems to be holding the preference - not sure what I did that changed it other than changing the language to English(UK) ; I did do things such as disabling services and set strict tracking prevention, but dont see that they should have caused the ssue
Chris