JavaScript creator says rushed web UX causes bloat and points to WebView2/Electron as Windows 11’s bigger problem.

Microsoft is bringing its Edge WebView2 runtime for embedding web components into apps to more Windows 10 consumer devices. WebView 2, which is built on Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser, is ...

I prefer native apps; Windows 11's Agenda view runs as a WebView2 (web) app. It looks and feels like Windows 10's Agenda, so most users won't notice a difference. I'm disappointed it's web-based; I ...

WebView is a web control that basically allows you to display web elements inside a Windows application, without needing to launch the full browser experience. It essentially embeds a browser engine ...

Microsoft has announced that WebView2 is now generally available for desktop Windows apps (UWP). Unlike the original WebView based on EdgeHTML (the rendering engine powering the original and ...

The WebView2 technology for Win32 C/C++ applications is now generally available for developers, Microsoft has announced in a blog post. As Thurrott notes, WebView2 is built on the Chromium version of ...

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Although it is not possible to uninstall the stable version of the Edge browser, you can certainly uninstall or disable Edge Dev, Beta, and Canary versions in Windows 11/10. Here is how you can remove ...

WebView2 should improve the performance of web apps that adopt it. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. WebView2 will be generally ...