

We highly recommend this program to all users. After many months of testing and releasing previews, the final version of the new cross-platform browser is available for download using an standalone installer and Windows Update. It comes as a zip file and runs after extraction with no need to install. UPDATED 1/16/20: Microsoft is finally rolling out the first stable version of the new of Microsoft Edge based on the Chromium engine.

We didn't have to do a lot of searching for the features that we wanted and, even though it's relatively no-frills, we didn't find ourselves missing anything. Transitioning to a new browser always requires an adjustment period, but overall, we found Chromium to be quite intuitive and pleasurable to use. The program's Help file directs users to Google's Chrome Web site, which is fine, as the programs are virtually identical. In fact, everything about Chromium is fast, from its start-up to the way it handles Web pages. The fact that opening a new tab or window shows a grid of the user's most-visited Web sites is ingenious getting to your favorite Web destinations has never been faster or easier. We loved that the search box and address bar are combined into one space they worked surprisingly well that way. We easily imported our bookmarks and other settings from Firefox, allowing us to make a pretty seamless transition. With a bit of exploration, though, we soon caught on. Epics Encrypted Proxy is a free built-in VPN that protects your browsing history from your ISP & other data collectors and secures you on public WiFi. There aren't a lot of buttons, and we were momentarily confused by its lack of a search box. To the uninitiated, Chromium's interface may seem rather sparse. We've always been Firefox loyalists ourselves, but Chromium impressed us quite a bit. Chromium is a sleek, lightweight browser that provides an efficient browsing experience with no unnecessary clutter.
