Microsoft Edge update cuts one of its best features

What you need to know

• Microsoft Edge version 117.0.2045.31 recently shipped to the Stable Channel for everyone to download.
• The update ships with a ton of new features and fixes.
• Unlike past releases, Microsoft will deprecate several features, including Web Select. A move that has raised concern among users.
• The company indicated that the change is designed to improve the browser’s overall experience. 

Microsoft recently shipped Edge 117 to the Stable Channel for everyone to download. The update stands out from previous ones because aside from adding new features, fixes, and improvements, it also removes several. Previously, users have complained about Edge’s ‘bloat’ and how Microsoft keeps adding new features to the Chromium-based browsers that one might not necessarily find helpful.

In the release notes (Edge, version 117.0.2045.31), Microsoft indicated that it would be decrepitating several features, including Web Select, a neat feature designed to help users capture and copy web content. But unlike other screenshot tools, the feature is much more sophisticated as it preserves the captured content’s original format and functionality.