Recently, Microsoft Edge 109 came out, a brief version in terms of news, which is fortunately not usual in a browser that usually introduces changes of interest gradually. And that’s great that it’s happening because it’s a symptom of a vibrant and competitive segment.

The minimalism imposed by Chrome is gradually receding, and each of the web browsers is going its own way, introducing changes that they consider important to improve the user experience. But there are two that are almost Swiss army knives more than web browsers: Vivaldi and Microsoft Edge, with the latter focusing on integration and improving productivity.

Yes, Microsoft needs to learn once and for all to do things well with certain things, especially when it is already very good at others. So that it doesn’t spoil the good work of its developers with harassment policies that do more harm than good. But back to the good stuff, I’m confused. The good thing is that a Reddit user is collecting as a preview of what’s to come.

This new feature will make it possible Split your browser view in two to view both web pages at the same time. Nothing out of this world, or it can’t be done with two windows, but a more convenient way to do something so common today, like splitting the screen to see more content at the same time; at least for those who spend time at the computer, generally working.

At the moment, yes, it’s an early development feature, and while those who have been able to test it assure that it works well, it can only be activated through the browser’s advanced preferences and only in the Beta, Dev or Canary version. In case you want to take a look, the enable option (in “edge://flags”) is “edge-split-screen”.

To use it, just click on a new button that appears on the toolbar that allows you to select a second tab, besides the one you have in the foreground, to share the view with. For quite some time now This type of display mode has become very popularespecially on the desktop itself, from developer window manager “tiles” to Windows 11’s Snap Layouts.

In the case of Microsoft Edge and the functionality available, it’s easier, but maybe it’s just the beginning of something. You can see what might come next with Vivaldi and its mosaic feature, although that is perhaps an extreme example. Anyway, functionality, exclusive functionality, is again one of the main components of the evolution of browsers, which should be appreciated.

How long it will take for this feature to make it to the stable version of Microsoft Edge and be available to all users is unclear, but it has now appeared in the development versions… for Microsoft Edge 110? This at least. At most Microsoft Edge 112, which always takes care of the usual browser times of those from Redmond.