Web Select Option Gone After Recent Edge Update

I still can't comprehend how they removed these features that's making them "edge" other browsers

Yeah, their excuse of it being about "bloat" doesn't make much sense.

If it is to lighten features, why not make them configurable so those who want them can have them, and those that don't, don't. Pretty simple to my mind. The code etc is already there, so that doesn't impact the look or feel.

Web Select is so useful to me that it won't break the format of web content.

If MS decided to remove this feature, is there any browser extension which can do the same thing as "Web Select" feature?

Hi, pardon my ignorance, how do I get to Dev channel option? I have the 116.0.1938.69 (Official build) (64-bit) Version, without any access to the Web Select tool. In the "about edge" page, it only gives me the possibility to "Download Updates over metered connections".

Any other browser with the same tool or other ways to work around it in Edge?!

Thanks a lot!

LaFlor

You can download / install the Edge Beta along side the production copy of edge by visiting this site:

https://www.microsoftedgeinsider.com/en-us/download/beta

I would like to point out that on my PC at least, running Microsoft Edge for Business Version 117.0.2045.12 (Official build) beta (64-bit), that:

1. The CTRL+SHIFT+X keyboard shortcut to go directly to WebSelect still works
2. The right-click Web Capture menu item is still there, and if you choose it:
   
3. The pop-up menu, still shows the Web select option:
   

So at least on this beta build, I see no evidence of the feature being removed. I'm not sure why the option was clearly missing for some of you.

To the Microsoft Edge Team, if any of them ever look at this thread:

I still wish you had left the "Web select" option on the right-click menu instead of the less useful "Web capture" option.

As I've stated previously, "Web select" is something that other browsers do not have and, in my opinion, gives Microsoft Edge a competitive advantage over other browsers. Because of that fact, the discoverability of that feature should be given prominence on the right-click menu, instead of giving prominence to something called "Web capture" which just looks like any other screenshot utility.

I am of the opinion that if you see something that looks like a screen capture utility, and you are already in the habit of taking screen captures with other utilities (Windows Key + Shift + S, PrintScrn, or with 3rd party utilities like SnagIt, FullShot, etc), then you are unlikely to bother to click Web capture and therefore will be less likely to discover that the pop-up menu contains the Web select feature in the first place.