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web hosted ui
About this tag
The tag 'web hosted ui' covers discussions about browser-based interfaces that run from cloud servers rather than locally installed components. A recent thread on WindowsForum.com examines Microsoft Edge Canary testing Copilot Vision at copilot.microsoft.com, shifting image analysis and visual prompts from an internal browser surface to a web-hosted Copilot experience. This reflects a broader trend where features traditionally embedded in software are moving to cloud-delivered UIs, affecting performance, security, and update cycles. Topics include how web-hosted UIs change user interaction, reduce local resource usage, and enable faster feature rollouts. The tag is relevant for users tracking Microsoft's experiments with cloud-based interfaces in Edge and Copilot.
Microsoft is quietly experimenting with a new way to surface Copilot Vision in Edge Canary: instead of launching the feature from the browser’s internal visual companion page, Edge can now open Vision from the cloud at copilot.microsoft.com — an experiment that, if finalized, would shift image...