One of the good news that Microsoft’s new browser became Chromium-based, the same Google open source project that Chrome and other browsers are based on, is that those responsible for Windows would also collaborate with its development.
Things like better tab management or web applications that look more native are some of the things that Edge will bring to Chrome, and now we can also add elastic scrolling to the list.
Bounce effect at the beginning or end of a page
If you’ve ever used the classic Windows 10 Edge or the same Chrome or Safari on macOS, you’ve seen this effect. It is a kind of bounce that happens when we try to scroll past the end or the beginning of a page.
A very visual and useful indicator to know that we cannot continue going down or going up. This effect does not exist in Chrome, nor in the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge within Windows 10, but Microsoft developers already included it as a change and you can even try it today.
The “elastic scroll” is available in Google Chrome Canary under a “flag” or experimental function. If you have that preview version of Chrome installed on your computer, you can go to chrome://flags and search for ” Elastic Overscroll for Windows “.
Once you enable it and restart the browser, you will notice the difference when you use the browser and scroll on a touchscreen device or with a precision touchpad. It does not work with a traditional mouse.