Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefox’s Default Browser Workaround

Post by beezle » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 4:29 PM UTC

Post by Liquid_Fire » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 4:50 PM UTC

anshumankmr wrote: post #2

As someone who used Firefox and has Windows 11, how is it going to affect me? My links open in Firefox only (and the only time I open links is either from WhatsApp or occasionally some link in a doc file or PDF I am reading). It works fine for me so far.

Post by josephcsible » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:10 PM UTC

Liquid_Fire wrote: post #3

anshumankmr wrote: post #2

As someone who used Firefox and has Windows 11, how is it going to affect me? My links open in Firefox only (and the only time I open links is either from WhatsApp or occasionally some link in a doc file or PDF I am reading). It works fine for me so far.

I think it's only for 'microsoft-edge:' URLs, used by certain Windows features (e.g. Bing search from the start menu, or opening the online help via a link in the Settings). Most other links will just be normal http:/https: links and will use your actual default browser.

Post by vernie » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:11 PM UTC

Post by Kaze404 » Thu, Dec 16, 2021, 5:12 PM UTC

xdennis wrote: post #6

anshumankmr wrote: post #2

As someone who used Firefox and has Windows 11, how is it going to affect me? My links open in Firefox only (and the only time I open links is either from WhatsApp or occasionally some link in a doc file or PDF I am reading). It works fine for me so far.

I don't want to be mean, but saying "this doesn't affect me" is how freedoms get lost.