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Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by dTal »

hnlmorg wrote: post #59
SantiagoElf wrote: post #24

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I have been using Linux since Redhat 6.2 back in 1998. I have had my share of xconfig edits, bash scripts, etc explorations. I am now reaching 36, I just like 'things that work' - like Windows. Windows works with all my hardware, with all my 7 laptops, with all my 2 towers, I can install Visual Studio 2022 on it, I can install Ubuntu in WSL2 and I can play Dota2/Civ/Baldur's Gate/Warhammer 40k Insquisitor Martyr/list…

I'm a similiar age (few years older but nothing too signficant) and have used nearly every version of Windows. Inc pre 3.x versions, pre-NT4 versions, and most of the CE and embedded versions too. And like yourself, used Linux since the 90s too (Redhat, SuSE, and Slackware were my favourites up until I discovered Arch). Ironically I switched away from Windows and onto Linux precisely because I was sick of things not…

>My experience with Linux has been that you have the same install running for 10+ years (this is especially true for Arch because you have fewer risky distribution upgrades),

Arch is needy; it commits seppuku if you abandon it for too long. Every update on Arch is a "risky distribution upgrade", and it insists that you update every day.

On the other hand, I have kept Debian installs going for a great many years, with dist-upgrades never failing, and I know that some people have maintained the same Debian install since they first installed it in the 90s.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by rightbyte »

tejohnso wrote: post #302
rightbyte wrote: post #140

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> it seemlessly remembers everything I do between my PC, my laptop and my phone That is not a feature, unless you are OK with Google spying on you.

Many people are ok with trading privacy for convenience, or even basic fashion, or a bit of short term excitement. "I have nothing to hide".

Sure, just make the spying opt-in and I will stop complaining.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by easton »

magicalhippo wrote: post #249
rbanffy wrote: post #13

> How do you deal with Microsoft's crap on a daily basis? Any similar stories? My advice is that, unless you are developing for Windows is don't. If you need the Adobe tools, you can get them for Macs and, since M1, Macs offer a lot of bang for the buck while being a perfectly usable Unix machine, they are an excellent choice. If you don't need tools that aren't available on Linux, then Linux is a really good option.…

> If you don't need tools that aren't available on Linux, then Linux is a really good option. The lack of a decent[1] RDP alternative has kept me away for years. I use KDE Neon on a NUC as a secondary PC and I've been very happy with it, but without a viable RDP alternative it's a no-go as my daily driver.

FreeRDP is a wonderful RDP server replacement: https://www.freerdp.com/

It's so good that Microsoft uses it for WSLg.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by endemic »

gambiting wrote: post #94
premun wrote: post #83

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Exactly, why would anyone prefer Chrome to Edge? They both are built on the same Chromium core but Google adds a bunch tracking with merging your website logging together with your browser account.

>>Exactly, why would anyone prefer Chrome to Edge? Is this....a real question? I'll bite - because Chrome signs into my google account and it seemlessly remembers everything I do between my PC, my laptop and my phone. I literally couldn't care any less what core it uses, the usability aspect is just better than in Edge.

Don’t all major browsers have this feature? My Firefox account syncs bookmarks/history, and I can share tabs between devices.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by antiterra »

tcmart14 wrote: post #241
lionkor wrote: post #180

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Back when the 2070 came out I built a machine with that RTX 2070, i7-9700k, some new ram, some new harddrives and ssd(s), m.2 and not, etc. and I have not had any issues with Archlinux. Same experience when I bought my thinkpad L14 AMD, no issues either. Im convinced at this point that the entire "linux is bad on new hardware" is a thing of the past.

The thing here is, it never technically was. The issue in the past was vendors either writing the drivers like they do windows, but for linux, or producing technical documentation so someone could. Instead, there were lots of times years and years ago, where a lot of drivers had to be reverse engineered. So the hardware on linux being bad, was mostly and issue that at one time, no one cared to write drivers or provid…

If the drivers aren’t there then Linux is bad on that hardware for anyone attempting to use it. It doesn’t matter to the end user that the lack of drivers is the manufacturer’s fault.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by JohnDeHope »

StevePerkins wrote: post #317
projektfu wrote: post #285

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It also had weird cover art which, while artistic, was borderline NSFW and not what I wanted to have pop up every time I got in my car. Apple makes weird decisions sometimes.

I finally contacted Apple support to have the album removed, years after the fact, because I switched to Apple Music. And felt nervous about having, in my open floor plan workplace, a shirtless man tenderly caressing another shirtless man's crotch with his face every time I opened the app. There was literally no way to change this default behavior, because Apple are control freaks. As an added kicker, I stressed over…

My brother is gay. I have a gay friend. I am not homophobic. But I do not prefer homosexual images myself. I also stress over this. I don't understand why people can't accept that being okay with something, and wanting that thing in your eyes, might be two independent things.

My daughter is vegetarian. We always cook her vegetarian food for dinner. Her little brother likes to bug her about it. We tell him not to, because giving people a hard time about their preferences is rude and annoying. But we also make sure that the vegetarian can't get cranky when everybody else is eating real bacon and she's eating vegetarian bacon. That'd be just as rude and annoying. It's called "tolerance", kids. I don't understand how we've entered into this world where we aren't all supposed to try to tolerate (let alone encourage and support) one another, but that tolerance only goes in one direction. That seems very odd to me.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by causality0 »

Man do I miss how excited for the new Windows I was when I was younger. Remember when the worst things about a new version were CPU footprint and compatibility problems?

Maybe this is nostalgia goggles but I don't remember my first weeks with Windows 98 or 7 making me feel like Microsoft hates me.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by raxxorrax »

jevoten wrote: post #293
gambiting wrote: post #154

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How is this not a feature then? Yes I'm ok with my browsing history and bookmarks and tabs and extensions and everything else being synced using google servers because it makes my life easier. To give another example - my Volvo allows me to track every single journey in the app, seeing the electricity/petrol consumption, mileage, start/end date..... Yes it means Volvo now knows all of my travel history. But it also m…

> Yes it means Volvo now knows all of my travel history. No it doesn't. The features you listed could be implemented without the data reaching Volvo's servers at all, or reaching them in only an encrypted form, to which only you have the key. A better way to phrase it is that Volvo allows you to track your journeys, and they spy on you. The two features are separate. 95% of the time, the privacy-convenience tradeoff…

Agreed. Since people don't seem to care to share private details with giant companies, those that do get shafted by user behavior like this.

It has everything to do with what you allow companies to do. A few years ago the standard mobile app behavior wouldn't be acceptable on Desktop. User expectations have suffered since then.

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by open-source-ux »

oblio wrote: post #315
intsunny wrote: post #29

> How do you deal with Microsoft's crap on a daily basis? Any similar stories? Based on this very recent comment, even the creaters of Windows do not: This has been the case for a while. I worked on the Windows Desktop Experience Team from Win7-Win10. Starting around Win8, the designers had full control, and most crucially essentially none of the designers use Windows. I spent far too many years of my career sitting…

If anyone from Microsoft is reading: If this is true, find a way to FIRE THOSE PEOPLE OR FORCE THEM TO USE WINDOWS! I don't care how great they are (on paper), or how kewl MacOS is, they should either walk the walk or get out. I'm sure there still are more than enough designers willing to work on products used by 1 billion people.

I'm also shocked to hear that designers at Microsoft are designing features for Windows on a Mac. I presume these are 'UX Designers' or 'Interaction Designers'.

Imagine the opposite scenario for Apple and how absurd it sounds: designers at Apple designing features for MacOS or iOS using Windows OS laptops.

This prompts the following question: What design apps are the Microsoft designers using on a Mac that they can't use on a Windows machine? (Is it Mac-only Sketch?)

Re: Last Windows 11 update changed all default browser settings to Edge

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Post by easton »

This didn't happen for me, unless you are talking about a different cumulative update. I just installed KB5010795 and Firefox is still my default.

Edge has been popping up a modal on startup lately to reset your default browser, are you sure you didn't click that? Not that it's your fault, but if you don't open Edge it doesn't bother you in my experience.

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