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Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by jjoonathan »

moss2 wrote: post #35
frob wrote: post #4

Windows is just full of hostile, anti-user patterns these days. I've considered building a windows box just to have a gaming rig multiple times over the last few years, but every time an article like this or their crusade against Chrome reminds me that Bill Gates is still the same anti-trust monster he was in the 90s.

You don't need Windows for gaming any more. Ubuntu 22.04 comes with graphics drivers. Steam has Steam Play and Lutris has a huge library of install scripts, so everything is handled for you. The one thing you will need to do occasionally is experiment with different Wine distributions. This means you will need to right click on your game and select the distribution from a drop-down box. Exhausting, I know.

Did linux eventually get HDR support or is it still one (of many) sacrifices you make to game on linux?

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by kjellsbells »

rationalist wrote: post #33
frob wrote: post #4

Windows is just full of hostile, anti-user patterns these days. I've considered building a windows box just to have a gaming rig multiple times over the last few years, but every time an article like this or their crusade against Chrome reminds me that Bill Gates is still the same anti-trust monster he was in the 90s.

Is Bill Gates still involved with Microsoft, I thought he retired to run his foundation?

He's completely gone from Microsoft. To invoke Gates now on a anti-Microsoft screed would be missing the point. If anyone has beef with Microsoft about Windows, their ire is better directed at Panos Panay and Satya Nadella.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by RGBCube »

moss2 wrote: post #14

Glad I uninstalled Windows and use Ubuntu on all my computers

Sure, Ubuntu is still a level-up from Windows, but it isn't really the best Linux experience - Canonical isn't all that great.

I would recommend Fedora if you want the bleeding edge or Debian if you want a super stable system (Or NixOS stable, but NixOS is kind of hard to get started using).

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by yaky »

mikepurvis wrote: post #37

Google does something like this with the GMail app on iPhone— you click links and instead of just opening Safari, it pops up a "which browser to use" selector modal, which is really just an advertisement for you to install Chrome.

Google Chat on Windows as well. Even if it is “installed as an app”, it does not act like one, and always opens links in Chrome. I understand that the “app” in this case is a Chrome wrapper, but it at least should respect system defaults.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

#47

Post by creshal »

jjoonathan wrote: post #41
moss2 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't need Windows for gaming any more. Ubuntu 22.04 comes with graphics drivers. Steam has Steam Play and Lutris has a huge library of install scripts, so everything is handled for you. The one thing you will need to do occasionally is experiment with different Wine distributions. This means you will need to right click on your game and select the distribution from a drop-down box. Exhausting, I know.

Did linux eventually get HDR support or is it still one (of many) sacrifices you make to game on linux?

It's far from being ready, but as usually Valve is making the most progress: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/HDR_monitor_support

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

#48

Post by yakubin »

mikepurvis wrote: post #37

Google does something like this with the GMail app on iPhone— you click links and instead of just opening Safari, it pops up a "which browser to use" selector modal, which is really just an advertisement for you to install Chrome.

Same with Google Maps. It’s really annoying.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by cm277 »

This does make a bit of sense; Edge on Windows logs you into 365 and keeps the authentication around. So company links/attachments on Outlook can open easier on Edge using the 365 credentials. Now, if only they were actually smarter about which 365 profile's mail you are reading in Outlook (for those of us that are working across multiple orgs) and open the link under that profile on Edge, that would be awesome.

Edge makes a lot more sense as a smarter 365 client than it does as a browser, but it's not a bad browser either.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by happymellon »

jjoonathan wrote: post #41
moss2 wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You don't need Windows for gaming any more. Ubuntu 22.04 comes with graphics drivers. Steam has Steam Play and Lutris has a huge library of install scripts, so everything is handled for you. The one thing you will need to do occasionally is experiment with different Wine distributions. This means you will need to right click on your game and select the distribution from a drop-down box. Exhausting, I know.

Did linux eventually get HDR support or is it still one (of many) sacrifices you make to game on linux?

HDR is currently experimental.

Red Hat is working on getting it integrated, and Valve have it in their display manager.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/HDR_monitor_support

But for general users, out of the box, no.

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