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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 _rs »

lttlrck wrote: post #339
madars wrote: post #328

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't forget making SMS in unreadable neon green (to the point that it violates Apple's own accessibility guidelines https://archive.is/4nSWV ) "iMessage on Android would simply serve to remove [an] obstacle to iPhone families giving their kids Android phones" -- an actual quote from the SVP of Software Engineering in charge of iOS, revealed in Epic Games v Apple court discovery https://storage.courtlistener.com/reca…

SMS messages have always been green on iOS. Since before iMessage existed. I don't recall ever having trouble reading them.

Not to mention it's only the messages you send that are with a green background, messages you receive from either platform have a grey background

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

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Post by savingsPossible »

AJ007 wrote: post #331
benlivengood wrote: post #312

The solution is to only use the web version of outlook. The nice thing about the web versions of office is that they're powerless on the local machine.

The solution is don't use outlook. Unbelievable how terrible the UI is for an email app.

Some of us have to use it for work :(

(and forwarding was disabled 'for security reasons' -- that may very well be a company decision, not a MS one)

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

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Post by SebastianKra »

vladvasiliu wrote: post #346
SebastianKra wrote: post #305

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apple are experts are experts at creating these patterns that fall just at the edge of being classified as anti-consumer, to the point where you frequently find heated discussions about whether they are. Battery throtteling on the iPhone 6s; The sandboxing / sideloading discussion; The no-iCloud experience; The way that regular bluetooth headsets work fine, but AirPods work even better; How unauthorized Apps on MacOS…

> The way that regular bluetooth headsets work fine, but AirPods work even better What do you mean by this? I have an iPhone but don't have airpods, just "regular" BT headphones. Under windows, they're hit or miss (sometimes they don't reconnect), but they work pretty well under iOS and mac os. They work best under linux (!), especially since it's the only one to support LDAC (though I understand some non-sony androi…

To connect regular bt headphones, you must go to Control Center > Hold on Bluetooth > Hold Bluetooth again > Select the headphones > wait > tap once to exit > tap twice to exit > swipe up from the bottom.

AirPods are always accesible via the AirPlay-menu, which is prominently featured in many media apps.

Again: still fine, but just bad enough to partly influence my next buying decision.

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

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Post by vladvasiliu »

mholm wrote: post #357
vladvasiliu wrote: post #346

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The way that regular bluetooth headsets work fine, but AirPods work even better What do you mean by this? I have an iPhone but don't have airpods, just "regular" BT headphones. Under windows, they're hit or miss (sometimes they don't reconnect), but they work pretty well under iOS and mac os. They work best under linux (!), especially since it's the only one to support LDAC (though I understand some non-sony androi…

In terms of unique OS-level integrations: Airpods are not paired with a device: they're paired with your Apple ID. If I pair the airpods with my iPad, I can seamlessly switch them to iphone, to Mac, to my Apple TV. They'll even auto-switch if it detects you've stopped using your current device. Airpods automatically try to pair with a nearby iphone when opened, if one of your own devices isn't around. All of this is…

But is there a way of making this work with regular bluetooth headphones? AFAIK whey you pair them, the HP will remember the device's physical address, so the random apple devices you may have would have to present the same address to the headphones. Hell, this doesn't work on its own, even between a Linux and Windows install on the same PC. You have to manually move some connection information between the two to get e.g. a mouse working in both.

So if Apple figured a way of bypassing this limitation, it's really not clear to me why that should be considered "bad", even if it's clearly better than what the competition does. It's on the bluetooth standard to do better.

Or is your point that apple should have standardized the protocol they use to make this happen?

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

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Post by savingsPossible »

dcow wrote: post #202

Devil’s advocate: Microsoft, an ethically unclean company, is justified in using this tactic to compete with Google, because (a) Google did it to acquire Chrome users in the first place, and (b) breaking the browser hegemony at a user mindshare level (not rendering engine level) is worth some UX pain. Note on (a): some will argue a difference between Google advertising Chrome on Google’s property (something they coul…

This is interesting, but also a pattern

Side A is fighting side B, and therefore has to take these measures that harm bystander C. Nope, their fight, their problem, don't mess with my computer. I can happily say MS is wrong and Google is wrong

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

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Post by oneshtein »

dmitrygr wrote: post #317
trelane wrote: post #304

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Or you could run Linux on Linux hardware and get the full hardware support and sweet battery life without the Microsoft spyware.

> sweet battery life Linux has never been this, and likely never will be. On any hardware supported fully by both, Windows will always have better battery life. Back when I was a thinkpad user, i'd literally live in a vmware workstation linux VM on windows, and THIS had better battery life than linux natively on the same thinkpad.

> Linux has never been this, and likely never will be.

Chromebook and Android works very well. They use Linux kernel.

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

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Post by sunnybeetroot »

ballenf wrote: post #270
acomjean wrote: post #89

Its getting worse everywhere: some things I've noticed: Mobil Safari seems to be using the search bar to hijack my google search (Particularly for locations which open in apple maps) Although I'm mostly linux these days I went to install an alternative browser on a windows machine (using edge to download). I mentioned this in another post, but edge seems to watch for "chrome" or "firefox" downloads and politely remin…

gmail app on iOS refuses to load a link from an email in Safari. It will monthly ask you to confirm if you want to load it in Chrome. If you stick with safari it will load the site in an internal safari webview, requiring a second tap on the bottom to launch in the real safari. Can break some magic link login emails.

This is encouraged and is a step in the right direction of discouraging app developers from implementing their own web views which can intercept the traffic.
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