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Over the edge: The use of design tactics to undermine browser choice

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Re: Over the edge: The use of design tactics to undermine browser choice

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Post by RedShift1 »

janwillemb wrote: post #33

Outlook has been a nightmare lately regarding this. It could be that it is my organization that pushed this, but links never open in the default browser, and get routed through a Microsoft link, which for some reason does not work on Edge. The only way to open links is to right-click them, copy, open browser, paste in address bar.

Nope this is intentional by Microsoft and the group policy settings to change this only work on the most expensive Office 365 subscriptions. You can change it manually in the settings though to open with the system default browser.

Re: Over the edge: The use of design tactics to undermine browser choice

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Post by zipping1549 »

pasc1878 wrote: post #40
zipping1549 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not an answer but better alternative: Kagi. Paid, but it pays for itself. Not affiliated. Just satisfied.

Kagi does not have an equivalent to Bing Chat does it. The latter is an AI.

https://help.kagi.com/kagi/ai/assistant.html

Re: Over the edge: The use of design tactics to undermine browser choice

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Post by inrodos »

pasc1878 wrote: post #40
zipping1549 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not an answer but better alternative: Kagi. Paid, but it pays for itself. Not affiliated. Just satisfied.

Kagi does not have an equivalent to Bing Chat does it. The latter is an AI.

It does have a competing product. AI chat augmented with search results.

Re: Over the edge: The use of design tactics to undermine browser choice

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Post by AB1908 »

epolanski wrote: post #39
YPPH wrote: post #26

Windows just keeps getting weirder. There's this regrettable dichotomy between (1) a rock solid OS core with great features like Hyper-V, PowerShell and exceptional back-compat, and (2) a crap, sluggish, inconsistent UI slapped on top, laden with ads, "Rewards" Points and tracking.

WSL2, power toys and hands down the best window management of any OS, I hate working on my MBP just due to the difficulty of managing different windows and aligning them on the same desktop.

Out of curiosity, how many window managers have you used on Linux? I found some superior choices there but I do agree that Windows is generally ok with Mac being dead last.

Re: Over the edge: The use of design tactics to undermine browser choice

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Post by geysersam »

gbxyz wrote: post #20

I kind of get the vibe that Mozilla is laying the groundworks for Microsoft vs Netscape Round II - or at least some kind of antitrust litigation.

I hope so. But a lot has changed, notably the financial power and sheer size of their counterparts. We're talking about three of the most valuable companies in the world.

Re: Over the edge: The use of design tactics to undermine browser choice

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Post by steve1977 »

YPPH wrote: post #26

Windows just keeps getting weirder. There's this regrettable dichotomy between (1) a rock solid OS core with great features like Hyper-V, PowerShell and exceptional back-compat, and (2) a crap, sluggish, inconsistent UI slapped on top, laden with ads, "Rewards" Points and tracking.

Some much this. I wish there was an option with the current core but something like a lightweight Windows 2000 UI.
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