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Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefox’s Default Browser Workaround

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Post by medlazik »

arepublicadoceu wrote: post #210

Windows 11 was an absolute downgrade to my Windows 10 experience. To the point that I went back to windows 10 in less than a day of Windows 11. 1. I can't ungroup the taskbar windows. So now I have to hoover the taskbar to see multiple instances of the same software; 2. Who the hell thought it was a great idea to couple all the commands like WiFi, power energy, etc under the same menu? On Windows 11 I needed to click…

It's still Windows, we can tweak everything exactly how we want it.

https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher

https://ramensoftware.com/7-taskbar-tweaker-on-windows-11-wi...

I've been using 7taskbar for years, it's rock solid. ExplorerPatcher is a new requirement, works great and adds tons of features.

Re: Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefox’s Default Browser Workaround

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Post by tyingq »

cma wrote: post #214
tyingq wrote: post #145

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "wslg" version of WSL, which comes with a Wayland display server built-in, is perhaps a driver. The github page still says it requires Windows 11: https://github.com/microsoft/wslg Though I suppose it's possible they've also pushed it to the insider builds for Windows 10.

Apparently they are only going to allow gpu compute on wsl2 on windows 10 and not allow the full graphics integration.

Ah that's dumb. One of the best things about wslg is pretty pedestrian, but very helpful. You can make Windows shortcuts to launch applications in a very easy way now.

Within the "Target:" setting, for a shortcut, just "wslg.exe /some/program -args". No wrappers, no setting DISPLAY, no calling /bin/sh -c "whatever", etc.

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Post by Levitz »

iso1631 wrote: post #126
InitialLastName wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That gives me four years for the tools that lock me to Windows to decide to port to literally any other OS.

Saw people say the same with XP into Vista. The relationship people seem to have with windows is like someone trapped in an abusive relationship. On the other hand from what I read, XP - good Vista - Bad 7 - good 8 - bad 10 - good 11 - bad I don't have any experience in any of those so I'm not how true it is, but if it is, I guess hope that 12 will be out by EOL of 10?

Calling 10 "good" is a stretch. I'd still be using 7 if it wasn't for security updates. The snip tool and multiple desktops are the only things I use, and in exchange I have a truckload of stuff I have to disable to even make my OS usable, a useless search function and obscured menus, absolutely not worth it.

I have no hope of win12 being anywhere near good and will probably switch to about anything else.

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Post by ocdtrekkie »

cronix wrote: post #22

So far in the last year or so, I've heard 0 reasons why I'd even need, want or benefit from Win11 over Win10. Tons of reasons in the negative column though. There isn't even anything to salivate over that might make you think it might be worth it to deal with the other tradeoffs. Hard pass.

Yeah, I'm sure over the next few years there will be things that come out worth having, but especially while both are supported it is mostly a new coat of paint with a higher minimum system requirement.

Eventually we'll be there, but there's no incentive to get there right now.

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Post by viraptor »

BrandoElFollito wrote: post #127
scruple wrote: post #109

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Thankfully we have options. I'm planning on moving my main desktop to Arch over my Christmas break from work. It's been a while since I ran Linux as my main desktop, my only complaints have been around gaming performance. I have a friend who plays the same games as I do and he's got everything working on his Arch install. That's really the only thing that holds me on Windows and if it's as smooth of a transition as I…

I try to move to Linux desktop one or twice a year for the last, what, 20 years. I have Linux on all my servers, was an early (very minor) dev on pre-1 kernel and generally love it. The desktop is a walking nightmare. Something continuously does not work: multiple screens, waking up from sleep etc. I really would like to move (we use Outlook but I am even ready to go for OWA) but Windows is considerably better on lap…

> Something continuously does not work: multiple screens, waking up from sleep etc.

That's my experience with Windows as well though. On Dell xps on windows my external monitor goes blank sometimes and sleep randomly causes overheating and fast battery drain. On the other hand Linux handles it just fine. Win is not consistently better anymore.

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Post by mrweasel »

ByThyGrace wrote: post #158
mrweasel wrote: post #138

Does anyone know why Microsoft even care? Do they want to be the dominate browser maker again? Seems like a weird way of going about it. What's their goal?

Pleasing the shareholders?

Why would they care if “internal” links are opened in one browser or another?

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Post by PascLeRasc »

criddell wrote: post #47
0xC0ncord wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem is that the microsoft-edge:// protocol is used throughout the Windows UI and menus and will always open in Edge regardless of the user's preferences. If you click on a link in say, the Settings UI, it will ignore your default browser preference and open in Edge with no way to change it.

I wonder if they plan on using that protocol to do non-standard stuff that third party browsers won't support? That's the only technical reason I can think of for Microsoft to create a new protocol.

That would go well with their embedded buy-now-pay-later collaboration.

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Post by downWidOutaFite »

amatecha wrote: post #165

Was there not a huge lawsuit around this kind of crap in the 90's? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor... . How did this anticompetitive BS ever get the greenlight from legal?

A good thing about monopolies is that it gives the government the power to step in and stop anti-consumer abuses. In duopolies, such as Windows/MacOS or iPhone/Android, the government doesnt have as much power.
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