What if you've removed Edge from your system?
I didn’t think it could be easily removed (yes - I appreciate the audience here) - and if removed, it is so ingrained into the OS I expect the problems it’ll cause would be incredibly frustrating…
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
#32Glad I uninstalled Windows and use Ubuntu on all my computers
I did this many years ago, ran into a bunch of issues and switched back. Tried again maybe 4 (?) years ago and have stuck with it - everything is pretty smooth for my purposes now. I do run into some random issues sometimes - like display drivers randomly resetting. That seems to be the biggest one.
I actually switch to Tiny11 after a little over 2 decades of only Linux… mostly due to performance issues on newer hardware. Windows does substantially better on graphics and Wi-Fi on my desktop, so there it goes.
Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
#33Windows 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?
Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
#34The title is a little clickbaity - the behaviour can be changed: “ Ultimately though, if this experience isn't right for you, you can turn off this feature the first time it launches in Microsoft Edge, and then in Outlook settings at any time after that. ” Having said that, Microsoft seem to be entering another phase of baiting antitrust regulators.
Absolutely a conference room decision to try to push more people to their browser. Apple see their OSes as a way to sell hardware. Microsoft very clearly sees their OS as a way to sell ads. I was hopeful for a sec as aspects of Windows got better and better, but the amount of junk that's appeared lately really feels user hostile. I don't want to "stay up to date with news and interests" in the dang start menu. No one ever has.
Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
#35Windows 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.
Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
#36Is this because not all browsers support stuff equally? A few days ago on fresh windows install I couldnt watch netflix on ff/edge, but on chrome it worked. Player error. I guess it was related to some missing drivers?
It is opening the links in a sidebar pane so you can view your email and the link contents at the same time. You now aren't being taken out of Outlook to view the page.
Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
#37Google 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.
Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
#38Is this because not all browsers support stuff equally? A few days ago on fresh windows install I couldnt watch netflix on ff/edge, but on chrome it worked. Player error. I guess it was related to some missing drivers?
This is funny since, according to Netflix, it has better support for edge than for chrome.
Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
#39The title is a little clickbaity - the behaviour can be changed: “ Ultimately though, if this experience isn't right for you, you can turn off this feature the first time it launches in Microsoft Edge, and then in Outlook settings at any time after that. ” Having said that, Microsoft seem to be entering another phase of baiting antitrust regulators.
That is very annoying. On s related note I personally hate how I need to enter the settings of every app on my phone to tell them not to use the embedded browser? Why would I ever want to use something which is not my default browser? The only scenario I csn see is offering to open in private browsing but still in my browser or something like tor. Just some web view makes no sense. And this is similar. There is no no…
On Android at least, browsers can also provide the "embedded" overlay, and Fennec, Vivaldi, etc. all do, so it's not really necessary to mess with app settings, changing the system default browser is enough.
On iOS, it's mandatory, because Apple says so.
Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default
#40Windows 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.
Gaming on Linux is a joy these days. Less driver bugs than in Win10/11 in my experience.