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MacOS allows you to "hard click" (long click) a text selection in any application, which pops up a bubble that lets you do a web search for that phrase. But the search only launches Safari. I wasted at least a couple hours scouring boards and kext files, screwing with automation macros, trying to find a way to make this potentially helpful shortcut not open Safari, but instead open Firefox. Eventually I just gave up.…
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.
When I was a kid it was just a crappy, sluggish, inconsistent UI built on top of DOS.
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.
The fact that you can't test on Safari without osx is insane. Some bugs can be reproduced in other WebKit browsers (I test with epiphany) but some are safari only. Not to mention the fact that Safari is the only choice on Apple mobile devices.
I believe Apple is significantly worse than Microsoft in regards to browsers. I wish Mozilla would focus on them.
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When I was a kid it was just a crappy, sluggish, inconsistent UI built on top of DOS.
That was the “Windows 95” lineage. NT was solid from the start (which is why MS then also made it the basis for XP).
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Many years ago, they used to charge a not inconsiderable amount for Windows. Given the trend towards making an OS cheap/free, I wonder is this some corporate response driven by a department somewhere that is charged with balancing the books.
That's the worst part (and I know that most people will never buy a license because they get it through their OEM or just crack it) but Microsoft are still happy to charge you £220 for a Windows 11 Pro licence [0] and shove ads in your face. [0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/d/windows-11-pro/dg7gmgf0d8h...
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Not an answer but better alternative: Kagi. Paid, but it pays for itself. Not affiliated. Just satisfied.
How about for people where having to log in to search is a nonstarter? Has a method to be able to take payments without the ability to track the users been invented yet?
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That's the worst part (and I know that most people will never buy a license because they get it through their OEM or just crack it) but Microsoft are still happy to charge you £220 for a Windows 11 Pro licence [0] and shove ads in your face. [0] https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/d/windows-11-pro/dg7gmgf0d8h...
The second all my games are fully compatible with Linux natively, I'm ditching that horrible "does it all, but poorly" corporation.
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When I was a kid it was just a crappy, sluggish, inconsistent UI built on top of DOS.
That was the “Windows 95” lineage. NT was solid from the start (which is why MS then also made it the basis for XP).
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.
Of all the languages I speak, German is the more chaotic language by far. But most native Germans consider it the best/easiest.
For me the Windows management of Windows is horrible, but I spent like 90% of my time in Linux were I was young, even using things like "screen" that uses the command line and shortcuts to be the most efficient thing I have ever used (while requiring learning the shortcuts before becoming productive).
Today I use Mac like 95% of my time, control Linux machines with it and use Windows when the force of circumstance obliges me the 5%.