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Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefox’s Default Browser Workaround

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

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Post by afiori »

greggman3 wrote: post #315
jccalhoun wrote: post #114

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I updated to 11 on my laptop but kept 10 on my main machine. I see zero reason to update my main computer to 11. I was willing to give centered start button a try but the fact that you can't turn off grouping of applications in the taskbar is a deal breaker. If I have two firefox windows open I want to know it and to be able to pick which one I want without having to hover my mouse over the icon for a second while th…

It could be worse. You could be on MacOS where Cmd-Tab switches between apps not windows. I currently have 13 browser windows open (each with 3 to 15 tabs) and another 9 windows of other things (terminal, vscode, etc....) and IMO The Cmd-Tab vs Ctrl-Tab vs Ctrl-Up vs Ctrl-Down suck compared to Windows. I really want to easily switch to the previous window, not the previous app. Command + backtick doesn't work either.…

It is always I nice moment of discovery when I learn that yet another feature I hate from Gnome was copied from MacOS

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Post by gnubison »

Prophasi wrote: post #522
SomaticPirate wrote: post #460

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Coming to MacOS from Windows (M1 line made me switch) Rectangle provided some nice window management utility that felt more Windows-like (at least for moving windows between monitors and snapping to each side). Never really liked the multiple desktop model

Same here, mostly. My laptop since 2015 has been a MBP, so I've had plenty of MacOS experience, but day to day has always been 90/10 Windows. Now that I have the M1 I'm trying to use it daily, so the little grievances are more apparent (but I also have more motivation to solve them). I've always felt like multiple desktops (on all 3 OSes) have untapped potential, but like you its never worked for me. But hope springs…

…you know that there are more than three operating systems, right…?

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

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Post by einr »

cptskippy wrote: post #539
einr wrote: post #236

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When Windows ME was released, it was little more than a reskin of Windows 98 that removed or disabled much of the 16 bit capabilities and support for the ISA architecture in favor of 32 bit and PCI. It couldn't be installed on most existing machines and was highly unstable on those that it would run on. Very little of this is true. Windows ME runs all the 16-bit code you can throw at it and supports all ISA devices i…

> Very little of this is true. Windows ME runs all the 16-bit code you can throw at it and supports all ISA devices identically to 95 and 98. No it doesn't. Windows ME didn't just remove support for booting into real-mode. It removed support for VxD drivers. In Windows 3 Microsoft introduced virtual device drivers (VxD) that allowed applications to share hardware, these VxD drivers actually just mediated access to a…

No it doesn't. Windows ME didn't just remove support for booting into real-mode. It removed support for VxD drivers.

No, it really didn't. Windows ME supports VxD drivers just fine.

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

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Post by CRConrad »

Prophasi wrote: post #520
eyelidlessness wrote: post #493

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You’re totally right that fullscreen breaks cmd ~. It also breaks cmd tab in unexpected ways. You’re also right about lack of visual feedback, which is disappointing given the various stuff that I think is still currently branded Mission Control, where obviously the fundamentals are already there. Cmd ~ isn’t statically ordered though, it’s either application specific or based on recent use in a weird (easy to confus…

To your third point, is this a setting somewhere? I tested before I posted w/ 4 Brave windows, but they stay in the same order. Makes sense, since cmd+~ immediately switches on key down to the next window; cmd+tab (like alt+tab in Win) lets you keep the selection open and choose an out-of-order app, which alters the MRU. How would you do that here? The only way I've affected it is creating/killing windows at points i…

Chose another window with the mouse to change the MRU order, then test the key combos again?

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Post by a5aAqU »

FourthProtocol wrote: post #558
ranguna wrote: post #555

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Oh boy, don't know if I read that correctly, but it seemed a bit heavy on emotions from your side. It's just an OS and my comment was just a recommendation. And these are just some observations for my own self interest, please read these in a neutral tone: > ODT files don't play well with MS Office Can't you save in docx format from within libre office? > Linux doesn't work on my hardware, and Visual Studio doesn't w…

Lol you read that very correctly, but please don't take the emotion either seriously or personally. All your points are noted. Importing ODT files into Word makes a mess of formatting and layout. I've wasted many hours fixing documents. Linux doesn't like my graphics card, and on my previous hardware setup wouldn't recognise my ELP web cam, my Windows Phone, and for some inexplicable reason, my Ergodox keyboard. Visu…

> My problem with Linux isn't that. My problem is what a5aAqU did in his reply to my first comment. He suggested Linux even though my post made my preference clear. This happens almost every time I mention using and liking Microsoft products and technologies.

I wasn't suggesting that you switch to Linux. I was just pointing out that you can't escape the keylogging by using Windows. Linux is the major platform where you can fully control your computer, but it still might not be the right platform for you.

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

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Post by Prophasi »

gnubison wrote: post #563
Prophasi wrote: post #522

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Same here, mostly. My laptop since 2015 has been a MBP, so I've had plenty of MacOS experience, but day to day has always been 90/10 Windows. Now that I have the M1 I'm trying to use it daily, so the little grievances are more apparent (but I also have more motivation to solve them). I've always felt like multiple desktops (on all 3 OSes) have untapped potential, but like you its never worked for me. But hope springs…

…you know that there are more than three operating systems, right…?

Sure, and I'm positive you knew which three I meant when I said it: the three that together probably comprise 4 nines of overall desktop use, and which are compared all over this thread.

UX does differ somewhat between, Linux distros & WMs (and Chrome OS, to the extent you consider it Linux proper), and between releases of all three OSes; but within families they maintain broad continuity. I use multiple variants - again daily - and my point stands that all have untapped potential.

But I doubt you supposed otherwise, nor honestly think I'm unaware of other OSes... so why take the time to ask? Pedantry? Did I slight an OS you favor?

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