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Windows 10 taskbar is now pushing Microsoft Edge web apps

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Re: Windows 10 taskbar is now pushing Microsoft Edge web apps

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armoredkitten wrote: post #66
nightski wrote: post #48

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I use it every day and tbh I haven't had to touch the settings in years. I never encounter this stuff. And reading the article it explicitly says they will only show users this feature if edge is their default browser.

No, it says "the pop-up will appear even when Microsoft Edge is the default browser... The company is not targeting people who use Google Chrome and Firefox as default browsers." I.e., it shows up for everyone, not just people who aren't using Edge already. They aren't specifically targeting Chrome and Firefox users; they are just also included in the group.

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Re: Windows 10 taskbar is now pushing Microsoft Edge web apps

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Post by luke2m »

OnlyOneCannolo wrote: post #54
voidfunc wrote: post #14

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Ive been using Edge for the last few months and very happy with it. The new vertical tabs feature is great.

I don't understand the vertical tabs. The top bar still takes up just as much space. But now I also have less horizontal space too.

On a widescreen display, the horizontal space is less than the vertical space, and the tab bar should not show on the top anymore.

Re: Windows 10 taskbar is now pushing Microsoft Edge web apps

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Post by luke2m »

voidfunc wrote: post #14
Arigato wrote: post #4

Related: Microsoft Edge’s user numbers are continuing to grow while Firefox's, which at one point was the second-most popular browser behind Chrome, keeps falling: https://www.techspot.com/news/89180-mircosoft-edge-user-numb... Advertisements or recommendations in Windows 10 are definitely helping Edge

Ive been using Edge for the last few months and very happy with it. The new vertical tabs feature is great.

I think that Vivaldi’s feature where you can show a tab thumbnail within the tab is a better implementation.

Re: Windows 10 taskbar is now pushing Microsoft Edge web apps

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Post by Black101 »

ChrisSD wrote: post #16

The are a number of Windows settings for turning off what it calls "suggestions". Do a search in the Settings app for "suggest", click "Show all results" and see what comes up. Amongst them are: * Show suggestions occasionally in Start * Show suggestions in your timeline * Suggest ways I can finish setting up my device to get the most out of Windows * Get tips, tricks and suggestions as you use Windows * Turn off sug…

There are so many things that need/should be turned off nowadays in Windows that it is ridiculous. And some "features" are nearly impossible to turn off... you would think that Windows was free software with all that crap that comes with it.

Re: Windows 10 taskbar is now pushing Microsoft Edge web apps

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Post by Someone1234 »

Arigato wrote: post #4

Related: Microsoft Edge’s user numbers are continuing to grow while Firefox's, which at one point was the second-most popular browser behind Chrome, keeps falling: https://www.techspot.com/news/89180-mircosoft-edge-user-numb... Advertisements or recommendations in Windows 10 are definitely helping Edge

Ironically Firefox's privacy orientated features may make it appear artificially unpopular in certain rankings.

For example Wikimedia shows Firefox at 12%~ of desktop browser usage whereas W3Counter has it at only 6.1% and StatCounter 7.95%. With the latter two being JavaScript based.

Re: Windows 10 taskbar is now pushing Microsoft Edge web apps

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Post by Zecc »

OnlyOneCannolo wrote: post #54
voidfunc wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ive been using Edge for the last few months and very happy with it. The new vertical tabs feature is great.

I don't understand the vertical tabs. The top bar still takes up just as much space. But now I also have less horizontal space too.

No idea what Edge's vertical tabs look like, but I like vertical tabs in Firefox because it lets you have simultaneously on screen a ton of open tabs without reducing the tab's size.

I don't care about the loss of horizontal space most of the time. I have a 16:9 screen and most web pages grow vertically anyway.

As a matter of fact I use a vertical Windows taskbar as well, since it lets me have many applications open while still displaying their window titles. It's not usual for me to have 5 file explorer windows open, and their taskbar buttons won't combine.

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Post by eli »

Justsignedup wrote: post #53
notRobot wrote: post #43

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"Google does this wrong thing so MS should be able to too!" No, that's not how this works. If it's wrong, stop Google from doing it, instead of letting others do it too.

Not disagreeing with you on it. But to stop google we'd need acts of legislature from multiple countries. At best we'll see results in 5 years. MS can't wait that long for a maybe sort of kind of. Just being practical here.

I'd bet that we see a serious US antitrust investigation into Google within the next year. No new legislation needed.

Re: Windows 10 taskbar is now pushing Microsoft Edge web apps

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Post by zamadatix »

_nickwhite wrote: post #25
j0hnml wrote: post #19

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I mean if you buy a surface book you get windows 10 pro installed and activated, so they’re kinda already doing this

This may be true for Surface Book- an uber-high-end device. But almost any other Surface device you buy through consumer channels has "Windows 10 Home" edition on it. If you want to use it for business to join a domain, you still have to pay the $100 "Microsoft Tax" to upgrade the edition to Pro. The last 20+ Surface devices I've purchased were all this way.

You've been ordering the wrong SKU then, look for "Surface Go 2 for Business" as an example (the lowest end Surface) and it comes with Pro for less than the cost of upgrading from the Home version.

If you're a Microsoft partner or resell there are also options available for ordering for use with Enterprise volume licensing.

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