Took the plunge on Friday
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Once I got used to 10 and Edge, I liked them both. But I have always been a little weird! :sigh:
How do we preserve the wisdom men will need, when their violent passions are spent? - The Lost Horizon
Cornelius Henning wrote:
a little
A little?
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I sidegraded to Win 10. <edit>From Win 7</edit> No serious side effects so far. Had one Web.Config messed up. :doh: Seems quite a bit more responsive. First contact with Edge. Seriously the fastest browser I've used, but otherwise it's a WTF experience. It's simply an unfinished product.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
I took the plunge and installed Windows 10 as well, mostly because I'm the techy guy in my little group and the others will install it anyway so I figured I'd better get out ahead of it. If you're worried about the spying like I was, this 'Destroy Windows 10 Spying' [^]utility works pretty good. It's mostly firewall rules and re-routing IP addresses in the HOSTS file...it gets updated frequently...wouldn't surprise me if Google or Apple was financing it :) Windows 10 is working fine with all my programs and hardware. I never much cared about the Start menu (I use shortcuts on my desktop for everything) but the new one with the tiles looks pretty neat. I haven't used Cortana and have no plans to...I gave up on the idea of talking to computers back in the 90's with my SoundBlaster card's voice commands...I find talking to computers very wearing.
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I took the plunge and installed Windows 10 as well, mostly because I'm the techy guy in my little group and the others will install it anyway so I figured I'd better get out ahead of it. If you're worried about the spying like I was, this 'Destroy Windows 10 Spying' [^]utility works pretty good. It's mostly firewall rules and re-routing IP addresses in the HOSTS file...it gets updated frequently...wouldn't surprise me if Google or Apple was financing it :) Windows 10 is working fine with all my programs and hardware. I never much cared about the Start menu (I use shortcuts on my desktop for everything) but the new one with the tiles looks pretty neat. I haven't used Cortana and have no plans to...I gave up on the idea of talking to computers back in the 90's with my SoundBlaster card's voice commands...I find talking to computers very wearing.
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I think Edge is only quick because of everything they left out... :sigh:
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
And that's a good thing
cheers Chris Maunder
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I sidegraded to Win 10. <edit>From Win 7</edit> No serious side effects so far. Had one Web.Config messed up. :doh: Seems quite a bit more responsive. First contact with Edge. Seriously the fastest browser I've used, but otherwise it's a WTF experience. It's simply an unfinished product.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Edge: Fix up the silly address bar, and allow extensions, and it'll be up there with the best.
cheers Chris Maunder
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Edge: Fix up the silly address bar, and allow extensions, and it'll be up there with the best.
cheers Chris Maunder
Don't forget the context menu. A browser where I can't select and right click 'search' will not be used by me!
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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:) "Dr. Sbaitso." Haven't heard that name in around 20 years and yet still they remain burned into my mind, ready to be summoned in response to any memory of the Creative Labs from the period.
What's old is new again, I guess. The amount of money I spent on SoundBlasters over the years! The amount of time I spent tweaking IRQs and editing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT! Now it's all just throw away features on motherboards. I'm holding out for a computerized doctor that can prescribe medications :)
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Edge: Fix up the silly address bar, and allow extensions, and it'll be up there with the best.
cheers Chris Maunder
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Edge: Fix up the silly address bar, and allow extensions, and it'll be up there with the best.
cheers Chris Maunder
Or not...
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I sidegraded to Win 10. <edit>From Win 7</edit> No serious side effects so far. Had one Web.Config messed up. :doh: Seems quite a bit more responsive. First contact with Edge. Seriously the fastest browser I've used, but otherwise it's a WTF experience. It's simply an unfinished product.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
My only problem with Edge is when downloading a file with an unknown file extension. It won't let me change the extension back to what it should be in the first place, instead downloading as a .zip. Changing the file extension after download is not an option as it corrupts the file. I used to use IE, but have finally come to my senses and used it to download Chrome! :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Don't forget the context menu. A browser where I can't select and right click 'search' will not be used by me!
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Ooh, thank you. All these years and I've never even noticed that in Chrome until you mentioned it.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. - Liber AL vel Legis 1:40, Aleister Crowley
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What's old is new again, I guess. The amount of money I spent on SoundBlasters over the years! The amount of time I spent tweaking IRQs and editing CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT! Now it's all just throw away features on motherboards. I'm holding out for a computerized doctor that can prescribe medications :)
DaveX86 wrote:
I'm holding out for a computerized doctor that can prescribe medications :)
Aww hell, man, that's been around for years. Just watch the old movie "Andromeda Strain". The computer at Wildfire was prescribing meds back in the 60's! ;-)
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:) "Dr. Sbaitso." Haven't heard that name in around 20 years and yet still they remain burned into my mind, ready to be summoned in response to any memory of the Creative Labs from the period.
"My name is Dr. Sbaitso, tell me how you are doing today."
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I took the plunge and installed Windows 10 as well, mostly because I'm the techy guy in my little group and the others will install it anyway so I figured I'd better get out ahead of it. If you're worried about the spying like I was, this 'Destroy Windows 10 Spying' [^]utility works pretty good. It's mostly firewall rules and re-routing IP addresses in the HOSTS file...it gets updated frequently...wouldn't surprise me if Google or Apple was financing it :) Windows 10 is working fine with all my programs and hardware. I never much cared about the Start menu (I use shortcuts on my desktop for everything) but the new one with the tiles looks pretty neat. I haven't used Cortana and have no plans to...I gave up on the idea of talking to computers back in the 90's with my SoundBlaster card's voice commands...I find talking to computers very wearing.
You need to look closer at Cortana. It doesn't require talking to it. It does a lot of good stuff. I really appreciate how fast it finds stuff. Like, who knows where Add Remove Programs is in the settings? But just type "add remove" and you will have a choice.
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Cornelius Henning wrote:
a little
A little?
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
OK, my OCD has been aroused. I've seen "duct" tape too often lately. The original word is "duck" tape, because water slides off of it.
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Edge: Fix up the silly address bar, and allow extensions, and it'll be up there with the best.
cheers Chris Maunder
So after the last Windows 10 update debacle and with this situation with Edge, I made my decision and i'm very sure. I want wait as long as possible! I will update to Windows 10, but not earlier as in coming sommer. Of course not also without a new big update that works. Unfortunately I have no a real choice! Because there is no enough "Grab+Drag" (the FF addon) like functionality or solution in Chrome, nothing in IE/Edge. So is Firefox the only choice to me.
Something about which we often break our head: "In the name of the Compiler, the Stack, and the Bug-Free Code. Amen." (source unknown)
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You need to look closer at Cortana. It doesn't require talking to it. It does a lot of good stuff. I really appreciate how fast it finds stuff. Like, who knows where Add Remove Programs is in the settings? But just type "add remove" and you will have a choice.
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OK, my OCD has been aroused. I've seen "duct" tape too often lately. The original word is "duck" tape, because water slides off of it.
Possibly, but it is a quote from a penguin... :-D
Skipper: We'll fix it. Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this? Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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OK, my OCD has been aroused. I've seen "duct" tape too often lately. The original word is "duck" tape, because water slides off of it.
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OK, my OCD has been aroused. I've seen "duct" tape too often lately. The original word is "duck" tape, because water slides off of it.
Google "Duck Tape" and this is the first link: Duck Brand® Duct Tape - Strong, Sticky & Waterproof You are conflating the original "duct" tape name with the product Duck Tape that uses the similarity in sound to establish a brand identity. In the military we called the OD green version "100 mile an hour tape" because it repaired canvas and stood up to wind but the original use was sealing ducts in heating-ventilation air-conditioning systems. My OCD sees your OCD and raises you CDO... in alphabetical order, because that is how it must be.
