How often do you change Web Browsers?
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I don't know why people complain about MS trying hard to get people to move from Chrome to Edge. Whenever I visit Google properties, I get as many incessant popups trying to convince me to switch to Chrome. Google isn't any less annoying.
Windows is likely preinstalled on their machine, that's why they complain. You only get google popups if you deliberately visit a google site. You get Windows popups just by turning on the machine. You don't get that difference? To opt out of google popups, just don't visit certain sites. To opt out of Windows popups (i.e. switch OSes), you have to change your whole workflow, then do without the applications you previously used which weren't portable, then learn how to use your new OS (good luck if you're moving to MacOS, which has a primitive but pretty UI). You don't see the difference?
Member 13301679 wrote:
You get Windows popups just by turning on the machine.
Never in Windows have I seen a popup urging me to switch to Edge without at least launching a browser. There's a "Show Suggestions" somewhere in Windows Settings, which has nothing to do with browsers, and is easy enough to turn off and is rather effective at keeping it quiet - maybe that's what you're thinking about (and not turning off)?
Member 13301679 wrote:
To opt out of google popups, just don't visit certain sites.
...which is a complete nonstarter if you're using their services and have no say in that (such as your employer mandating their use). Your suggestion to otherwise switch OSes is comparing apples with oranges.
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I use SeaMonkey for all websites that permit and chrome for all others. I don't change much. At my crotchety age I hate change. This was typed on windows 7.
So far I have been able to block Edge from loading on my Windows 7 64 bit Work Station but not on my Windows 7 32 bit Laptop This dance is complete stupidity on my part In Chrome I do a Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Clear Browsing Data Then Open my IE pre-installed icon and Clear History then Safety -> Delete Browsing History What I find Odd is if I don't clobber Browsing Data in Chrome IE starts with info telling me to download Edge I have been playing with SwissCows and StartPage Search results are a little odd but because I started with Netscape everything is ODD Entered on my Windows 7 64 bit World Class OS
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
I used chrome for some years, but fot proposes of security begin to use FF and it has been excellent!
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
My main browser is Vivaldi but I do have to switch every now and then. There's a financial site I use and the only browser that lets me login is Edge. Chrome, Firefox and Vivaldi just don't work there. Seems weird that Edge will work but Chrome and Vivaldi won't. Aren't they all based upon Chromium?
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
Last 10 years i used Opera and I'm not going to change it yet
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Last 10 years i used Opera and I'm not going to change it yet
Glad to hear someone mentioning Opera. After switching to Brave (again) from FF, I'm starting to get settled in, but I'm going to check out Opera and see how it runs on : * Linux desktop, * iPad Pro * windows 10 I wonder if it has features for "sharing" open tabs like other browsers? Probably does.
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
You mean as my default, regular work web browser? I think the last time I switched in that sense was in 2004, when I started to use Firefox. Before that, I had used Opera for a couple of years after Netscape died when AOL bought them off. Never had any serious issue with Firefox, certainly much less than with any other browser pretender. Only issue that I encountered was that when they changed their API for browser extensions, a couple of add-ons didn't work anymore and the re-designed ones, using the new API, never created the same functionality. But that's where Waterfox (Classic) came to the rescue... ;)
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
Thanks to this post I went poking around on a practically full system SSD while describing in my mind a scenario where I would begin thinking about cloning it, after backup, and discovered that IE11 was still coming about. So today (that's right, she's on autopilot) I went to Control Panel/Programs and Apps/Windows Features and things(sp?) and unticked it's box. So in answer to your actual question, once in a blue moon.
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Being able to drag the current window to the shortcut bar, with Chrome you have to bookmark the tab.
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That's probably a recent setting in Office. You can unset it (in outlook) File -> Options -> Advanced -> File & browser preferences
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:thumbsup: Thanks. Didn't know about that option.
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I change browsers like I change underwear... which is never.
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I change browsers like I change underwear... which is never.
Jeremy Falcon
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I have attempted to use FireFox exclusively for years now. It's a non-Chrome engine. It has a feature which allows you to watch videos while you do other things -- quite convenient. Anyway, recently FireFox has locked up my Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS desktop completely -- did it three different times. I moved back to Brave (which is seen by the world as Chrome). Do you switch browsers? Which browsers do you use?
i've stuck w/ Edge as i am fond of the "Collections" feature .
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That's probably a recent setting in Office. You can unset it (in outlook) File -> Options -> Advanced -> File & browser preferences
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello