Posted on 09/04/2015 7:32:45 PM PDT by dayglored
Microsoft is using a new tactic to keep Windows 10 users from switching away from its Edge browser. The first time Edge users search for “chrome” or “firefox” using Bing — presumably with the intent of downloading those browsers from Google or Mozilla, respectively — they are shown a serious-looking message at the top of the search results.
“Microsoft recommends Microsoft Edge for Windows 10,” it says. A “Learn why” button next to that message brings you to a website showing off Edge’s features...
The message only showed up the first time I searched for “chrome” and “firefox” in Edge, as I was just starting to get comfortable on the new Acer Aspire One Cloudbook 11. Subsequent searches for those terms did not trigger the message. Neither did “opera,” which is another non-Microsoft browser. It’s not clear how widely deployed this message is; I’m in the U.S., but it’s possible that the message isn’t showing up in other countries.
“Microsoft Edge was designed exclusively for Windows 10 with features and functionality that enhance the browsing experience such as Cortana, Web Note, and Quick answers,” a Microsoft spokeswoman told VentureBeat in an email. “These notifications were created to provide people with quick, easy information that can help them get to know these experiences better. That said, with Windows 10 you can easily choose the default browser and search engine of your choice.”
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Been using SeaMonkey off of my flash drive now for about 5 years. It’s a great browser suit. (IT’s also the same as Firefox).
I do wish SeaMonkey had a 64bit version.
To everyone: I suggest that you all look into getting Portable Apps for a flash drive. You can get Chrome or Firefox (and SeaMonkey) that you download to a flashdrive suite at take the whole thing with you were ever you go. Great for when you are on public computers and don’t like their set up, or, the set up is locked.
AS for Bing, I think I am smart enough to take Bing’s advice without having to use it, and, to work around it. It’s just not that big of a deal.
Between this (okay, it’s only an annoyance for an Ixquick user) and...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3333285/posts
Don’t check that box! Windows 7 patch KB 3083324 sneaks in (a patch for Windows Update??)
InfoWorld ^ | Sep 4, 2015 | Woody Leonhard
and...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3331984/posts
Microsoft backports data slurp to Windows 7 and 8 via patches (Win 10 spyware comes to 7, 8.1)
The Register ^ | Sep 1, 2015 | Andrew Orlowski
...makes me wonder exactly how much more crap or long it’s going to take before folks (like me, for one) just decide to skip the remainder of the silly circus act and dump W7, W8.1, W10 and all else Microsoft in the nearest sh**can.
If it only takes some more money to do so, I can justify going full Apple, and if Linux costs me some time and tests my patience, I’ll just do that in place of a couple rounds of golf.
I’m just about pushed as far as I’m going to go by this current Microsoft craporama. (...and that’s coming from someone who has used the system back to the damn Stone Age.)
Oh well, probably anyone that wants WX in the first place probably won't mind.
Firefox comes standard with my OS.
Yep, earlier tonight I was putting CentOS 6.7 in a VM on one of my Windows laptops and when it came up with Firefox in the default tools bar it was such a joy... :-)
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