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#Worldle #627 1/6 (100%)
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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?
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I used FF for years but started having problems. So I switched to Chrome and it does the job, but there are some things about FF that I miss.
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
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Mike Hankey wrote: but there are some things about FF that I miss. like...?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Being able to drag the current window to the shortcut bar, with Chrome you have to bookmark the tab.
I don't think before I open my mouth, I like to be as surprised a everyone else.
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Thanks... I learned something new
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Chrome, and Edge when MS forces it upon me (despite my setting Chrome as my default browser ... )
It does the job, and fails to annoy me nearly all the time.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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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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Thanks. Didn't know about that option.
Time is the differentiation of eternity devised by man to measure the passage of human events.
- Manly P. Hall
Mark
Just another cog in the wheel
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It might be recent indeed... it doesn't seem to exist in Outlook 2016
Good to know anyways. Thanks!
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Only when The Old One becomes obsolete?
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: Only when The Old One
By The Old One I assume you mean, Lynx[^].
Possibly, you mean Netscape Navigator.
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I never got around to installing Lynx on any of my OpenVMS systems.
I was referring to the browser which dare not speak its name.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: which dare not speak its name.
IE
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There's only two browsers I've ever commited to:
- IE
- Edge (Chromium-based, I couldn't stand the previous version and ignored it throughout its entire lifetime)
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.
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dandy72 wrote: Google isn't any less annoying. I use Chrome, but this is 100% accurate. They're both annoying.
Jeremy Falcon
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Amen, brother.
They both tools we use to get a job done. Once we have the tool, let us use it and do said job without interference.
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Quote: 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?
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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 change browsers like I change underwear... which is never.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon said: never
That’s what I expected from 99% of respondents.
I used Chrome from 2010 - 2014 (was on Android phone then too) and then I decided to split up all my apps and I switched from Chrome to FireFox but invariably FireFox has had issues that are pretty critical and cause me to switch to other browsers (usually Brave). I have used Opera and I also use Safari on iPhone, of course.
I’m writing this up from my iPad Pro running FireFox.
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raddevus wrote: That’s what I expected from 99% of respondents. Yeah, it's the age old... using a browser for work vs tinkering. For me, I do web dev, so my focus is more on building apps than browser searching. As such, it usually takes a lot to get me to switch and even if I did (and they're using the same engine, etc.) I'll still need to make sure a web app looks good in all popular browsers. So, no getting away from it.
raddevus wrote: I’m writing this up from my iPad Pro running FireFox. Noice. I do like how FF's dev tools deal with CSS grid.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: I change browsers like I change underwear... which is never.
OK, I LOL'ed.
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In the wise words of the late lamented Saint Jimmy of Buffett: "Now I'm gettin' old, I don't wear underwear."
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