GNU socialtag:nu.federati.net,2024-03-29:TagTimeline:msedgeNotices tagged with msedgeUpdates tagged with msedge on Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social!https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Nu_uc_lc.svg2024-03-29T05:29:22+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2023-10-25:noticeId=3431925:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1I think a lot of orgs use #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msedge" rel="tag">MSEdge</a></span> as their preferred / required web browser just because inertia from years of relying on #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msie" rel="tag">MSIE.</a></span> But one thing I don't do is leave #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/bing" rel="tag">Bing</a></span> as the default search. <br /> <br /> Don't give a single vendor too much control. Spread things out. (Even though most "independent" and "private" search sites merely proxy searches through Google or Bing.)<br /> <br /> And since Edge repeatedly steals control of the PDF filetype from Adobe, I switch that also. <br /> <br /> They do so many of the exact same things that "adware" and other malware did twenty years ago (changing homepage, changing search defaults, adding unwanted toolbars and buttons), yet we don't have the guts to stand up and call it that.3431925http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-10-25T19:19:37+00:002023-10-25T19:19:37+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2023-10-25:objectType=thread:nonce=9df158e2bbd30346http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2023-03-19:noticeId=3422994:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1The March 2023 #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/patchtuesday" rel="tag">Patch_Tuesday</a></span> updates cover 74 different bugs, including a couple that are being exploited in the wild. As always, any updates to #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msedge" rel="tag">MSEdge</a></span> try to steal http protocol, HTML and PDF file types from your preferred applications. There's also other annoying, irritating garbage slapped onto your toolbar.3422994http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-03-19T00:07:23+00:002023-03-19T00:07:23+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2023-03-19:objectType=thread:nonce=a85835c0b59097a4http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2023-03-18:noticeId=3422937:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1So #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msedge" rel="tag">MSEdge</a></span> now has a gigantic "Bing" icon and a slide-out sidebar full of unwanted junk. It appears that the way to get rid of it all is registry-twiddling. Messing with the registry is undesirable (something that #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/gnome" rel="tag">GNOME</a></span> hasn't learned during their decades long fascination with whatever Microsoft and Apple were going to do next).3422937http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-03-18T01:38:03+00:002023-03-18T01:38:03+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2023-03-18:objectType=thread:nonce=ec4a8b72b2f5ab8chttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2023-02-19:noticeId=3421728:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1#<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msedge" rel="tag">MSEdge</a></span> default privacy settings ranked lowest of all browsers tested <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/study-ranks-edges-default-privacy-settings-the-lowest-of-all-major-browsers/" title="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/03/study-ranks-edges-default-privacy-settings-the-lowest-of-all-major-browsers/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://nu.federati.net/url/289667</a> [arstechnica com] <br /><br /> Is anyone surprised? And if so, why?3421728http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2023-02-19T15:07:27+00:002023-02-19T15:07:27+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2023-02-19:objectType=thread:nonce=572a0817b10a3cbehttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2021-11-12:noticeId=3385262:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/11/latest_windows_11_build_enforces_edge_links/" title="https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/11/latest_windows_11_build_enforces_edge_links/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" class="attachment">https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/11/latest_windows_11_build_enforces_edge_links/</a> #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft</a></span> using tricks to force URLs to open in #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msedge" rel="tag">MSEdge</a></span> instead of user's chosen default browser. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/win11" rel="tag">Win11</a></span>3385262http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2021-11-12T13:48:34+00:002021-11-12T13:48:34+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2021-11-12:objectType=thread:nonce=3eb38f82449bbb22http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2020-07-27:noticeId=3325977:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1Ugh! I really dislike the way that #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msedge" rel="tag">MSEdge</a></span> tries to force people through this introduction ... drops an icon on the desktop without asking, pins itself to the taskbar (again, without asking) and then pushes and nags to try to get the user to set it as their default browser.3325977http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-07-27T06:04:15+00:002020-07-27T06:04:15+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2020-07-27:objectType=thread:nonce=17bd7c94feaff391http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2020-07-10:noticeId=3323031:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1Everyone keeps telling me there’s no download needed for #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/zoom" rel="tag">Zoom</a></span>, but #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msedge" rel="tag">MSEdge</a></span> needed a download in order to handle the meeting. (I did not join a previous Zoom meeting my family held in mid-May because it needed a plugin downloaded for #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/firefox" rel="tag">Firefox.</a></span>) Today, my co-worker S refused to join because of the plugin download for #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msie" rel="tag">MSIE</a></span> 11.3323031http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-07-10T19:46:49+00:002020-07-10T19:46:49+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2020-07-10:objectType=thread:nonce=d438136dfe557161http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2020-07-07:noticeId=3322503:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1Not cool, #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/microsoft" rel="tag">Microsoft.</a></span> Pinning the garbage #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msedge" rel="tag">MSEdge</a></span> browser to my taskbar.3322503http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-07-07T05:16:32+00:002020-07-07T05:16:32+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2020-07-07:objectType=thread:nonce=fb0255315f32e1d7http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2020-01-31:noticeId=3255783:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1Another turdware shortcut got dropped on my desktop. #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msedge" rel="tag">MSEdge</a></span> I'm deleting that one also.3255783http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2020-01-31T23:04:03+00:002020-01-31T23:04:03+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2020-01-31:objectType=thread:nonce=57dc71c6bdf0433ehttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:nu.federati.net,2018-10-15:noticeId=2499971:objectType=noteNew note by lnxw48a1Is it just me, or does using #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/msedge" rel="tag">MS_Edge</a></span> make everyone else wish you could remove every vestige of it from #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/win10" rel="tag">Win10</a></span>?2499971http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2018-10-15T15:24:50+00:002018-10-15T15:24:50+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2018-10-15:objectType=thread:nonce=9e984d79ca716096