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Wow! Windows is using internal links with the scheme microsoft-edge:// to make things (Windows things) open Edge so that then Edge can nag you to set the defaul

Wow! Windows is using internal links with the scheme microsoft-edge:// to make things (Windows things) open Edge so that then Edge can nag you to set the default. It's sad, it's user-hostile and smells of desperation. In other news, in the pandemic my parents (+70yr) switched to Xfce on Gentoo when their Win7s died. And are actually getting on quite well (they are pretty good with computers, we've had them at home since before Win3.1)

jcun4128 5y ago
At least edge is using chromium instead of IE being the default
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
  Would you believe that I would have preferred them pushing trident? For two, somewhat contradictory, reasons: 1. it'd help against the blink monoculture, and 2. if it was actually awful it'd make it easier for people to scream at MS about the issue.
  - jcun4128 5y ago
    Yeah my comment is about responsive development which thankfully I don't do much of anymore/try not to. I am not familiar with this will have to look it up: > blink monoculture Oh Google rendering engine hmm
    - yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
      Right; most browsers today (Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, not Firefox) are just reusing Chrome's rendering engine. This is concerning for reasons that amount to "an adtech giant now de-facto controls the web".
    - SahAssar 5y ago
      > Oh Google rendering engine hmm It would have been the same if it was gecko, webkit, netsurf or anything else being as dominant as blink has become. The operative word is "monoculture", not which engine it is. The web needs independent implementations to continue being about protocols and standards, not programs or libraries.
BizarroLand 5y ago
Next step will be that any time edge is opened if it is not set as the default it will automatically set itself as the default and ingest all of your bookmarked links, history, and passwords so that it eventually becomes not worth the hassle to switch back. Worst case, 3-5% of home users switch to linux or apple but in exchange Microsoft gets all of that bing ad money for the 95% that stays.
coliveira 5y ago
I work in a company that has switched to MS products and they already told everyone that the systems would work only on MS Edge.

jcun4128 5y ago

At least edge is using chromium instead of IE being the default

yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
Would you believe that I would have preferred them pushing trident? For two, somewhat contradictory, reasons: 1. it'd help against the blink monoculture, and 2. if it was actually awful it'd make it easier for people to scream at MS about the issue.
- jcun4128 5y ago
  Yeah my comment is about responsive development which thankfully I don't do much of anymore/try not to. I am not familiar with this will have to look it up: > blink monoculture Oh Google rendering engine hmm
  - yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
    Right; most browsers today (Edge, Brave, Vivaldi, not Firefox) are just reusing Chrome's rendering engine. This is concerning for reasons that amount to "an adtech giant now de-facto controls the web".
  - SahAssar 5y ago
    > Oh Google rendering engine hmm It would have been the same if it was gecko, webkit, netsurf or anything else being as dominant as blink has become. The operative word is "monoculture", not which engine it is. The web needs independent implementations to continue being about protocols and standards, not programs or libraries.

BizarroLand 5y ago

Next step will be that any time edge is opened if it is not set as the default it will automatically set itself as the default and ingest all of your bookmarked links, history, and passwords so that it eventually becomes not worth the hassle to switch back. Worst case, 3-5% of home users switch to linux or apple but in exchange Microsoft gets all of that bing ad money for the 95% that stays.

coliveira 5y ago

I work in a company that has switched to MS products and they already told everyone that the systems would work only on MS Edge.