Is this how MS intends to behave?
Malware, adware, ransomware type behavior.
Friday, July 3, 2020 by DrJBHL | Discussion: Personal Computing
I had installed Edge previously, and I haven't seen what the author of the above linked article is describing. Not sure I'd ask anyone to check if it's true after reading what he wrote, though. This really borders on monopolistic practice, considering Edge isn't IE base at all, rather it's Chromium based.
I wonder if any of you folks have seen anything like what's described in the Verge article, though.
This, along with wonky updates makes me really wonder "Quo vadis MS?".
Anyway, have a great weekend!
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Reply #22 Tuesday, July 7, 2020 7:18 PM
Frankly, Edge is not for me and I shall stick to Firefox until something better comes along
Something better has come along. It's called Chrome. Faster than Firefox. Uses less memory than Firefox. And honestly if you use an Android smartphone you already use Google products so why bother believing Chrome is crap?
Reply #23 Tuesday, July 7, 2020 10:00 PM
Put bluntly and succinctly, I like Firefox, I don't like Chrome. I did try Chrome but it just wasn't/isn't for me.
Yes, I do have an Android smartphone, but only because MS pulled support and development for the Windows Phone. If MS reinstated the Windows Phone to full support and development I'd switch back in an instant. And no, I am NOT a MS fanboi, I just prefer the Windows Phone over the others.... simple as that.
Reply #24 Wednesday, July 8, 2020 11:44 AM
There's no accounting for taste, starkers.
And that's as it should be.
Reply #26 Wednesday, July 8, 2020 1:11 PM
I'd love to try it (Brave Browser), but for some reason I can't get it to install, Windows version is 2004 (OS Build 19041.329), it gets to the "connecting to internet", then after that I get a message, that says; "unable to connect to the Internet, please whitelist BraveUpdate.exe." I've done that, even turned off "firewall" in Windows Defender, and still doesn't install, I know I have an Internet connection, so, I'm clueless as to why it won't install
Reply #27 Wednesday, July 8, 2020 1:30 PM
I would definitely love to use Brave as my browser but the thing holding me back is their limited speed dial or tabbed browsing feature. In Vivaldi , which is my present browser, I have about 36 different tabs on my speed dial start page which makes browsing so much quicker. If I'm not mistaken , Brave browser only accommodates 5 or 6 tabs on it's start page which is very disappointing to me. I wish Brave would fix that.
Reply #28 Wednesday, July 8, 2020 4:04 PM
Ace -
There are several Speed-Dial plugins in the Chrome Store which are compatible with Brave.
Brave's Bookmarks Bar will hold lots of favicons, also, depending on your screen res, especially if you don't use labels.
Reply #29 Wednesday, July 8, 2020 5:33 PM
Ace -
There are several Speed-Dial plugins in the Chrome Store which are compatible with Brave.
Brave's Bookmarks Bar will hold lots of favicons, also, depending on your screen res, especially if you don't use labels.
I found nothing in the Chrome store regarding adding tiles or tabs to the Brave Browser start page.
Reply #30 Wednesday, July 8, 2020 5:47 PM
I found nothing in the Chrome store regarding adding tiles or tabs to the Brave Browser start page.
Reply #31 Wednesday, July 8, 2020 8:42 PM
I found nothing in the Chrome store regarding adding tiles or tabs to the Brave Browser start page.
Try this Speed Dial Extension
oh man !! That is awesome !! It works and looks beautiful. Even better looking than Vivaldi speed dial. I'm now using Brave Browser and I'm very happy, thank-you JanOscar and Daiwa , you both made my day 
-- Ace --
Reply #32 Wednesday, July 8, 2020 9:22 PM
Still 'happily' using Chrome....with 26 tabs open at any one time....and 8 of them are Stardock.....I must get out more....
Reply #33 Wednesday, July 8, 2020 9:42 PM
It was really only a matter of time before Windows replaced IE/Edge with the new Chromium version. IE hasn't been supported for years and Microsoft soon realized the engine they built for Edge was not too great either. There really wasn't an option other than including the new browser with Windows since a number of people don't have the know how to install one themselves.
In other news I personally use Firefox as my primary browser. I have others installed but like the middle ground that Firefox provides.
Reply #34 Thursday, July 9, 2020 9:55 PM
In other news I personally use Firefox as my primary browser. I have others installed but like the middle ground that Firefox provides.
Same here, FF is my primary browser but I also have Opera and IE installed. Edge is also there but isn't ever used and lays dormant. I like the way FF is set up and its speed is plenty fast for me.
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Reply #21 Monday, July 6, 2020 4:55 AM
Microsoft has always acted a a monolithic entity. Nothing about this really surprises me. Microsoft has just been on better behavior in recent years.