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Every update it seems that my preferences for whether I want Edge in the quick launch (no), Edge pinned to the taskbar (No thanks) and my default browser (Chrome) get reset to "YES! I love Edge and want it everywhere!".
Constantly.
Didn't Microsoft get shamrocked a few years ago for something to do with ramming a certain browser down people's throats?
At least it's good to see Microsoft have recovered, dusted themselves off, and are back in the game.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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You seem to be a bit edgy about it.
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You took my line-ish. I was gonna say "that's what it's like living on the edge". But no, I can't say that now. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: But no, I can't say that now.
I'm glad you didn't.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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That's what it's like living... wait no.
Jeremy Falcon
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Apologies Jeremy. Timing is everything 
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No worries... you can still grab your coat if you want  
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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Yeah, I still prefer IE and occasionally on startup get directed to a page telling me that 'you really should be using Edge'. My three main reasons for not using it:
0: I can't control file extensions when downloading using Edge. (.bacpac files automatically get saved as .zip and changing them back manually just corrupts the file.  )
1: SSRS Report Manager flat out refuses to connect using Edge.
2: I don't like being told I should do something to improve the stats, especially when the new version offers no real benefit to me...kind of like the new Azure portal...I rather like the old one just fine even if you force me to go through an extra step to get there! Sorry, a little off-topic!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Chris Maunder wrote: Didn't Microsoft get shamrocked a few years ago for something to do with ramming a certain browser down people's throats?
Only in Europe, and everyone at the time slammed the Europeans for it, calling them all the names under the sun for wanting to protect their citizens against the slimy, money-grubbing actions of greedy, foreign corporations.
It's nice to see the cows come home to roost.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: slimy, money-grubbing actions of greedy, foreign corporations.
Like VW's emissions frolic?
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They're German.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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To me: slimy, money-grubbing actions of greedy, foreign corporations
There's an old saying "you can't smell your own".
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Didn't you notice the word "foreign", tucked quietly away in the clause?
What does that word tell you that I'm talking about?
If I were talking about the money-grubbing corporation at the end of my street, I would have used the words "the money-grubbing corporation at the end of my street".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Well foreign depends upon where you live, no?
So - taking the context from your post (q.v.)[^]
And money grubbing horrendous practices are basically a defect in capitalism (in its search for profits) and socialism (in it's take-it-or-leave-it quality model). Not that either has to behave that way - they just always do.
The us-and-them reminds of a currently active political candidate's strategy - but rallying Europe against the US is always popular for European politicians. Works here, too.
Consider Takata airbags[^]. A model for which all industry can strive!
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I'm not rallying anyone; I am simply being accurate with my words and providing a highly pertinent point -- that I have little recourse to law over the actions of FOREIGN corporations.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Hell, here in the US we have the same problem with DOMESTIC corporations. And there's the problem of our domestic corporations "moving headquarters" to foreign countries to cheat the citizens out of taxes owed, but I digress.
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Money grubbing is business and economics at its finest. Given a small supply or high demand, the company can up its price to make more money. The main focus of business is to increase the stockholder's capital in the company. Look at the drug company selling Epipens. It is ugly, the company is making huge profits, but the customers need the medication. And, the company's product is protected by patents. Yes it does make me sick to see such blatant greed and disregard for your fellow human being.
Capitalism does work best in a mutually cooperative environment rather than a spy-vs-spy world. Maybe we can add restrictions to patents to where the holder cannot sell for more than 5% of some set value.
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Only in Europe, and everyone at the time slammed the Europeans for it, calling them all the names under the sun for wanting to protect their citizens against the slimy, money-grubbing actions of greedy, foreign corporations.
Funny I only remember people saying "Thank God for Europe!"
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Every now and again I wind up Edge and that reminds why I dislike it so much compared to IE or Chrome.
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Edge is still missing one essential option (Chrome is also missing it by the way!): Option to automatically switch to a new tab when I right-click --> Open in new tab.
Both IE and Firefox have that option, not Edge, not Chrome.
I hate it when I see a new tab open and not being brought to it automatically... why the hell did I open it if I didn't want to go there?
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Try holding Ctrl+Shift when you click a link. Only workaround I know of.
Cheers!
Sincerely,
-Mark
mamiller@rhsnet.org
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I developed a bespoke HTML editor for use in our intranet as the editor for articles, etc. it works completely with IE9+, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Vivaldi and even Firefox. I have just been told that I might now have to make it work with Edge as we are having to now support Windows 10 as we get new PCs in. My solution is to make sure Chrome is installed as standard and default on our new PC images! 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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