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Microsoft's planned new AI trick for Edge will 'automatically open the Copilot side pane' with Outlook email links — and I can feel the hate already (www.techradar.com)
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[-] zigmus64@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

The only thing Edge is good for is downloading literally any other browser…

[-] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

It also has a good use of being the toilet of browsers. As in, if you ever are required to temporarily install some pervasive plugin or extension to take a proctored exam or something, Edge is good to use because you know you won't use the that browser for anything you care about and you can protect good browsers from those garbage plugins.

[-] VonReposti@feddit.dk 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's what I have an entire laptop for. I call it the Dust Collector. It's sole purpose is to collect dust and maybe once or twice a year be ready for a proctored exam. It's not even allowed on my home network.

[-] LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

As Ftumch said, winget is really the way to go these days. No browser, just:

Terminal > winget install mozilla.firefox > Done.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 2 months ago

It's good for viewing PDFs

[-] Ftumch@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

Better to use winget, though. That way you don't even need to bother with Edge's initial setup screens.

[-] IratePirate@feddit.org 0 points 2 months ago

Better to use apt-get though. That way you don't even need to bother with the dumpster fire that is Windows 11.

[-] embed_me@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Better to build from source, that way you don't have to deal with the snap versions of the program

[-] IratePirate@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Gentoo user: "Of course we build from source! (What are snaps?)"

[-] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago

No, that was IE. Edge is decent enough browser for normies, equal to chrome.

[-] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 2 months ago

You're not wrong. Edge is just Chromium with MS branding. It's not a bad browser like IE was.

Although if they do shit like this it will be.

[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Edge is nice at work because it works with all the apps we have that still expect IE rendering quirks.

I wouldn’t bother with it if you are at home.

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