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Microsoft Edge nags users with a 3D banner to change Windows 11's default browser (www.windowslatest.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Would you use Edge as your default browser on Windows 11 if Microsoft nags you with a 3D banner? Microsoft thinks you would. In a new experiment, which appears to be rolling out to Edge stable on Windows 11, Microsoft has turned on a banner that uses 3D graphics to promote the browser.

First spotted by Windows Latest, Microsoft has been testing the new 3D banner for a while now, but it’s now rolling out to more people. If Edge is not your default browser and you open it directly or through files like PDFs, a new banner will remind you to change your default browser settings.

The banner explains that using Edge as your default browser can help protect you from phishing and malware attacks. It asks you to confirm this change by clicking “Set default,” and then you need to confirm again in the Windows settings app.

The pop-up screen will appear after you install the new Windows updates. If you skip the banner, you’ll get another reminder to use Edge when you open the browser.

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[–] Vincente@lemmy.world 44 points 3 weeks ago (22 children)

Switching to Linux is better.

[–] PowerCore7@lemm.ee 12 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

How about using M$ Edge on Linux? /s

Seriously though, one of my friends uses Edge on Windows, Linux, and Android. I still couldn't wrap my head around his decision.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm really unsure if why or how is my bigger question.

[–] sonovebitch@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

A colleague at work uses Edge as primary browser on MacOS 💀

[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I used Edge on macOS for a spell when it first came out, but mostly for outdated websites that wouldn’t pass Safari’s security restrictions (mainly loading an iframe of a PDF without the Content-Type). Chrome on macOS at the time was a memory hog and went against my anti-Google stance.

These days I’m no longer working in an industry 20+ years behind the times, but the application I developed does this work via containerized Selenoid anyway so users don’t have to bother with unmaintained shady web applications anymore.

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