Posted on 01/29/2019 1:03:45 PM PST by dayglored
Does that mean I won’t continually get updates that won’t update and/or the wrong links?
Looking harder at Linux.
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None too soon.
That’s what we will do. Apple. Sick of Microsoft and Gates killing our computer every 6 months with forced “updates” we cannot block and it can’t handle. And we have a lot of memory. Then finding someone we have to pay to cleanup the mess. Then having to re-set all of our dozens of password-protected sites. SOB!
The MS update is Internet Explorer 11, or Edge, soon to be built on the engine that powers Google's Chrome - all of which are vastly inferior to Firefox ESR, as is Firefox Quantum, at least if you are a type of "power user" who wants a utility truck vs. a race car, and are willing to run more than browser if the highest security is a concern. .
None of the above even enable multiple tab rows, and some browsers do not provide for changing ctrl+tab to toggle btwn more recently accessed tabs
You can block them , and I would propose that if you system cant handle them then your equipment is too old or needs driver updates. And if you are getting viruses, then it is likely some users are "driving" to the wrong sites. You can build a fairly fast new PC for under 500 , and with no bloatware, while i think with Apple your hardware choices are rather restricted.
Why the hell can’t Microsoft leave good working things alone?
They took out my Windows 7 which was nice and put in a corrupted Windows 8. Now they are going to take that out and put in another half-assed program I don’t really need or want.
Hell, I’d prefer to go back to Wordperfect 7 and still have discs for it. IT WORKED WELL.
Is there any law in business or govt that says “If it works well, let’s fuck it up”?
Experimenting with the https://color.firefox.com extension, among others, with the Arc dark theme. Thank God.
Theres also Palemoon - palemoon.org
Its curious that Microsoft is going with Googles chrome as the foundation of their browser.
Theres a move on, by chrome. To ban all ad blocking plug ins. Have to wonder if google didnt pay Microsoft off.
Why is there a constant tweaking and improving a platform when it works just fine for most users ? (gimmee back my Win98SE)
I think I asked this question about five or six years ago and was told that there were features in newer OS that SOME people preferred or needed.
How many of those people actually exist outside of us politically engaged / gaming junkies that surf FR, play a few addicting games ALL THE FRIKKIN' TIME, and poke around whatever just interests us because it is the information highway ?
I know NO one that needs or wants a series XL niacin enhanced, bootable dogtray with IO AI and LMNOP attributes.
But some genius in Microsoft certainly thinks every one needs it and will pull our perfectly good OS to flood the market with useless (to us) crap.
I found the ad blocker less effective than the simple MVSP host file , though I edit mine (after using a right click "Take Ownership tweak" (see bottom of page for script you can download and run). The host file is in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc in Win. 7-10.
See here http://www.wpuniverse.com/vb/showthread.php?37511-WordPerfect-X7-and-Windows-10 But there is no need for vulgar language, which lowers the quality of the thread.
The fundamental problem is one of definition. We hire/elect people who do something that they get paid for.
** Lawyers make laws; Legislators legislate. Why would they stop making laws, voluntarily, and put themselves out of a job?
** Designers design; Engineers engineer. Why would they stop designing and engineering, voluntarily, and put themselves out of a job?
The problem is obvious. Unfortunately, there is no solution, except to execute any lawyer, legislator, designer, or engineer who has made something useful and successful, and therefore should be prevented from f*cking it up by continuing to muck with it.
And -that- means that they'd never do anything useful or successful, lest they be executed.
It's a conundrum alright.
The Fiat of the Computer industry.
“Fix it again Tony”
“Unloved Internet Explorer 10 will be joining it. FINALLY.”
Who wants to bet me that it is now just going to get even worse?
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