Comment on 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

zigmus64@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• partial_accumen@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • VonReposti@feddit.dk ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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• Ftumch@lemmy.today ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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  • IratePirate@feddit.org ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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    • embed_me@programming.dev ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Better to build from source, that way you don’t have to deal with the snap version of the programs

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      • IratePirate@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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• LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

  Terminal > winget install mozilla.firefox > Done.

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• Damage@feddit.it ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s good for viewing PDFs

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  • theolodis@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I think Firefox does that just as well, and also allows you to edit them.

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• abbadon420@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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