On Thu, 10 Sep 2020 13:33:47 +0100, John wrote:

On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 16:37:44 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On 9/9/2020 3:25 PM, John Doe wrote:

Does anybody on a PC actually use a Microsoft browser nowadays?


I don't (I greatly prefer FireFox), but *many* people use Edge. They use
Edge because it's the default in Windows 10, and they either don't know
they have a choice or are to lazy to change from the default.

My sister is one of the former. She's not entirely sure what a
"browser" is. Nor, really, does she understand file systems, storage,
RAM or hard drives. Her only save space is her desktop so she loses
stuff when Win-ten tidies up.

She is, however and unfortunately, a bloody wizard at clicking on
things in emails so browser "helper" objects get installed.


My wife is one of those who use Edge. I've tried to convince her that
Edge is terrible, FireFox is much better, and she should change, but she
won't. I don't understand why.

Maybe because "it doesn't work right", or "it's not THE INTERNET" or
it's not the clicky in the top left corner with the big "E". Perhaps
if you changed the icon for FF to the one Edge uses, replaced the Edge
icon's position with FF and labeled FF's title header as "THE
INTERNET" she might like it more.

Your wife doesn't sound *stupid*, just reluctant to change. This is
not a rare thing. If she doesn't know she's had a change done, she may
grow to like it.

You could even tell her the "new Edge" is an update from Mickey.
There's a small chance that she'll accept this if she doesn't poke
about too much.



Every now and then I have to go on her computer to do something for her,
and if I have to go onto the web, I have to use Edge. I hate it.

So maybe you could install FF as an additional choice but don't tell
her? Then you could use it but wifey doesn't need to know it's even
there.

You may put a *FOLDER* on her desktop called "Tools" and put inside
it all of the icons for the tools you use. You could even put inside
it a PortableApps

Bugger, *I* just did it, didn't I?

https://portableapps.com/ the downloadable thingy for Windows is at
this page: https://portableapps.com/download it's on a large, green
button labeled "Download".

Don't you just hate it when eejits make suggestions but fail to
provide the linkies so you have to go to Https:www.ixquick.com to
search for them?

I do.


J.