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pjmlp 2018-06-19 06:46:38+00:00 | [–] update item (on: X86 assembly doesn’t have to be scary )

I just read Microsoft is having their own go at it.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/06/18/microsoft_e2_edge_w...

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eli | karma 29331 | avg karma 3.14 | 2013-01-15 08:02:30 | [–] similar comments (on: Y Combinator is funding the future of spam in Windows )

Isn't this what they're doing about it? http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/apps

Someone1234 | karma 47831 | avg karma 6.58 | 2019-08-20 13:53:32 | [–] similar comments (on: Microsoft Edge preview builds are ready to try )

It is linked from here: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/

tech234a | karma 5983 | avg karma 9.3 | 2022-05-26 14:13:01 | [–] similar comments (on: Google: Bing is cheating, copying our search results (2011) )

Microsoft still appears to be doing so: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/privacy-whit...

geuis | karma 12409 | avg karma 4.16 | 2016-10-31 23:22:14+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Edge web platform status )

Interesting https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platfor...

Zachery | karma 58 | avg karma 1.71 | 2016-10-27 13:26:08 | [–] similar comments (on: Browser Benchmark Battle October 2016: Chrome vs. Firefox vs. Edge )

Soon: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platfor...

kevingadd | karma 14699 | avg karma 2.67 | 2023-06-06 23:33:14 | [–] similar comments (on: Microsoft has no shame: Bing spit on my ‘Chrome’ search with a fake AI answer )

Yeah. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/co...

johnsonjo | karma 817 | avg karma 2.74 | 2017-04-03 21:12:16 | [–] similar comments (on: Microsoft Edge is working on updating CSS Grid )

Relevant link about the status on it: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platfor...

pjmlp | karma 109153 | avg karma 1.76 | 2021-07-02 11:51:25+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Servo Engine contributions this year )

Here, https://www.chromium.org/teams/web-capabilities-fugu

and their PWA partner,

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/progressive-...

https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/06/24/build...

blurred | karma 132 | avg karma 14.67 | 2022-09-18 03:03:36 | [–] similar comments (on: J40: Independent, self-contained JPEG XL decoder )

Also it seems it has unresolved patent issue: https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/17/microsoft_ans_patent/

jongalloway2 | karma 1768 | avg karma 4.9 | 2016-08-15 13:58:21 | [–] similar comments (on: Introducing #EdgeBug: File web platform bugs with a Tweet )

Is it a dupe of this one? https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platfor...

slantyyz | karma 5597 | avg karma 1.97 | 2015-06-22 22:09:18 | [–] similar comments (on: Haha, Microsoft’s Windows 10 Upgrade Path for Pirates Is Confusing as Shit )

A decent explanation here: http://www.theverge.com/2015/6/22/8826117/microsoft-forced-t...

dooglius | karma 2466 | avg karma 2.82 | 2019-03-21 17:41:40+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: So Long, MSDN Blog )

Nope, it's due to GDPR (follow the "Sorry" link on https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20190313-01/?p=10...)

tonyedgecombe | karma 14463 | avg karma 1.72 | 2020-10-30 11:31:37+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Google Sunsets Google Cloud Print )

Meanwhile Microsoft are doing the opposite: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-365/windows/univer...

inferiorhuman | karma 4901 | avg karma 1.65 | 2019-06-13 07:23:15+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Google Researcher Publishes Windows 10 Zero-Day Security Vulnerability )

Nah, they do:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/Useterms/Retail/Windows/10/U...

thisacctforreal | karma 1004 | avg karma 3.02 | 2017-08-21 16:39:17+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: “Bing is bigger than you think,” Microsoft boasts, at 33% of US searches )

this is the source I could find https://m.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/09/microsofts_privacy_en...

easton | karma 4973 | avg karma 3.72 | 2023-09-19 06:51:58 | [–] similar comments (on: Web apps are better than no apps )

Microsoft has this on Windows: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/

Teams 2 is supposed to use it (and there's a couple smaller system apps that use it).

dang | karma 18142 | avg karma 0.25 | 2021-11-17 15:31:57 | [–] similar comments (on: Microsoft Calls Firefox’s Browser Workaround “Improper,” Will Block It )

Recent major threads on this:

Microsoft to Block Windows 11 Browser Workarounds - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29201027 - Nov 2021 (105 comments)

You can no longer bypass microsoft-edge:// links using apps like EdgeDeflector - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29191244 - Nov 2021 (171 comments)

This is a lot more obvious once we change the URL from the submitted one (https://www.howtogeek.com/768727/microsoft-calls-firefoxs-br...) to the article it's copying.

bk_avalara | karma 10 | avg karma 1.67 | 2019-01-23 00:06:24+00:00 | [–] similar comments (on: Google proposes changes to Chromium which would disable uBlock Origin )

Except for the Microsoft part, yes: https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/06/micro...

avtar | karma 841 | avg karma 2.26 | 2018-03-29 12:12:02 | [–] similar comments (on: Windows chief Terry Myerson out as Microsoft reorganizes )

They're third party app launching and search solutions but Wox [1] and Listary [2] (not entirely free) come to mind.

For me the staggering number of Windows non-server SKU options [3] has been a pet peeve. I have zero insight into how profitable it is for them to structure things this way but in terms of optics it's just comical. Now they might be carving out the Home editions even further [4]??

[1] http://www.wox.one/

[2] http://www.listary.com/

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10_editions

[4] https://www.onmsft.com/news/new-windows-10-editions-windows-...

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