Moderated Changing browsers
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Fred Adams
Could someone on the list please tell me how to change browsers. I am using Win 11 and latest jaws. It was pretty simple with Win 10 but not so with Win 11.
Thanks much,
FRED C. ADAMS W4HC THE HOUR IS LATE AND THE DAY IS AT HAND
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Bill White
Hi, Fred. It depends upon what browser you want to change to. If you give that information, I can tell you how to get to the option to make that browser your default, once you open your new browser of choice.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Fred Adams
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 8:17 AM To: jfw@groups.io Subject: Changing browsers
Could someone on the list please tell me how to change browsers. I am using Win 11 and latest jaws. It was pretty simple with Win 10 but not so with Win 11.
Thanks much,
FRED C. ADAMS W4HC THE HOUR IS LATE AND THE DAY IS AT HAND
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On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 02:36 PM, Fred Adams wrote:
Could someone on the list please tell me how to change browsers.- Open Windows 11 Settings, Apps Pane, Default Apps item in the pane. On the Default apps pane, there are two search boxes. The first is used to associate a file type with an app, and you will NOT be using that one. The second one is the set defaults for applications search box, that's the one you will use. If you enter the name of the browser you prefer to make default in that search box, it will likely be the only thing that appears in the results as a control/button much like it did in Windows 10. Activate the button for that browser. When the App pane itself for that opens, the first thing at the top will be a label that reads, "Set {insert browser name here} as default browser," followed by the Set Default button. If you activate the Set Default button, that browser becomes your default browser. All you're doing is searching for the browser app you want as your default, activating its main control, then on its own app page activating the Set Default button. -- Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 11 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 22H2, Build 22621; Office 2016, Version 16.0.15726.20188, 32-bit; Android 12 (MIUI 13) It’s not lack of contact with the world off campus that leads to the liberal views common in academia — it’s being trained to think critically and practicing this craft daily as we look at the world around us that makes us the libs conservatives so dislike. ~ Eliot A. Brenowitz, Seattle; New York Times, Letters, Tales of Town and Gown: Is the Campus Isolated?, August 20, 2022 |
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Fred Adams
Bill, I am now using the brave browser but I would like to try the edge browser to see how I like it. Thanks for your response.
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Bill White
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 2:43 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Changing browsers
Hi, Fred. It depends upon what browser you want to change to. If you give that information, I can tell you how to get to the option to make that browser your default, once you open your new browser of choice.
From: main@jfw.groups.io [mailto:main@jfw.groups.io] On Behalf Of Fred Adams
Could someone on the list please tell me how to change browsers. I am using Win 11 and latest jaws. It was pretty simple with Win 10 but not so with Win 11.
Thanks much,
FRED C. ADAMS W4HC THE HOUR IS LATE AND THE DAY IS AT HAND
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Fred Adams
Brian, thanks for your response. I will give it a try. I am now using the brave browser but I would like to give the edge browser a try. Thanks much
From: main@jfw.groups.io <main@jfw.groups.io> On Behalf Of Brian Vogel
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 3:53 PM To: main@jfw.groups.io Subject: Re: Changing browsers
On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 02:36 PM, Fred Adams wrote:
- Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 11 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 22H2, Build 22621; Office 2016, Version 16.0.15726.20188, 32-bit; Android 12 (MIUI 13) It’s not lack of contact with the world off campus that leads to the liberal views common in academia — it’s being trained to think critically and practicing this craft daily as we look at the world around us that makes us the libs conservatives so dislike. ~ Eliot A. Brenowitz, Seattle; New York Times, Letters, Tales of Town and Gown: Is the Campus Isolated?, August 20, 2022 |
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On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 04:32 PM, Fred Adams wrote:
would like to try the edge browser to see how I like it.- If you like Brave, you'll likely like Edge on the whole. The Chromium-based web browsers have much in common, so it's fairly easy to move between them in almost all cases. The one exception I've encountered is Vivaldi, and it's not impossible to use it, by any means, but they've put their own spin on the user interface to an extent that other web browsers have not (and also can include an email client as part of the package). -- Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 11 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 22H2, Build 22621; Office 2016, Version 16.0.15726.20188, 32-bit; Android 12 (MIUI 13) It’s not lack of contact with the world off campus that leads to the liberal views common in academia — it’s being trained to think critically and practicing this craft daily as we look at the world around us that makes us the libs conservatives so dislike. ~ Eliot A. Brenowitz, Seattle; New York Times, Letters, Tales of Town and Gown: Is the Campus Isolated?, August 20, 2022 |
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Mike Pietruk
Fred
While you can only have one default browser, there is no limit to the number of browsers you can have on your system. I have 3 -- Brave (my current default), Edge and Chrome. Type the name of the browser in the search box, and you can use any one of them regardless the default. A lot of folks do that for a variety of reasons. That's the best way to get the benefits of all of them. |
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Mike Pietruk
The 2 major things I like about Brave is that it seems faster than Edge
and Chrome; and it comes configured to block advertising. Still, when I want Edge, I type Edge in the Windows Searchbox or Chrome for Chrome in the Windows search box. Throughout the day, I go to all 3 on a regular basis as, given their Chromium base, they work very similar as Brian has indicated. |
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I use Firefox, Edge (Dev Channel), and Vivaldi on a daily basis, with the very occasional use of Chrome or Brave. Brave used to be my favorite primary browser, but it was a "bit to aggressive" as far as several of my banks were concerned in terms of blocking cookies, so I needed to use something else.
Brave is an excellent browser, though, make no mistake. But if you find that it has difficulties with any sites you use routinely, then punt to a secondary browser of your choosing for those sites and use Brave for the rest. I tend to avoid Chrome simply because of the amount of data collection that goes with using it. It's otherwise a marvelous browser, too. -- Brian - Virginia, USA - Windows 11 Pro, 64-Bit, Version 22H2, Build 22621; Office 2016, Version 16.0.15726.20188, 32-bit; Android 12 (MIUI 13) It’s not lack of contact with the world off campus that leads to the liberal views common in academia — it’s being trained to think critically and practicing this craft daily as we look at the world around us that makes us the libs conservatives so dislike. ~ Eliot A. Brenowitz, Seattle; New York Times, Letters, Tales of Town and Gown: Is the Campus Isolated?, August 20, 2022 |
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