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How To Set Default searchbar browser in Windows 11

Changing the search engine on your Windows 11 taskbar is a straightforward process that can significantly improve your browsing experience. This guide will walk you through the steps to configure the taskbar search engine on your Windows 11 device, ensuring that search results come from your preferred search engine. How to Change Taskbar Search Engine Windows 11 In this section, we’ll cover the necessary steps to change the default search engine used by the taskbar on your Windows 11 device. Follow these instructions carefully to make sure your searches align with your preferences. Step 1: Open SettingsStart menu and select "Settings." Settings is where you can control all the preferences for your device. You’ll find various options here, but for our purpose, we’re heading to the section that deals with apps. Step 2: Select Apps Next, navigate to the "Apps" section within Settings. The Apps section is where you can manage the settings for all the applications i...

Firefox 3.0 (Minefield): Pretty Slick

Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats. - Howard Aiken You can download the Firefox 3.0 Beta 3 nightly builds here . Frankly, I"m pretty impressed with this so far. It seems to load faster than the previous version, and it certainly does pass the Acid 2 test with flying colors (as does Internet Explorer 8.0, which is still in closed BETA). I predict that Firefox 3.0 will enable the Firefox browser to capture an even greater percentage of the overall browser market. I intend to install it on my Open SUSE Linux VM with MONO on it that I use for experimentation. It's not about religion here - it's about a browser that performs well, doesn't blow up in your face on a site that serves FLV video or Silverlight, and generally doesn't cause you problems. The Windows Installer for this is only about 6.72MB, installs in about 20 seconds, automatically imports all Internet Explorer settings and bookmar...

Web standards? IE? Firefox? BS!

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It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear. - Dick Cavett I am really getting tired of seeing all these "holier than thou" articles, comments and rants about how Internet Explorer sucks because it doesn't implement "web standards" correctly, and how Firefox "does". Bottom line? A bunch of BS! Neither one does! Here are a few images from the ACID 2 Test which deliberately invokes invalid CSS to see how browsers handle it: IE TEST: FIREFOX TEST: REFERENCE IMAGE: Bottom line? Users need to quit their political, opinionated rants and work to ensure that browser manufacturers all work together so that there is seamless, consistent behavior across browser brands - whether it be rendering, Javascript, CSS, the DOM, or whatever. Standards take time to create, and a lot of thought goes into it. The standards are there for a reason. Let's stop the BS. Browser manufacturers and users all need to stop attacking each other and ...