In Windows 11, changing the default browser is a hassle, the first browser launch is the last chance to set all at once



With the release of the late 2021 imminent,

Windows 11 has already begun to release developer builds, and it turns out that changing the default browser later has become very cumbersome.

Microsoft is making it harder to switch default browsers in Windows 11 --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/22630319/microsoft-windows-11-default-browser-changes

According to the report of the IT news site The Verge, when you start the browser by clicking the link on Windows 11, the screen to select the default browser will be displayed as shown below. However, this screen is displayed only the first time, and if you miss this timing, you will not be able to change the default browser at once later.



In order to change the default browser later, you have to select the browser for each file or link type such as HTM, HTML, PDF, SHTML, SVG, WEBP, XHT, XHTML, FTP, HTTP, HTTPS. matter. The Verge pointed out that this is a big improvement compared to Windows 10, which allowed you to select the specified apps at once for each category such as 'browser', 'video player', and 'photo viewer'.

Watch the video below to see how troublesome it is to set up one default app for each extension from Edge to Chrome.



What's more, you may be prompted to reconsider switching from Edge to another browser.



In browsers such as Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, and Brave, a dialog for specifying the default browser is displayed at the first startup. However, when The Verge tested the latest versions of these browsers, only Firefox was able to set the default browser correctly, and other browsers required the above-mentioned tedious settings.

Also, Windows 11 has a new taskbar widget that allows you to search directly from the search field, but when you open the site from the widget's search results, Edge will start completely ignoring the default browser.



A Microsoft spokeswoman told The Verge, 'Windows 11 has removed the app category to better customize the default settings,' and this change is more customizable. I explained that it was.

Meanwhile, Serena Deckelman, senior vice president of Firefox developer Mozilla, said of the change, 'If you try to change the default browser settings, you have to take extra steps. This is confusing, to say the least, and looks like it was intended to eliminate options other than Microsoft's browser. '

In addition, Hiroshi Rockheimer, senior vice president of Chrome and Android at Google, said on Twitter, '(Currently it is troublesome to change the default browser) it is only a preview version for developers and officially released. I hope that Windows 11 is exactly what Microsoft claims, because it's far from the 'choice' that Microsoft claims. '

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