Microsoft's Edge browser which was meant to supplant Internet Explorer as the default built-in browser in Windows 10 is in for a major overhaul. While very innovative with new features, Microsoft tried to push it on users by making it not only the default browser but the default for documents, PDFs and many other applications that users did not want. The final death knell for Edge 1.0 was the dearth of extensions (add-ons) for Edge. Extensions are small add-ons that bring extra features, such as adblocking, VPN, password management and more. While Edge did have some extensions available the number is small when compared to Chrome. Many developers ignored Edge and concentrated on Chrome due to its popularity.
Microsoft plans to recreate Edge using Chromium. Chromium is the open source project behind Google Chrome and Chrome OS. This will allow Edge to use Chromium extensions.
Given Google's demonstrably shown penchant toward censorship of information available based upon its own beliefs and biases, is this a good thing? Google's attempt to move into the Chinese market has led to bending to the whim of the Chinese government. The search engine being developed for use in China allows for restrictive access to information and the ability of the government to track individuals locations and searches. Some Chinese Google employees are raising alarm bells risking the ire of higher-ups and job security.
Is this who you trust to keep your info safe?
https://www.extremetech.com/internet/281715-report-microsoft-to-scrap-edge-for-chromium-based-browser
https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-confirms-edge-will-be-able-to-use-google-chrome-extensions
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/18/google-china-dragonfly-search-engine
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-3-chinese-google-employees-202114194.html
Browser Alternatives and the future of Internet Explorer
On my desktop I use Edge, IE, Chrome and Firefox. I use them all since I have to maintain multiple sessions of Office 365, LogMeIn and other programs concurrently which preempts multiple logins within the same browser. I use Internet Explorer a lot because of compatibility issues with some websites. I use Chrome because of the balkiness and performance issues with IE and I use Firefox more often than I use to because of Google's privacy issues and upper management's continued contempt and arrogance on certain issues.
Originally Microsoft committed to continued support of Internet 11 throughout the life of Windows 10. However Microsoft has not hidden its attempt to push users toward Edge and even if Microsoft continues with security patches, I don't believe it will continue to add improvements or features found in Edge and other browsers.
Opera browser - https://www.opera.com/
Firefox by Mozilla - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=firefox-com
Facebook has its own issues.
Facebook too is under increased pressure about how it uses information collected by tracking you. Did you know that before Facebook, Mark Zuckerburg originally wrote FaceMash which purpose was to rank women at Harvard? FaceMash would pull photos of Harvard students off of Harvard's Web sites. When people visited Facemash.com they would see pictures of two Harvard students and be asked to vote on which was more attractive. The site also maintained a list of Harvard students, ranked by attractiveness.
In the fall of 2003, Harvard seniors Cameron Winklevoss, Tyler Winklevoss, and Divya Narendra were on the lookout for a web developer who could bring to life an idea the three say Divya first had in 2002: a social network for Harvard students and alumni. The three had been paying Victor Gao, another Harvard student, to do coding for the site, but at the beginning of the fall term Victor begged off the project. Victor suggested his own replacement: Mark Zuckerberg, a Harvard sophomore from Dobbs Ferry, New York.
The rest is history and the remake of the future.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-facebook-was-founded-2010-3
Doom: 25 years of a gaming legend
Hard to believe it has been 25 years since the release of Doom. I had been playing Star Wars and Wolfenstein, another ID software 1st person shooter game about infiltrating Hitler's castle full of Nazi, SS soldiers and shooting them up. That was in the day of Novell networks, 386 and 486 computers. Enter Doom... after the 3rd time of being destroyed by the fireball throwing Imps of Doom I had to kick back, tell myself "relax" it's only a game, WOW! We were entertaining a friend's you son Chase that day. Chase was only about 5 but he stayed in the office with me while I was on the computer. Come here, watch this Chase I said... I started another Doom episode and when I rounded the corner and the hellish Imps appeared throwing fireballs quickly killing my character. I exclaimed, you see that Chase?!!! I turned around, Chase was gone, hahaha! 25 years ago.
I recently got an update on Chase. He is into the gaming industry and is now being paid to play and evaluate games. Wow again.
https://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/doom-20-years-of-influencing-gaming-1205980
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