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If you’d ask me to name the most annoying feature of Windows 11’s Start menu, I’d probably pick the Recommended section. Here specifically the inability to remove it from the Start menu. While you can configure Windows to stop giving recommendations, you cannot remove the then-blank section from the Start menu. That is, until now….
Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system has its fair share of annoyances. From mediocre apps, Telemetry and ads to other design decisions that seem to serve Microsoft more than the users of the operating system. Windows Update and the requirement to restart the PC to install updates is certainly on the list of some users. Especially…
When Microsoft launched its Edge web browser, it used Windows to quickly push the usage share of the browser. One of Microsoft’s ways of doing so was to create artificial protocols in Windows that would open only in Edge. Clicks on web searches in Start or news would always open in Edge, even if the…
Mozilla is working on introducing link previews in its Firefox web browser. The feature is in testing in the latest Nightly version currently and includes support for local AI summaries. The main idea behind the feature is to give users a tool at hand to check information about linked resources without visiting them directly. Here…
If you have used Windows long enough, you have probably come into contact with Startup Repair at one point. The feature aims to resolve issues that prevent the operating system from starting up. It is a hit and miss kind of feature for many users though, as it relies solely on local files. All in…
Vivaldi Software has released a new version of its desktop browser today. Vivaldi 7.2 is available already. The company says that it implemented several speed optimizations in the browser as well as the usual mix of usability-enhancing options. As for speed, Vivaldi has probably not been the fastest leanest browser out there in the past….
When the Gimp development team started to work on Gimp 3.0 in 2020, it probably did not think that it would take five years to release the new version. Gimp 3.0 is a major update that has been in the making for seven years, since the release of Gimp 2.10. The open source image editor…
Just a few days ago, Microsoft released the cumulative security updates for Windows 10 and 11 to the public. The company did not confirm any new issues at the time, but that has changed now. A new issue has been confirmed that is affecting all supported client versions of Windows. The details: Microsoft confirms furthermore…
When Mozilla — finally — introduced support for extensions in Firefox, years to late, but still, it unlocked a whole new world for users of the mobile open source browser. Up until that time, no major browser supported extensions no mobile. While there were some dedicated projects that supported mobile extensions, all major browsers did…
The integration of the Copilot AI in Windows has been lackluster up to this point, if you ask me. It felt rushed and Microsoft is still scrambling to improve its use for users. The same is true for any other AI that is available as an application. While there are plenty of options to use…