[dba-Tech] Fwd: Frustrating

[John Bartow]

LOL, BRAVE? Are you serious?!

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From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+jbartow=winhaven.net at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of John Colby
Sent: Monday, September 9, 2024 6:15 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Fwd: Frustrating

LOL, I run Firefox or BRAVE (NOT Edge!!!)

On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 7:14 PM John Colby <jwcolby at gmail.com> wrote:

> lol, yes, get rid of windows 11 and if not that then at least get rid 
> of edge?  I run Windows 10 and have run a script widget which allows 
> me to select what to uninstall.  I have pretty much uninstalled 
> everything I could.  I use Firefox or edge almost entirely though I 
> keep Chrome around for that occasional web site that refuses to run firefox.
>
> The only thing I use Windows for is Office dev which I don't do much 
> of any more.  I run Linux Mint now and love it.  But of course it does 
> not run Office and by inference MS Access.
>
> On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 6:55 PM Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin2 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I use bitwarden so no saved passwords on the computer.
>>
>> I have noticed that Edge will sometimes bloat and I don't see a 
>> correlation between the RAM it's using and the number of tabs open.
>>
>> MS has pre-selected Balanced Tracking Prevention. Any advice there?
>>
>> tks
>>
>> r
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 9, 2024 at 1:20 PM John Bartow <jbartow at winhaven.net> wrote:
>>
>> > You probably don't want to do that every time. I would suggest you 
>> > close your browser more often though. Like most apps on Windows, 
>> > they tend to consume more the longer they live 😉
>> > I do it for security reasons (because I'm an MSP using cloud 
>> > portals, managing, and remoting into a lot of client computers, etc.).
>> >
>> > What I'd suggest is using the new cloud age "3 finger salute" when
>> needed,
>> > such as before you're going into Kaiser:
>> > Ctrl-Shift-Del Then choose the time period of "All time" (that's 
>> > for
>> Edge,
>> > "Everything" in Firefox) click the items down the list. I click all
>> items,
>> > but you may want to live life closer to the edge and keep passwords 
>> > and form fills, then dump them.
>> >
>> > John B
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+jbartow=
>> winhaven.net at databaseadvisors.com>
>> > On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
>> > Sent: Monday, September 9, 2024 12:24 PM
>> > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues < 
>> > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Fwd: Frustrating
>> >
>> > So I'm back from Sequoia and want to try this. I didn't have any 
>> > opinion on keeping or deleting cookies. I think some of them make 
>> > browsing and navigating a site easier. So I'll try your fix. Which 
>> > seems to work on
>> the
>> > first try. But if it's cookies, then deleting on close might be a 
>> > good idea.  Where is that option?
>> >
>> > Of course, I have to remember to close once in a while. Sometimes 
>> > my browser stays open for a week.
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > r
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