[dba-Tech] Fwd: Frustrating

[John Bartow]

I used to use Firefox for everything. A few years ago the trend started that many websites are specifically written for use with the chromium engine (Irritates the crap out of me, weren't we down this road with IE?) so firefox doesn't always work on those. It got to the point that some of my vendors will not support Firefox. So, since Chrome and Edge use the same engine it gives you a choice, bloated google crap or bloated MS crap. If a company uses Google Workspace then Chrome is the better choice. Over 90% of my client base now use the MS 365 Cloud so Edge is the better choice. 

For personal browsing I now use DuckDuckGo's browser. You don't have to worry about any of this with it, it doesn't store anything.

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces+jbartow=winhaven.net at databaseadvisors.com> On Behalf Of John Colby
Sent: Monday, September 9, 2024 6:14 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Fwd: Frustrating

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
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> > 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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