new messenger opens links in EDGE instead of default browser.

Anonymous
2024-09-27T18:55:31+00:00

Hi

I just made the asked the messenger update, and now all external links opens up in EDGE instead of my default browser. And I see no option to set it back.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-16T00:02:37+00:00

    The bottom line is Firefox could support whatever mechanism is used in Chrome, but despite getting $600 million a year from Google, they prefer to spend it on diversity nonsense rather than a working browser.

    The Mozilla Corporation reinvests all profits into its development projects, most notably Firefox and Thunderbird. Its non-profit parent, the Mozilla Foundation, can do other things as well, but its mission is about the health and openness of the internet, data privacy, integrity in AI, and holding tech companies accountable. I can't find any direct donations other than $10,000 to OpenSSH. The only mention of diversity I could find is in their hiring practices - that doesn't cost anything.

    Firefox is an excellent browser - if you think it doesn't work, you haven't used it. One of the reasons it's great is that it is not running the Chromium engine (what you called "whatever mechanism is used in Chrome") like Chrome, Edge, Opera, etc. Instead, Mozilla continues to develop and maintain its own engine in order to stay independent and focus on privacy and extensibility. That is a good thing.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-15T12:31:20+00:00

    Probably Facebook will shut off the back end server, then you'll be done. The bottom line is Firefox could support whatever mechanism is used in Chrome, but despite getting $600 million a year from Google, they prefer to spend it on diversity nonsense rather than a working browser.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-15T11:07:56+00:00

    I believe Firefox has its own method of creating web apps, and it works fine in Vivaldi (Chromium-based).

    I'm sure it does, but the only reason I want an app at all is because Messenger's new way to doing video/audio calling only supports Chrome, Opera, and Edge, according to this page. I was perfectly happen to just keep a tab open with messenger.com in it, until Meta made that change earlier this year. The old version of the app is working well for me - I responded to Martin's post just to clarify for other readers that "your favorite browser" doesn't mean any browser but only Chromium-based ones.

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