Outlook for Android opening links in internal browser

Hi all

I was getting the same problem since the last Outlook for Android update. Just found the fix on Reddit:

"They finally fixed this in the latest update. Go to the Outlook app, scroll all way down to the bottom and click the settings gear. Scroll down to Preferences. There is a new option for Use Default Browser."

This works as I've just tried it

As first reported here on November 5th (on page 15 of this comment thread).

Thank you. I did search for this in November but couldn't find anyone else with the same problem at the time. Just wanted to share the fix

Hi all

I was getting the same problem since the last Outlook for Android update. Just found the fix on Reddit:

"They finally fixed this in the latest update. Go to the Outlook app, scroll all way down to the bottom and click the settings gear. Scroll down to Preferences. There is a new option for Use Default Browser."

This works as I've just tried it

As first reported here on November 5th (on page 15 of this comment thread).

Hi all

I was getting the same problem since the last Outlook for Android update. Just found the fix on Reddit:

"They finally fixed this in the latest update. Go to the Outlook app, scroll all way down to the bottom and click the settings gear. Scroll down to Preferences. There is a new option for Use Default Browser."

This works as I've just tried it

Has Microsoft forgotten that this exact behaviour (restricting end users from selecting/using another browser) resulted in them losing the anti-trust case 20 years ago?

The sheer level of ignorance about basic facts displayed in some of these posts is incredible. Microsoft never restricted end users from selecting/using another browser, and was never accused of doing so. They were accused of bundling Internet Explorer with Windows, which meant that some customers might not bother trying a competitor's browser. In Microsoft's appeal of the case, the appeals court judges accused the judge in the original of unethical conduct, and his rulings against Microsoft were overturned, though his findings of fact that Microsoft's dominance of the market for PC Operating Systems was a monopoly, and that Microsoft took actions to defend that market dominance, were maintained. In a later case in the EU, Microsoft was also required to provide a "ballot box" to facilitate users to download a 3rd party browser when setting up Windows - again, it was the very existence of Internet Explorer that was considered a problem, there was no restriction on users selecting or using another browser.

At the time, Microsoft argued that IE was integral to the operating system and could not be removed without making the operating system inoperable.  That, and the fact that many of the default behaviours that needed a browser required IE and didn't allow the Windows end user to select their desired default browser, was why the case was brought.  At the time, I had colleagues who testified in the case around the technical issues.

Has Microsoft forgotten that this exact behaviour (restricting end users from selecting/using another browser) resulted in them losing the anti-trust case 20 years ago?

The sheer level of ignorance about basic facts displayed in some of these posts is incredible. Microsoft never restricted end users from selecting/using another browser, and was never accused of doing so. They were accused of bundling Internet Explorer with Windows, which meant that some customers might not bother trying a competitor's browser. In Microsoft's appeal of the case, the appeals court judges accused the judge in the original of unethical conduct, and his rulings against Microsoft were overturned, though his findings of fact that Microsoft's dominance of the market for PC Operating Systems was a monopoly, and that Microsoft took actions to defend that market dominance, were maintained. In a later case in the EU, Microsoft was also required to provide a "ballot box" to facilitate users to download a 3rd party browser when setting up Windows - again, it was the very existence of Internet Explorer that was considered a problem, there was no restriction on users selecting or using another browser.