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Would you use Edge as your default browser on Windows 11 if Microsoft nags you with a 3D banner? Microsoft thinks you would. In a new experiment, which appears to be rolling out to Edge stable on Windows 11, Microsoft has turned on a banner that uses 3D graphics to promote the browser.

First spotted by Windows Latest, Microsoft has been testing the new 3D banner for a while now, but it’s now rolling out to more people. If Edge is not your default browser and you open it directly or through files like PDFs, a new banner will remind you to change your default browser settings.

The banner explains that using Edge as your default browser can help protect you from phishing and malware attacks. It asks you to confirm this change by clicking “Set default,” and then you need to confirm again in the Windows settings app.

The pop-up screen will appear after you install the new Windows updates. If you skip the banner, you’ll get another reminder to use Edge when you open the browser.

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[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

I remember when someone posted a joke Slashdot with a fake screenshot of Windows advising a user to switch away from Firefox and back to IE.

Everyone lost their minds on what was an obvious joke. An unthinkable thing for Microsoft to do.

Yet here we are...

[-] dan1101@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

Corporations are so large now they can do outrageous things like this and they will still have millions or billions of users who don't care. Plus they have learned that bad press is free advertising.

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago
[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Yes, it was a while ago. Hence Slashdot and Internet Explorer.

[-] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 9 points 4 months ago

I mean, he was still reading Slashdot, so I guess "yes"

[-] tabular@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[-] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 5 points 4 months ago

Slashdot still exists, but it was mostly popular in the late 90s to mid 2000s.

[-] demonsword@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Slashdot still exists

well... the site sure does, but everyone that made the place special moved on a long time ago

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