need a new browser recommendation for win 7

Originally Posted by propbeanie

The "easiest" way to change which browser opens links, is to use the Windows 7 Start button, and in the right-hand column is "Default Programs".

ding, ding, ding, ding, we have a winner

even though i did set vivaldi as default browser in internet tools, it wasnt using it to open links outside of an open vivaldi browser window, but when i did it through the start button default programs thing, now all my desktop shortcuts open in vivaldi now without needing to do anything else. i guess those were part of explorer and not the OS so maybe thats why it didnt work until i did it from start menu.


the only thing left is not having the favorites bar and i had a bunch of shortcuts there for things like my internet radio stations and multiple links for organizing groups of links such as money with paypal, credit card, bank, stock account. so i will just have to make a desktop folder for those and do it from the desktop now

[fred8615]

Originally Posted by Webster

the only thing left is not having the favorites bar and i had a bunch of shortcuts there for things like my internet radio stations and multiple links for organizing groups of links such as money with paypal, credit card, bank, stock account. so i will just have to make a desktop folder for those and do it from the desktop now

Can't you use the Bookmarks Bar (Ctrl+Shift+B)?

I've been using Vivaldi for awhile now and really like it. All it needs is the builtin email and download manager, and it'll be just like Opera 12+, which I loved.

[Rockin Robbins]

Those Vivaldi guys have been doing great work with a too small crew. They'd love to drop the Chromium engine but don't have the manpower to do it yet. Same with other improvements.

Give 'em time. You can't do that much right without attracting a lot of attention. Webster, I'll get back to you on the favorites/bookmarks bar.

Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

Those Vivaldi guys have been doing great work with a too small crew. They'd love to drop the Chromium engine but don't have the manpower to do it yet. Same with other improvements.

Give 'em time. You can't do that much right without attracting a lot of attention. Webster, I'll get back to you on the favorites/bookmarks bar.

ya, it looks good but i dont think they got around to making the favorites bar as user and customization friendly as it should be

daily spyware removed is down from an average of 150 with explorer to only 15-35 now

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Webster

such as money with paypal, credit card, bank, stock account.

Red Alert... Red Alert...

I hope you now what you are doing. I did and do such things only from an ultra-tighted machine, especially stock account management and banking. Windows 7 is NOT SAFE anymore. Microsoft has reverse-installed plenty of telemetry and spyware from W10 into W7, and hid that behind misleading patch descriptions or rightout lies, and I assume you did your updates for W7 frequently? If not, your machine by now is a malware paradise. Also for bugs that ordinary scanners would not get triggered by.

In W10, every keytroke gets overwatched and phoned home to Mother. If this ind of telemetry also was put into W7, then every time you log into your accounts for banking and sticks, Micosoft reads your account names and passwords.

Do. Never. Use. Windows/Apple/Google. For. Money. Stuff.

If I ever go back to stocks buying, I would do it via a separated device and virtual network, TOR or something.

Originally Posted by Skybird

Red Alert... Red Alert...

I hope you now what you are doing. I did and do such things only from an ultra-tighted machine, especially stock account management and banking. Windows 7 is NOT SAFE anymore. Microsoft has reverse-installed plenty of telemetry and spyware from W10 into W7, and hid that behind misleading patch descriptions or rightout lies, and I assume you did your updates for W7 frequently? If not, your machine by now is a malware paradise. Also for bugs that ordinary scanners would not get triggered by.

In W10, every keytroke gets overwatched and phoned home to Mother. If this ind of telemetry also was put into W7, then every time you log into your accounts for banking and sticks, Micosoft reads your account names and passwords.

Do. Never. Use. Windows/Apple/Google. For. Money. Stuff.

If I ever go back to stocks buying, I would do it via a separated device and virtual network, TOR or something.

i have updates disabled and even had to uninstall some updates that auto loaded anyway which was causing problems.

i noticed a pattern with microsoft doing nefarious things after they stop supporting an older OS then "suddenly" there are "new" updates several months later and the OS stops working as well. im sure they were disabling things trying to break the OS to slow it down and cause glitches so you buy their new OS.

im as careful as i can be about it