SWIFTDEFAULTAPPS MAC OS X

I currently use Mac OS X which has 'Spaces', so I continue to have virtual desktops. I switched to Linux on the desktop way back in the day partially because it supported virtual desktops. I recently switched to Google Chrome, which also has tabbed browsing. I switched to Firefox way back in the day partially because Firefox allowed tabbed browsing. I'd still really prefer the old browser selection widget and hope they do change it back, but I don't have high hopes of them being compelled to.I love tabbed browsing. I think MS could quite reasonably point at Apple and point out how iOS doesn't let you pick the underlying browser at all.

That makes it best of the rest, but nothing like the dominant market position IE had when MS was smacked down. Chrome and Safari account for 90% of worldwide browser market share, and Edge counts for something like 5%. What they are doing now is lunacy and they deserve to get a big fat fine over it. I feel they will eventually get slapped by some anti-monopoly court at some point and they'll put it back so you can choose a default browser with one click in the settings again.

That's a Apple thing to do and it really sucks. They want you to use Edge (which is fine with me, I like Edge, it works very well) but I get that it sucks for them to try so hard to make it difficult for users to use the software they want. I think that is precisely what they are doing in some cases, browser being the most obvious example. * I didn't try creating a new user account because I hate dealing with that crap it's next on my list. I've seen Cortana pop up randomly (despite my bloody search not working!) to the point where I've disabled my microphone when not using it since then I've seen random notifications that 'privacy has blocked microphone features' and I'm like, no kidding, but maybe your message should focus on what app is trying to call for it without my knowledge?

SWIFTDEFAULTAPPS 1080P

I never had to use one of those chrome plugins before but I guess I can download one to force at least 1080p when possible. Youtube is defaulting to lowest resolution every time I open it. So I've been leaving windows set to stereo unless I'm purposefully playing a game with multichannel, etc. Maybe there's a setting that can fix this but the regular controls are failing.

SWIFTDEFAULTAPPS WINDOWS 10

When windows tries to do something in stereo, instead of doing it in stereo like windows 10 did, it now seems to do 5-channel mono where the volume is max at the center channel and attenuated outwards. I use a wonky setup for sound where I run HDMI to an AV Receiver with an EDID emulator so I can just use it for 5.1 PCM Sound. It seems to randomly fire up a mostly unused mechanical drive for no apparent reason far more often than windows 10 did. Plex hosting is fine, apps all work, etc. Everything that worked before still works. In fact, things are slightly worse now that the search bar is also integrated into the start bar, even though the icon for search is right next to start.

SWIFTDEFAULTAPPS UPGRADE

I had a problem in Windows 10 where my Search bar aborts immediately and after trying nearly every single fix* I've seen posted for what's apparently a very common problem, I said 'screw it' and hit the upgrade to Windows 11 button, thinking that might fix things.

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