The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn

anonymous234

Remember when people were upset that Firefox added a few sponsored links?

powerlord

@anonymous234 So they've managed to replicate the Xbox 360 experience on Windows but even worse?

acrow

If this were Google, I'd know for certain that

You're over 40, possibly over 50
You live in Spain (or speak Spanish natively)
You deal with other languages and/or regions sometimes

But this is not Google. So, how many points did it get right?

blek

@acrow That's what Edge thinks, so he's probably a three year old Malaysian girl

El_Heffe

Edge
https://i.imgur.com/RCJHrP9.gif
https://i.imgur.com/hCt2wW7.png

anonymous234

@acrow I live in Spain, but none of the others.

I changed the settings to English/US so I get US news, but apparently "English expat in Spain" ads. Might explain why it's so focused on the translator thing.

I clicked on that magic translator device, by the way. It needs to connect to your smartphone (so it's probably just a wrapper around Google Translate) and costs 90€. But you can get 5 for the cost of 3!

remi

@acrow said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

If this were Google, I'd know for certain that

You're over 40 and have a computer, possibly over 50 but no idea whether you have a computer in that case

FTFY

DogsB

To be fair the only thing that should suprise us is that Google didn't do it first.

bjolling

@anonymous234 Why not just set a homepage? You don't have to start with that tab open if you don't want to.

Gurth

@bjolling said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@anonymous234 Why not just set a homepage? You don't have to start with that tab open if you don't want to.

True, but remember that there are a lot of people who won’t even know they can change that, and so get served ads like that every time they open their web browser.

PleegWat

@Gurth said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@bjolling said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@anonymous234 Why not just set a homepage? You don't have to start with that tab open if you don't want to.

True, but remember that there are a lot of people who won’t even know they can change that, and so get served ads like that every time they open their web browser.

Course you can't. Hardly any page has a 'make this my homepage' button anymore.

Or am I misremembering things.

dkf

@PleegWat said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

Hardly any page has a 'make this my homepage' button anymore.

You need a button to do that?!

Seppen

@dkf said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@PleegWat said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

Hardly any page has a 'make this my homepage' button anymore.

You need a button to do that?!

The sort of people who raged when Farcebook wasn't top of the search results for 'facebook login' (remember that? It was very funny at the time) most certainly would.

dkf

@Seppen said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

remember that?

No. I happily don't remember it at all.

Seppen

@dkf Unfortunately I can't find the link to it now. It was several years ago at least. Basically, someone wrote a blog about facebook and this was for a while at the top of searches for 'facebook login'. Performing this search, and clicking on the top link, turned out to be the method thousands of FB users used. The comments under the blog were all rage posts along the lines of 'what have you done with my facebook! Bring it back now!' This ended up being 10s of thousands of posts, inspiring parodies and much mirth for a while. It was around the time that farming game was trending.

mott555

I don't mind the chick with the shark. The rest of that is complete noise, though.

El_Heffe

@Gurth said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@bjolling said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@anonymous234 Why not just set a homepage? You don't have to start with that tab open if you don't want to.

True, but remember that there are a lot of people who won’t even know they can change that, and so get served ads like that every time they open their web browser.

But, at some point, you would think people would say "This is really fucking annoying, I wonder if there's a way to stop it", and spend a few minutes searching for a way to do it.

But, apparently not. Which I find really bizarre.

Tsaukpaetra

For some reason I read that as "the real reason Epic deserves to crash and burn."

Unperverted Vixen

@Tsaukpaetra I suspect that the reason you think Epic should crash and burn, and the eight-letter reason everyone else on this board would cite, are not the same one...

Tsaukpaetra

@Unperverted-Vixen said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@Tsaukpaetra I suspect that the reason you think Epic should crash and burn, and the eight-letter reason everyone else on this board would cite, are not the same one...

Unperverted Vixen

@Tsaukpaetra The rest of us would say Fortnite is why they should go down. As someone working with the Unreal Engine on a daily basis pretty sure you'd name something in there instead.

Tsaukpaetra

@Unperverted-Vixen said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

The rest of us would say Fortnite is why they should go down

[citation needed]

No, they need to go down because they're not getting us out of debt...

TimeBandit

@El_Heffe said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

But, at some point, you would think people would say "This is really fucking annoying, I wonder if there's a way to stop it", and spend a few minutes searching for a way to do it.

They did search for a way, but couldn't find any. That's what happens when using Bing

Groaner

@anonymous234 said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

Transfer $10,000 from a bank account to the credit card?

anonymous234

@El_Heffe said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

at some point, you would think people would say "This is really fucking annoying, I wonder if there's a way to stop it", and spend a few minutes searching for a way to do it

People don't do that. And that's not just a computer thing, it works in every context.

Groaner

@Unperverted-Vixen said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@Tsaukpaetra The rest of us would say Fortnite is why they should go down.

It's PUBG with construction! So innovative, guys!

topspin

@PleegWat said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@Gurth said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@bjolling said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@anonymous234 Why not just set a homepage? You don't have to start with that tab open if you don't want to.

True, but remember that there are a lot of people who won’t even know they can change that, and so get served ads like that every time they open their web browser.

Course you can't. Hardly any page has a 'make this my homepage' button anymore.

Or am I misremembering things.

You can do that from JavaScript?
Is that back from the days where every bad idea had a corresponding JS API?
I wonder if still works and if it’s at least rate limited (like alerts) by now (assuming it needs user approval in the first place), so you can’t just spam a million requests to change the home page.

pie_flavor

@El_Heffe said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@Gurth said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@bjolling said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@anonymous234 Why not just set a homepage? You don't have to start with that tab open if you don't want to.

True, but remember that there are a lot of people who won’t even know they can change that, and so get served ads like that every time they open their web browser.

But, at some point, you would think people would say "This is really fucking annoying, I wonder if there's a way to stop it", and spend a few minutes searching for a way to do it.

But, apparently not. Which I find really bizarre.

Nope. There is a nearly zero chance of anyone doing that. Nobody knows why.

MrL

@Groaner said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@anonymous234 said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

Transfer $10,000 from a bank account to the credit card?

I wouldn't jump to conclusions and just let this lady explain it to me in excruciating details.

El_Heffe

@Groaner said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

Transfer $10,000 from a ~~bank account~~ different credit card to the credit card?

bjolling

@TimeBandit said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@El_Heffe said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

But, at some point, you would think people would say "This is really fucking annoying, I wonder if there's a way to stop it", and spend a few minutes searching for a way to do it.

They did search for a way, but couldn't find any. That's what happens when using Bing

Yeah, it's really really hard to change. On my work desktop where "some settings are controlled by your organisation", it's the second setting, right below choosing light vs dark theme.

Applied Mediocrity

@MrL said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

I wouldn't jump to conclusions and just let this lady explain it to me in excruciating details.

Oh yes, I would appear interested, tell me more, yes, what about, hmm, sure, I was just thinking, that's right, just waiting for the best possible moment to slam the door.

Lady, your smile and figure sells me you, and not that premium property insurance. I don't even have any properties, but let me just find where I parked my Ferrari.

_{Filed under: And you thought @accalia had it bad}

Gurth

@topspin said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@PleegWat said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

Course you can't. Hardly any page has a 'make this my homepage' button anymore.

You can do that from JavaScript?

<BODY>

<!-- this script got from www.javascriptfreecode.com coded by: Krishna Eydatoula-->
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

	<!-- Begin
	// If it's Internet Explorer, use automatic link
	// Be sure to change the "http://www.YourWebSiteHere.com\"
	// to the URL you want them to bookmark.
	if (document.all){
	  document.write('<A HREF="javascript:history.go(0);" onClick="this.style.behavior=\'url(#default#homepage)\';this.setHomePage(\'http://www.YourWebSiteHere.com\');">');
	  document.write('<font size="5" color=6699FF face=arial><B>Click Here to Make My Web Page Your Homepage</B></font></a>');
	}

	// If it's Netscape 6, tell user to drag link onto Home button
	// Be sure to change the "http://www.YourWebSiteHere.com\"
	// to the URL you want them to bookmark.
	else if (document.getElementById){
	  document.write('<a href="http://www.YourWebSiteHere.com">Drag this link onto your Home button to make this your Home Page.</a>');
	}

	// If it's Netscape 4 or lower, give instructions to set Home Page
	else if (document.layers){
	  document.write('<b>Make this site your home page:</b><br>- Go to <b>Preferences</b> in the <B>Edit</B> Menu.<br>- Choose <b>Navigator</b> from the list on the left.<br>- Click on the <b>"Use Current Page"</b> button.');
	}

	// If it's any other browser, for which I don't know the specifications of home paging, display instructions
	else {
	  document.write('<b>Make this site your home page:</b><br>- Go to <b>Preferences</b> in the <B>Edit</B> Menu.<br>- Choose <b>Navigator</b> from the list on the left.<br>- Click on the <b>"Use Current Page"</b> button.');
	}
	//  End -->
</script>
<br />
<font face="Tahoma"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.javascriptfreecode.com/"><span style="font-size: 8pt; text-decoration: none">JavaScript Free Code</span></a></font>

acrow

@El_Heffe said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@Groaner said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

Transfer $10,000 from a ~~bank account~~ different credit card to the credit card?

This might actually work. If the two cards have a "no interest if you pay back before end of month" clause, you may be able to avoid paying interest by juggling the loan between them. Which would speed up repayment of the debt itself.

El_Heffe

@acrow said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@El_Heffe said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

@Groaner said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

Transfer $10,000 from a ~~bank account~~ different credit card to the credit card?

This might actually work. If the two cards have a "no interest if you pay back before end of month" clause, you may be able to avoid paying interest by juggling the loan between them. Which would speed up repayment of the debt itself.

Because I have very good credit, I often get offers of zero percent interest for balance transfers. So, if I need to make a big purchase, I put in on one card then before the first payment is due transfer it to a 0% card where I can get a few months, sometimes a year or more, of zero interest while I pay off the debt. I've actually done that several times over the years.

hungrier

@Unperverted-Vixen "Epic Games Store" is more than eight letters

Unperverted Vixen

@hungrier Touché. (Although it's not the store that's the problem, per se, it's the blatant bribing of publishers to not use other stores that's the problem.)

Tsaukpaetra

@Gurth said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

from www.javascriptfreecode.com

@Gurth said in The real reason why Edge deserves to crash and burn:

this script

I was reading this as javascript-free code for about three minutes wagging my head in malcontent, wondering why a site that clearly offers javascript-free code explicitly has javascript...