Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Windows 10 Insider build

Re:Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Wi... by hfdgiutdryg on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @10:04AM (#17968871)

It sounds like you aren't very good at using Word. Imagine if someone said "I cringe every time I have to deal with a command line."

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Re:Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Wi... by _emacsomancer_ on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @10:56AM (#17969396)

I used Word for a long time, and learned "advanced features". It just sucks compared to real content production software like LaTeX.

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Re:Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Wi... by rrix2 on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @01:51PM (#17971215)

> Imagine if someone said "I cringe every time I have to deal with a command line."

People do say this though. People have personal preferences for the software they have to use all day, and most of the time people don't agree on what that software is. And most of those decisions are driven by the type of work people do. I don't expect a lawyer or a business analyst to use command line interfaces, and I don't think they expect software engineers to code in Word...

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Re:Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Wi... by hfdgiutdryg on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @02:50PM (#17971825)

People do say this though

And the other people, who were discussing the command line, ignore them.

The point is that you can't really criticize something when your criticism seems to boil down to "I don't understand this".

And who said anything about writing code in Word? What are you on about?!

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Re:Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Wi... by _emacsomancer_ on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @10:49PM (#17975574)

Yes, but when I use the command line, it has absolutely no effect on other users who don't like the command line. When someone sends me a .docx, they've made a choice which affects someone else.

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Re:Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Wi... by ummonk on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @11:11AM (#17969552)

Well, a classic command line is a very poor interface to the computer. It's only good because every other interface is so bloated and indirect.

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Re:Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Wi... by hfdgiutdryg on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @02:52PM (#17971847)

A well-executed command line is a precise and efficient way to get work done. It is invaluable, and its value is unrelated to problems present in other interfaces.

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Re:Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Wi... by techntoke on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @11:14AM (#17969587)

I can use Word, but I prefer to use markup formats or LibreOffice. Why wouldn't I want a piece of bloat that doesn't even work on my OS natively?

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