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I think I recall that with some earlier version of Windows (maybe XP?) that information would appear on mouse hover not just if you were on the desktop view but where ever you were at that moment….like I would be able to be reading at this site and move the mouse down to the right bottom corner of the screen and the info would be there…I would not have to minimize the window to this site and go to the desktop view in order to see the info. I wonder if there is a way to do that now instead of just displaying the date and day of the week which Windows 10 has always done. (I know that info is not really on the taskbar but just above it but I do think I recall in an earlier version of Windows it could be displayed on mouse hover).

Thanks!

That was sort of odd at first though. The info would not display until I enabled desktop icons to show. I thought, heck, I don’t want my desktop icons showing all the time, but after I rebooted the info displayed in the botttom right corner above the time withOUT the desktop icons showing.

Edit: Will that info change automatically if I get a newer build of Windows 10, etc?

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Alex5723

This forum does not need to get into that notorious mess that is the ratings of various anti virus programs.

For me, on Windows 10 Pro, it is under WINDOWS UPDATES FOR BUSINESS.

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sueblake

My Fx ESR is Portable Fx also. uBlock is the only extension showing an available update (to 1.45.x) when I tell Fx to check for updates to extensions.

Gee….I left Edge open and minimized while I watched TV for an hour. Came back to the computer and uBlock has been updated on Edge to 1.45.2! I don’t like Edge and usually turn it off as soon as I have finished what I needed to do on it but this time I left it open for an hour while I watched TV.

Since when did Fx ESR Portable start updating certain extensions withOUT Fx needing to be restarted? I went to about:addons to UBlock and saw a popup saying update available. The popup said I would need to reboot to finish the update. I hate that as I have a lot of tabs open.

I switched to another tab for a short time, came back to Fx extensions tab and saw a NEW popup that said UPDATE NOW for uBlock. I clicked on that and it updated to 1.45.0 (NOT 1.45.2 that Edge auto updated to) and the instruction to reboot disappeared. That’s odd….why no need to reboot and why did it not update to 1.45.2?

Aha! The uBlock update for Edge is a BETA version! And it is by Nick Rolls not Raymond Gorhill. And someone complained that the uBlock for Edge does not disable ads on MSN! I never visit that site so I have no idea what uBlock does there on Edge (or FX for that matter).

My Fx 102.4.0 ESR (latest version) on Windows 10 shows an available update to uBlock Origin from 1.44.4 to 1.45.0 released five days ago. uBlock Origin on my Fx was last updated on Oct 29.

Edge shows that I ALREADY HAVE version 1.45.0. I have full control of extension updates when using Firefox but Edge updates extensions automatically (one reason Fx is my default browser).

On Brave (which I use even less than I do Edge) current version of uBlock is 1.44.4 showing an available update to 1.45.

The filter lists seem to work correctly on Fx and on Edge. However, I don’t use Edge unless I have a problem at a site when using Fx (unfortunately, that is fairly often) so there could be a problem with uBlock 1.45.0 on Edge that I am not aware of.

NONE of the November updates are seen by Windows Updates on my computer. It says I am up to date when I am not.

Microsoft has made changes in downloads from the Catalog (popups, etc look different). Hmmm…very strange. I found in Downloaded Programs on my D drive that KB5019959 downloaded SIX TIMES but gave NO indication of this odd behavior on my screen rather I had to go to This PC, D drive, and find them all there! Even more strange is KB 5020623 which appears to have been downloaded 25 times but no indication of that on my screen on MS Catalog site. Downloads of KB5020623 show as a new download of it EVERY MINUTE until 25 downloads of it completed!

It’s late and I need some sleep but word of warning….if you are on Windows 10 wait if Windows Updates doesn’t offer these…don’t do what I did and fetch them from MS catalog!

Why doesn’t iWatch need it also?

I rebooted and the site now puts the part of your comment I wanted to quote properly in the text box.

BUT The placement for “if your question has been resolved” is absurd and very distracting and confusing! But then Fx 102.4 ESR is the current supported version and a tech site certainly should do this better for Fx! But then I have to endure a really ugly side bar here. That did not happen until a few months ago in all the years I’ve been a member here.

“NightWare uses information from the Apple Watch heart rate sensor, accelerometer, and gyroscope to detect a nightmare and then disrupt it through haptic feedback, generating gentle pulses on the wrist that gradually increase until the user is roused from the nightmare, but not from sleep…”

Hmpf. This probably works only on those who are extremely deep sleepers. I tried to wear the watch while sleeping as that was a main reason I bought it, but every little thing done by the watch immediately woke me. I turned off the face (so there would be no light emitting from that) but that doesn’t stop the green and white lights that periodically emit from the back of the watch. Those and gentle taps for reasons other than arousing a user from a nightmare kept waking me up so I had to stop wearing it to monitor my sleep.

(Sorry, the quote is not right but the site doesn’t put the quote in the reply textbox now after you highlight it. Geez…this site is messed up on Fx now …it has stuck whether or not the question has been resolved….what is that doing in the MIDDLE of a reply I am trying to make here? That is irrelevant to this post. I have the latest Fx ESR version 102.4.0 but apparently it is broken here now…I’ll reboot and hope that will fix this…I am NOT installing regular Fx version where maybe it works correctly.

Rhino wrote:

However, there are two programs, (or should that be ‘apps’?) that are bugging me. The first is Bing; the second is Edge.

It sounds like you have Edge for your default browser? Also, you have Bing as the default search engine?

Do you have other browsers installed? I always make Firefox (currently 102.4.0 ESR) my default browser in Windows and Duck Duck Go my search engine. I have Windows 10 Pro on one Dell XPS computer and Windows 8.1 Pro on my older Dell XPS (both desktops). I never have Bing get in my face….in fact, I had almost forgotten it existed! As for Edge, I use it some because Firefox doesn’t work great on all websites but Edge being part of Windows and set up with Basic or Balanced Tracking Prevention works on most all sites. But I have always, since my first computer, used Mozilla Suite rather than Internet Explorer back then as my default browser or later Firefox when Mozilla offered it in beta around 2002-2003.

So, I suggest you get either regular Firefox or Firefox ESR (extended service version so you do not need to be updating it very frequently rather major update just once a year). Open “about:preferences” in Fx to set your preferences for default browser and default search engine. (Make sure you also install Duck Duck Go Privacy Essentials and it should be set as your default browser). You should not be bothered by Bing or Edge then but it is prudent to not try and uninstall either.

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Alex5723 wrote:

Coming soon…

•Half the ads & much better ones: Since you’re supporting Twitter in the battle against the bots, we’re going to reward you with half the ads and make them twice as relevant.

Sounds like it must violate Apple’s vaunted privacy. I use DDG’s Privacy Essentials on my Dell computers among other tools. To make ads “relevant” the app would need to know way too much about the user! I have never chosen or would ever do so any offer for any app to make ads more “relevant” as that can be done ONLY by my giving up the most precious thing any of us in a democracy have…our privacy.

I don’t see ANY ads on my Dell computers because I use uBlock Origin and other privacy apps. On my iPhone, I seldom look at Apple News app because of the ads. I haven’t seen ads on any of my computers since about one year after I got my first computer in May 1999 and learned how to block them with the Proxomitron. I read Apple News on my Windows computers because then I see no ads. Gives me a feeling of disdain for Apple (but Apple is still better than Android).

As for Twitter, I don’t do, and never have, any social media. IMO that’s for blabbermouths who don’t value privacy. The app claims “since you are supporting Twitter in the battle against the bots….” Ugh….what “battle”? That’s to try and justify the $8 a month subscription fee? Geez…..

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I very recently upgraded my older Dell desktop computer from 8.0 Pro to 8.1 Pro. What a hassle! This ten year old computer will run Windows 10 but, oh my, if moving from 8.0 to 8.1 on it was a hassle….then what will moving to 10 be like? I’m actually surprised that in this very hostile environment (on the ocean and no air conditioning for the building so open to salt air windows most of the time) that this XPS 8500 has lasted so long….earlier Dells beginning in 1999 rusted fast here).

I have always run ESR versions of Fx on both this older computer and my newer Windows 10 Pro one. i started out in 1999 with Mozilla Suite and to this day dislike all other browsers that I have used such as Vivaldi, Brave, etc. Edge is not too bad but I want NOTHING to do with anything smacking of Google which has been disabled on my computers from as far back as I can recall. I haven’t used Google search since I wised up back around 2004. Plus, I used the Proxomitron for many years and it blocked Google and Google knew but allowed it.

Alex5723 wrote:

Some may not want to do provide Facebook with the information in first place, especially since there is no information on the page about data processing.

No one caring about their privacy would provide that information.

I don’t do, and never have, any social media. But that does not guarantee that the site discussed here doesn’t have information about me. I bet in Europe either this sort of problem cannot happen or, if it is not regulated by the EU, that the EU at least requires sites like these to have a method (such as a third party connected to EU) for affected individuals to use to get the info deleted without having to provide any personal info to such site.

Will the USA ever decide that privacy is important? Not only important but ESSENTIAL to a democracy?

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Fred wrote:

renommated

What is that? Word web says that “word” doesn’t exist.

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