Re: DuckDuckGo Browser Info?
"J. P. Gilliver" <[email protected]>
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In message <[email protected]> at Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:07:15, Paul <[email protected]> writes [] >Notice also (use Task Manager), that DDG browser loads itself >at boot time, and DDG browser stays resident when you close >the window. These are MSEdge techniques (same feature set). That reminds me of back in the - not sure whether it was Windows 95 or 3.1 days: one of the criticisms of Netscape was that it took so long to start - but that was only because IE, being then so (it was claimed, and later disproved of course!) integrated into the OS, loaded at boot time, thus prolonging boot time. > >Terminating DDG main process, causes the WebView2 helpers to terminate. >You can kill it with fire. > > Paul Always good to know where to find the flame-thrower! But don't think I'll be loading this DDG browser; Chrome and Firefox suffice. (With a healthy hosts file [which makes lots of sites think I have an ad-blocker, which I don't].) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf By the very definition of "news," we hear very little about the dominant threats to our lives, and the most about the rarest, including terror. "LibertyMcG" alias Brian P. McGlinchey, 2013-7-23