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| Mozilla makes it easy to switch to Firefox on Windows |
The Mozilla Foundation recently made it possible to switch to Firefox via Windows. Although Microsoft provides a way to switch the default browser in Windows 10, it's more complicated than just switching to Edge.
This one-click process does not apply to companies other than Microsoft.
In Firefox version 91, released on August 10, Mozilla reversed the way Microsoft set Edge as the default browser in Windows 10, and allowed Firefox to quickly set itself as the default browser.
Before this change, Firefox users will be directed to the Windows 10 settings window, then Firefox should be selected as the default browser and ignore Microsoft's prompt to keep the Edge browser.
Mozilla reverse engineering means you can now set Firefox as the default in your browser and do all the work in the background without any additional prompts.
This bypasses Microsoft's built-in Windows 10 protections to make sure malware can't hijack apps by default.
Mozilla is clearly not happy with the more complicated way to set up the default browser, and Microsoft made this process difficult in Windows 11.
A Mozilla spokesperson said: "People should be able to easily and simply set the default settings. But this is not the truth.
"All operating systems must have official developer support for default settings so that users can use their apps by default," he added.
Mozilla makes it easy to switch to Firefox on Windows
Since this did not happen in Windows 10 and Windows 11, Firefox depends on other aspects of the Windows environment. This is intended to provide users with an experience similar to Windows for Edge when users choose Firefox as their default browser.
Since the open letter to Microsoft in 2015, Mozilla has been trying to get Microsoft to improve default browser settings on Windows.
Nothing has changed, and Windows 11 makes it difficult to change your default browser. This seems to prompt Mozilla to implement its changes in Firefox. This was shortly after the release of Windows 11 in June.
Google, Opera, Vivaldi and other Chromium-based browsers have not followed in Mozilla's footsteps, and Microsoft's reaction is unclear.
The software giant has real security reasons and can prevent malware with anti-piracy software.
However, since Edge can easily change the default settings, this is not good for competing browser vendors who want a level playing field.