Windows 11 strongly recommends that Edge browser users have a threshold for switching to third-party browsers

Since Windows 10, Microsoft has been trying to promote its native Edge browser. After several major revisions, the Edge browser has adopted the Chromium kernel, bringing better Web compatibility to users and reducing Web fragmentation for all Web developers

Since Windows 10, Microsoft has been trying to promote its native Edge browser. After several major revisions, the Edge browser has adopted the Chromium kernel, bringing better Web compatibility to users and reducing Web fragmentation for all Web developers. This change has indeed brought Edge Browser into the mainstream user's view and received a lot of positive reviews. However, in Windows 11, Microsoft hopes to continue this momentum and gain greater market share in the browser market, which has brought certain obstacles to users' freedom to choose their browser.

According to foreign media reports on August 20th, Windows 11 has brought exciting UI changes and overall minimalist design to consumers. However, it is not all good news, as changing browsers has become increasingly difficult.

If a user downloads a third-party browser on Windows 11, the first time they open the link, a dialogue window will pop up asking the user which browser to use to open it, which looks similar to Windows 10. Simply select the browser that the user wants to use.

However, in fact, there is a certain difference between the two. Users also need to click on "Always use this application" on Windows 11, otherwise subsequent links will still open in Edge, and users will no longer see this pop-up window, making it difficult to easily switch to third-party browsers.

Here is a method to directly open a third-party browser, but it is necessary to define the opening method for each file type in the settings of the third-party browser, such as HTM, HTML, PDF, SHTML, SVG, WEBP, XHT, XHTML, FTP, HTTP, and HTTPS.

Another way is to open the "default application" in Windows settings, where you can choose the browser you want to use for each file type.

Currently, among all third-party browsers, only Firefox can automatically change options, which is relatively simple to use. Other browsers also need to use the second method to make changes.