Offering Microsoft the benefit of the doubt for a moment, I can see how that chain of occasions could have unfolded, and why that might have been an unexpected repercussion.
Web versions of Microsoft Office appeared in my list of programs.Screenshot: Sean Hollister/The Verge
On Saturday, I mentioned how Microsoft force-restarting Windows 10 computer systems to install undesirable web apps was the most recent evidence you do not own your own Windows PC. Today, the company states it was at least partly an error– and will be stopping briefly the “migration” that brought web apps to your Start Menu by doing this.
Originally, Microsoft tells The Verge, the concept was that any site you pinned to the Start Menu would introduce in Microsoft Edge. The Edge browser might automatically release that as well if your site of choice had a PWA web app variation. However– in what Microsoft appears to be calling a bug, though were trying to get clarity regarding which part was the bug– the modification likewise made it look like existing web faster ways to its own Microsoft Office items had installed a web app on your PC as well.
That doesnt really address any of my previous issues:
Why was Microsoft using my Start Menu as complimentary advertising for its Office items to begin with, web shortcut or no?
Why do these PWAs fire up Microsoft Edge, rather of appreciating my own default option of web browser? Chrome handles PWAs simply fine, for instance.
Why does Microsoft think it deserves to force-restart my PC at all? What was so vital about this upgrade to make that rewarding?
Microsoft has actually clearly heard some annoyance, and its responding to that today.
Microsoft has clearly heard some annoyance, and its responding to that today. Its not clear whether anything will alter as a result. If the only difference is that PWAs wont appear in your list of programs from here on out, I wouldnt be shocked.
Initially, Microsoft tells The Verge, the idea was that any website you pinned to the Start Menu would launch in Microsoft Edge.– in what Microsoft appears to be calling a bug, though were trying to get clearness as to which part was the bug– the modification likewise made it look like existing web faster ways to its own Microsoft Office products had installed a web app on your PC.
