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You talking about Bings that go thump in the night?
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I've used Bing once.
Got a new tablet with Bing as default search engine.
I was playing Final Fantasy VI and needed some help with a boss or something.
I searched for "ffvi [boss name]" and I got no relevant pages 
FFVI is one of the most popular games ever AND IT FOUND NOTHING RELEVANT! 
Google gave me tons of relevant pages.
Needless to say I've never used Bing since.
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And when was that?
A tablet with Bing as the default search engine? A few years at least.
Give it another go. It's not as bad as people seem to remember it.
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dandy72 wrote: And when was that?
Come to think of it, that was 2014 already 
dandy72 wrote: It's not as bad as people seem to remember it.
This thread proves you wrong 
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Sander Rossel wrote: This thread proves you wrong 
They're all just naysayers who last tried Bing in 2014 like you have. 
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Remember, Bing Is Not Google.
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Can I tag on this question only because we are talking about search engines.
I switched to Firefox with DuckDuckGo about a month ago. Seemed OK the duck yields less precise results when searching for Net.VB code questions.
The REAL BIG irritation I am seeing is Japanese characters in the Search Text Box.
I have Firefox set to clear history whrn I close the application.
I do not use book marks I wrote a small Net.VB application to open favorite websites.
I have tried to clear cache and site data but it still happens at times.
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I understand. I use DuckDuckGo and BraveSearch as my primary search engines,
because BING Might Lie, but Google Misdirects!
And we have to start somewhere to de-throne them.
I also realize why they gave up on their old Motto: "Don't Be Evil"... They just couldn't help it!
Sometimes, about 10% or so, I am forced to check Google. For both of my parents Obituaries, Google found them.
Others did not.
That said, I don't use bing. I was never a fan, and jumping off of Google to Land on MSFT feels like cutting of my nose
to spite my face.
As I hear Windows 11 is going to CONSIDER Ads playing in File Explorer... OMG, say it isn't so!
Starting to really pickup linux these days! LOL
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From next room, herself asked, "Where's my mapped drive?"
I asked, "are you in File Explorer?"
"Yes"
"Do you see _This PC_?...Do you see the little greater-than sign so you can click to expand the item?"
"No. I don't see any greater-than signs..."
I'm forced to get up.
"Oh, for Fox sake! π¦π¦ You have to float into that region now because they disappear!!"
UI elements that disappear are so stupid.  Please change the world and make all the disappearing UI elements disappear permanently!!
This is definitely me today[^].
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I don't have disappearing greater than signs - mine are fully visible.
Win 11 21H2, 22000.556
The Win 10 Windows Explorer was better though ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: I don't have disappearing greater than signs - mine are fully visible.
Win 11 21H2, 22000.556
That's really interesting. thanks for posting that.
Some of these _features_ are crazy because a thing is a certain way and then suddenly it is different (continuous updates) and you don't even know when it changed.
It's basically like always having the rug pulled out from underneath you.
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I never noticed this before, but they also disappear on my machine (Windows 11). Stupid indeed.
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Thank you for sharing that you hadn't noticed that before either.
This continuous update thing is just absolutely mind-boggling at times.
If normal physics worked like Windows updates, farm animals would regularly appear on your desk & disappear, I guess. 
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that's funny! points to you sir!
Charlie Gilley
βThey who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.β BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Yeah that's me today also. Spent most of the day trying to get binding to work in an WPF UserControl because the ignorant ComboBox won't revert to the original value when bound to a DataView and RejectChanges issued. Argggggggggg
The less you need, the more you have.
Even a blind squirrel gets a nut...occasionally.
JaxCoder.com
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I'm running Windows 10.
The '>'s are visible if your cursor is over the pane containing the directory tree, fading out when you move off.
Basically a case of
"Pick a number between 1 and 10"
"7"
"Wrong, the answer is 'B'"
"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."
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Matthew Dennis wrote: I'm running Windows 10.
The '>'s are visible if your cursor is over the pane containing the directory tree, fading out when you move off.
Yes, and it is terrible! I'm not sure what they gain by making them disappear?? 
Matthew Dennis wrote: Basically a case of
"Pick a number between 1 and 10"
"7"
"Wrong, the answer is 'B'"
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raddevus wrote: Yes, and it is terrible! I'm not sure what they gain by making them disappear??
The same thing that led Microsoft to invent Bob and Clippy. Computers are hard, so to turn them into universal consumer products, they must be simultaneously dumbed down and made to anticipate the needs and desires of the least-skilled users.
Showing the contents of the computer as a hierarchical set of folders and files would just confuse the noobs, so they hide them. In fact, here's an article about exactly that. Students don't know what files and folders are, professors say | PC Gamer[^]
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Isn't that what Apple tried to do with the Mac?
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Exactly. They charged a premium for a computer for people who can't type.
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Who uses file explorer ??
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What would you suggest then? A DOS Console?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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While maybe not the most handy, I could do with a DOS console. And batch files  .
As for replacement, I have been a user of Total commander as long as I can think about, but any clone of it would do - I still fail to see how a file explorer can have a one pane-view only, so clumsy a copy function that can still result in corrupting file (in 2022), no way to rename multiple file or file extensions properly, etc... The windows file explorer is apparently doing its job, but a close look make it easy to see that it lacks about everything, unless your typical use case is "navigate - click to open a file".
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Rage wrote: As for replacement, I have been a user of Total commander
HAHAHA
Rage wrote: no way to rename multiple file or file extensions properly
It does; a quick extension in C# does that for me. No, I don't share, write your own.
Rage wrote: The windows file explorer is apparently doing its job, but a close look make it easy to see that it lacks about everything, unless your typical use case is "navigate - click to open a file".
Ignoring rightlick and all extentions.
I used DOpus on the Amiga. Total Comander? No, I'd prefer DOS over it. Easier, more powerful, simply better.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: It does; a quick extension in C# does that for me.
 Okay, if customizing kicks in, then I am with you, File Explorer can do anything
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