Microsoft has made the process of setting the default browser even harder in Windows 11, and Mozilla has been trying to convince Microsoft to improve its default browser settings in Windows since its open letter to Microsoft in 2015.įirefox is now available in the Microsoft Store for both Windows 10 and Windows 11. That means Mozilla either avoided submitting its workaround version of Firefox or Microsoft rejected it from the Microsoft Store and the company was forced to remove the default browser workaround. Interestingly, this one-click process doesn’t appear to work in the Microsoft Store version of Firefox. Plus, it limits factors that track your session and keeps your information from circulating the web. If you want to visit all of your favorite websites without having to view ads or other commercials, try this tool. Mozilla appears to have reverse engineered Microsoft’s ability to set Edge as the default in Windows with a single click, instead of the multi-prompt process that exists in Windows 10 today. Brave Browser is one of the best alternatives to classic browsers that you can find online.
Mozilla has quietly made it easier to switch to Firefox on Windows, with a one-click process that isn’t officially available for anyone other than Microsoft. “Now that Microsoft has changed its Store policies, choosing Firefox as your desktop browser is even more seamless - and it comes with all the latest Firefox features.”įirefox launching into the Microsoft Store comes just months after Mozilla defeated Microsoft’s default browser protections in Windows. “Previously, if you were on Windows and wanted to use Firefox, you had to download it from the internet and go through a clunky process from Microsoft,” explains Mozilla. Firefox is available in both the Windows 10 and Windows 11 app stores. While we haven’t seen Chrome appear yet, Opera was quick to ensure its own browser is also listed in the store. Some browsers allow users to decide whether or not the third-party cookies should be accepted. Third-party cookies can be created when content is loaded from domains other than the one shown in the address bar.
We’re just scratching the surface of what's possible online, and few are better placed than Opera to build this future. First-party cookies are created by the web server identified by the address shown the browsers address bar. Microsoft’s new open store policies have finally made it possible for third-party browsers like Firefox to appear in the Microsoft Store. Opera is shaping the web in innovative and unexpected ways, most recently becoming the first browser to support Web 3. Firefox is one of the first third-party alternatives available in the Microsoft Store, and it’s using its own Gecko browser engine instead of Chromium alternatives like Opera or the many other alternatives that leverage Microsoft’s Edge webview. Mozilla is bringing Firefox to Microsoft’s Windows store today.