Advanced Plus Security Brambedkar59's Laptop Security Config 2023

[brambedkar59]

Replaced:
MalwareBytes -> Emsisoft AM
QuadDNS -> NextDNS

Updated to Win 11 build 22621.1105

Edit: Forgot I also replaced EEK with KVRT.

 

[brambedkar59]

I am in love with Bitdefender, I used to hate it for slowing down system. But this time it's light, lighter than Emsisoft (I am not talking about memory usage here but snappiness of system UI and apps). I wasn't thinking of changing AV, I only switched because of my BSOD issue I was having (fixed now), trying to troubleshoot when I switched to Bitdefender.

Replaced:
Emsisoft AM -> Bitdefender TS

Updated to Win 11 build 22621.1265

 

[brambedkar59]

Switched to Chrome and I am already missing the feature of Edge for instant translation of selected text (just a line or phrase and not the entire page). I know you can install addons but this works out of the box in Edge.

 

[brambedkar59]

Is it just me or text appears thinner in Chrome . Fonts are sharper in Edge.
Left is Chrome, Right is Edge

Edit: I was not going crazy, MS really improved the font rendering in Edge (starting v92) compared to vanilla Chromium/Chrome.

Improving font rendering in Microsoft Edge

Today we are excited to announce improved font rendering in the latest Canary builds of Microsoft Edge on Windows. We have improved the contrast enhancement and gamma correction to match the quality and clarity of other native Windows applications. F

blogs.windows.com

Edit 2: I am really noticing reading text on Chrome is harder.

 

[brambedkar59]

Good

Good day to you too

 

[oldschool]

Is it just me or text appears thinner in Chrome . Fonts are sharper in Edge.
Left is Chrome, Right is Edge

Edit: I was not going crazy, MS really improved the font rendering in Edge (starting v92) compared to vanilla Chromium/Chrome.

I have Edge "Enhance text ..." enabled and I'm not really seeing a difference.

 

[SeriousHoax]

Is it just me or text appears thinner in Chrome . Fonts are sharper in Edge.
Left is Chrome, Right is Edge
View attachment 273299

Edit: I was not going crazy, MS really improved the font rendering in Edge (starting v92) compared to vanilla Chromium/Chrome.

Improving font rendering in Microsoft Edge

Today we are excited to announce improved font rendering in the latest Canary builds of Microsoft Edge on Windows. We have improved the contrast enhancement and gamma correction to match the quality and clarity of other native Windows applications. F

blogs.windows.com

Edit 2: I am really noticing reading text on Chrome is harder.

Just checked after turning off the dark mode flag and yeah you're right. Fonts look better in Edge than Chrome.
But with the dark flag, texts are white, and it looks the same in both browsers. Both looks fine.
But for white themes, Firefox still has the best font rendering IMO. Even after Edge's improvement, Firefox looks better in my eyes. They are even sharper and bolder.
Edit: Added screenshot. Harder to notice on screenshot.

 

[brambedkar59]

I have Edge "Enhance text ..." enabled and I'm not really seeing a difference.

I am seeing huge difference in fonts b/w Edge & Chrome (worse). Also no need to change flag it's enabled by default.

after a rollout period we plan to have this behavior enabled by default in the Edge 92 stable channel.

Just checked after turning off the dark mode flag and yeah you're right. Fonts look better in Edge than Chrome.
But with the dark flag, texts are white, and it looks the same in both browsers. Both looks fine.
But for white themes, Firefox still has the best font rendering IMO. Even after Edge's improvement, Firefox looks better in my eyes. They are even sharper and bolder.
Edit: Added screenshot. Harder to notice on screenshot.
View attachment 273300

You are right, Firefox wins with Edge coming close second and Chrome is last in terms of best font rendering.

while these changes are specific to Edge, we hope to be able to contribute them back to Chromium so that all Chromium-based browsers on Windows enjoy a consistent font rendering experience.

Wonder if they ever did that.

 

[SeriousHoax]

Wonder if they ever did that.

When Edge moved to Chromium, at the beginning there was a friendly vibe between them, with the Chrome team happily welcomed their move. But things have changed since then. So I won't surprise if they had never done that.

 

[brambedkar59]

When Edge moved to Chromium, at the beginning there was a friendly vibe between them, with the Chrome team happily welcomed their move. But things have changed since then. So I won't surprise if they had never done that.

Yeah, in the start I remember Chrome/Edge team being buddy-2, but I guess honeymoon period does get over after a while. I really hoped MS would chose Firefox Gecko for their Browser base.

 

[brambedkar59]

Replaced:
Bitdefender TS -> Kaspersky Free 2023 (It is lighter than BD but UI is a mess)
Macrium Free -> AOMEI Backupper Standard
KVRT -> Malwarebytes

Updated to Win 11 build 22621.1458