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If you’re a regular Facebook user, you know their developers love making changes to the way their mobile app works.
Just about the time we get used to something, they go and change it on us.
For me, one of the most irritating changes they’ve ever made is forcing external links to open in the in-app browser instead of my device’s default browser.
If you’re running Windows 8.1, you’ve probably noticed that Internet Explorer is the default web browser on the Start Screen even if you have set Google Chrome as the default on the Desktop.
Or perhaps you haven’t even gotten around to installing Chrome at all. If you haven’t, I strongly recommend that you go ahead install it now and set is as your default browser.
The instructions below will walk you through the process of installing Chrome (if necessary) and setting it as your default web browser in Windows 8.1 – even for the Start Screen. [Read more…]