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This issue is why I don't use Selenium (in Windows) with anything but Firefox. A forced upgrade can render your boardroom demo non-functional moments before you have to give it.

Use the best tool for the job. I use Google Chrome for Googly things. I use Edge/IE for Microsofty things, and I use FF for the actual web. When javascript/Flash/HTML5 video in FF is too slow, I use Chromium.

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> Use the best tool for the job.

I use Chrome for everything, and it all works great. I never have to switch to another browser the way you're describing. That sounds truly exhausting (as well as being inefficient and unnecessary).

So do you have ActiveX running on Chrome?

When you're running on a tablet do you prefer to use Chrome over Edge?

I don't have to always switch either, but neither do I feel compelled to pigeon-hole my experience into a single browser.

“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”

I haven't used anything that required ActiveX for at least 8 years.

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