Mozilla criticizes browser-selection change in Windows

Mozilla has launched a multi-pronged campaign to challenge a recentchange in Windows that has the effect of overriding users' choice ofFirefox as the default web browser. Mozilla CEO Chris Beard posted ablog entry outlining the problem as well as an openletter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. The change apparentlylanded with the recent Windows 10 release and, as Beard explains it,"while it is technically possible for people to preserve theirprevious settings and defaults, the design of the new Windows 10upgrade experience and user interface does not make this obvious noreasy." Mozilla has also posted tutorialsand videosto help users restore Firefox as their default browser.