Comment on Ask HN: Why does Chrome use IE's proxy settings?Comments−eli15yPretty sure that's a best practice for Windows software.IE's proxy settings are synonymous with Windows system-wide proxy settings.−rjhackinOP15yTrue, they could have provided a setting that you can enable/disable/override within their options page instead of using a switch. May be there is design decision behind this.
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Pretty sure that's a best practice for Windows software.
IE's proxy settings are synonymous with Windows system-wide proxy settings.
True, they could have provided a setting that you can enable/disable/override within their options page instead of using a switch. May be there is design decision behind this.