change default browser

In article <cg89rc$qmk$1@utornnr1pp.grouptelecom.net>,
Pierre Chatel <admin.RemoveThis@chatelp.org> wrote:

 > Hi,
 >
 > I'm wondering how could i switch the default internet browser from
 > safari to firefox. I'm actually in travel with only a dialup connection
 > and noticed that safari was incredibly slow over dialup ! Whereas
 > firefox opens pages before they are totaly downloaded.

In Safari's preferences you can set the default browser.

 >
 > So i want all the http links (like in mails or with quicksilver) to
 > open directly in firefox...
 >
 > Btw, do u know why safari is acting like that ? I know he is famously
 > fast over dsl/broadband but did they use a 'quicksort' like (sorry for
 > the loosy comparaison) algorithm that is acting like crazy over a
 > limited set of input (slow connection in this case...) :-)

I recently downloaded a utility called SafariSpeed that's supposed to
help with this.

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 >> Stay informed about: change default browser 

Barry Margolin <barmar.RemoveThis@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

  > > I'm wondering how could i switch the default internet browser from
  > > safari to firefox. I'm actually in travel with only a dialup connection
  > > and noticed that safari was incredibly slow over dialup ! Whereas
  > > firefox opens pages before they are totaly downloaded.
 >
 > In Safari's preferences you can set the default browser.

This is one of Apple's mysterious ways of making MacOS X more
intuitive... Even Bill Gates couldn't have made it more silly.


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 >> Stay informed about: change default browser 

In article <1giwbbs.5dro144pkzclN%nomail@please.invalid>,
nomail.DeleteThis@please.invalid (Johan W. Elzenga) wrote:

 > Barry Margolin <barmar.DeleteThis@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
 >
   > > > I'm wondering how could i switch the default internet browser from
   > > > safari to firefox. I'm actually in travel with only a dialup connection
   > > > and noticed that safari was incredibly slow over dialup ! Whereas
   > > > firefox opens pages before they are totaly downloaded.
  > >
  > > In Safari's preferences you can set the default browser.
 >
 > This is one of Apple's mysterious ways of making MacOS X more
 > intuitive... Even Bill Gates couldn't have made it more silly.

Actually, I've always felt that Windows's use of the "Internet" control
panel for all of IE's preferences (including things like deleting
cookies and caches) is similarly counterintuitive.

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 >> Stay informed about: change default browser 

Barry Margolin <barmar.RemoveThis@alum.mit.edu> wrote:

 > In article <1giwbbs.5dro144pkzclN%nomail@please.invalid>,
 > nomail.RemoveThis@please.invalid (Johan W. Elzenga) wrote:
 >
  > > Barry Margolin <barmar.RemoveThis@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
  > >
   > > > > I'm wondering how could i switch the default internet browser from
   > > > > safari to firefox. I'm actually in travel with only a dialup connection
   > > > > and noticed that safari was incredibly slow over dialup ! Whereas
   > > > > firefox opens pages before they are totaly downloaded.
   > > >
   > > > In Safari's preferences you can set the default browser.
  > >
  > > This is one of Apple's mysterious ways of making MacOS X more
  > > intuitive... Even Bill Gates couldn't have made it more silly.
 >
 > Actually, I've always felt that Windows's use of the "Internet" control
 > panel for all of IE's preferences (including things like deleting
 > cookies and caches) is similarly counterintuitive.

I disagree. It may be a control panel, but you normally open it from the
'Extra' menu in Explorer, so most people wouldn't even know that it's a
control panel. It looks like just another preferences window, and that's
the way it should be. It doesn't really matter if it's a control panel,
as long as it doesn't bother or confuse people, but works as you'd
expect it to work. That's what 'intuitive' means, if you ask me.

But changing the default browser in the preferences of Safari is utterly
silly. What if you want to change those settings because Safari crashes
on you?... Catch 22!


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 >> Stay informed about: change default browser 

In article <1gix2pd.1xfayjm1n2cbk0N%nomail@please.invalid>,
nomail.RemoveThis@please.invalid (Johan W. Elzenga) wrote:

 > But changing the default browser in the preferences of Safari is utterly
 > silly. What if you want to change those settings because Safari crashes
 > on you?... Catch 22!

Why don't you instead ride the ass of Firefox developers for not putting
in a similar "make me default" preference? All Apple did was change
where the setting got made from system-level for a few specific URL
schemes to app-level for their arbitrary URL schemes. It's not Safari
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 >> Stay informed about: change default browser 

In article <1gix2pd.1xfayjm1n2cbk0N%nomail@please.invalid>,
nomail.TakeThisOut@please.invalid (Johan W. Elzenga) wrote:

 > Barry Margolin <barmar.TakeThisOut@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
 >
  > > In article <1giwbbs.5dro144pkzclN%nomail@please.invalid>,
  > > nomail.TakeThisOut@please.invalid (Johan W. Elzenga) wrote:
  > >
   > > > Barry Margolin <barmar.TakeThisOut@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
   > > >
   > > > > > I'm wondering how could i switch the default internet browser from
   > > > > > safari to firefox. I'm actually in travel with only a dialup
   > > > > > connection
   > > > > > and noticed that safari was incredibly slow over dialup ! Whereas
   > > > > > firefox opens pages before they are totaly downloaded.
   > > > >
   > > > > In Safari's preferences you can set the default browser.
   > > >
   > > > This is one of Apple's mysterious ways of making MacOS X more
   > > > intuitive... Even Bill Gates couldn't have made it more silly.
  > >
  > > Actually, I've always felt that Windows's use of the "Internet" control
  > > panel for all of IE's preferences (including things like deleting
  > > cookies and caches) is similarly counterintuitive.
 >
 > I disagree. It may be a control panel, but you normally open it from the
 > 'Extra' menu in Explorer, so most people wouldn't even know that it's a
 > control panel.

I didn't realize there was another way to get to it -- I've always
opened it from the control panels.

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