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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / August 2004change default browser
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. 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...) :-) Thanks > 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. Safari->Preferences->General and select the browser you want. > So i want all the http links (like in mails or with quicksilver) to > open directly in firefox... [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > the loosy comparaison) algorithm that is acting like crazy over a > limited set of input (slow connection in this case...) :-) Dunno.  SignatureTom Stiller PGP fingerprint = 5108 DDB2 9761 EDE5 E7E3 7BDA 71ED 6496 99C0 C7CF > 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... [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > 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. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** > > 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. SignatureJohan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/ > > > 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 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > 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. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** > > > > 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 [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > 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! SignatureJohan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/ > 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 a.s 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 that's acting un-Mac-like (except for that terrible brushed metal! :-). > > But changing the default browser in the preferences of Safari is utterly > > silly. What if you want to change those settings because Safari crashes [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > schemes to app-level for their arbitrary URL schemes. It's not Safari > that's acting un-Mac-like (except for that terrible brushed metal! :-). I disagree. The default browser should be a system-level setting, as it was with OSX 10.2. It's not a Safari-specific preference. SignatureJohan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/ >>> But changing the default browser in the preferences of Safari is utterly >>> silly. What if you want to change those settings because Safari crashes [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I disagree. The default browser should be a system-level setting, as it > was with OSX 10.2. It's not a Safari-specific preference. i tend to agree ! :-) Btw thanks for the answers... > I disagree. The default browser should be a system-level setting, as it > was with OSX 10.2. It's not a Safari-specific preference. Unfortunately, Apple seemed to get this wrong in a couple of places in Panther. They made the same mistake with the default mail client: the setting is in Mail.app. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** > > I disagree. The default browser should be a system-level setting, as it > > was with OSX 10.2. It's not a Safari-specific preference. > > Unfortunately, Apple seemed to get this wrong in a couple of places in > Panther. They made the same mistake with the default mail client: the > setting is in Mail.app. Fortunately, there is a freeware Preference Pane called "Default Apps" that corrects this mistake. SignatureJohan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/ > > > > > I'm wondering how could i switch the default internet browser from > > > > > safari to firefox. I'm actually in travel with only a dialup [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > '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. SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** > > > Actually, I've always felt that Windows's use of the "Internet" control > > > panel for all of IE's preferences (including things like deleting [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I didn't realize there was another way to get to it -- I've always > opened it from the control panels. I didn't even realize it's a control panel until you said so. I always open it from Explorer, since that is the logical thing to do. ;-) SignatureJohan W. Elzenga johan<<at>>johanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl/ > > > > Actually, I've always felt that Windows's use of the "Internet" control > > > > panel for all of IE's preferences (including things like deleting [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I didn't even realize it's a control panel until you said so. I always > open it from Explorer, since that is the logical thing to do. ;-) Since I don't use Windows that much, I was at first hopelessly confused when the control panel and the IE menu option gave me exactly the same set of options! SignatureAF "Non Sequitur U has a really, really lousy debate team." --artyw raises the bar on rec.sport.baseball |
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