Jan 10, '03 08:57:12AM • Contributed by: richard_k_smith
Coupled with the new "scriptability" of Safari, this is an awesome advance.
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Safari solves the 'Default browser' problem
Jan 10, '03 08:57:12AM • Contributed by: richard_k_smith
Many of us have wondered what the heck is going on with "default browser" on OS X. I have tried just about every hint on this site, with varying degrees of success, and still after all that I get IE popping up as the "default browser" from time to time. Who knows how or why this is, but then Safari comes along and fixes it. Instantly. With no "backsliding." All I can say is, "yahoo!"
Coupled with the new "scriptability" of Safari, this is an awesome advance.
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10.2.3 Solves problem?
I too bashed my head on my desk everytime IE launched, rather than Chimera. That is, until 10.2.3. Ever since I did the upgrade, my web preferences have been in Harmony.
10.2.3 Solves problem?
The default browser preference is now controlled through Safari. Launch Safari, go to preferences, or cmd-, and it's the first selection under general preferences. I don't know if you need to keep Safari around after you switch browsers.
10.2.3 Solves problem?
What you say is true. I have installed Safari and now application use it over Mozilla. I can't even seem to uninstall Safari.
Why!!!
Some Apps are hard coded to IE, and IE can be set to auto-set itself as default browser, this is WHY you always have to change it back. Also each time you upgrade Chimera (assuming you download dailies), you have to seset the browser preference!
Hardcoded
I haven't tested this to be certain, but I believe the 'hardcoding' you are referring to has to do with the document's type and creator tags. I have copied HTML pages from a windows box to my iMac that turn up with the Safari document icon. I believe that is because they had no type and creator, so the OS assigned it to my default browser (Safari). However, I have previous HTML documents in my ~/Sites folder that were created when using IE. When double-clicked, they open in IE, not Safari.
So, stripping the type and creator tags (entire resource fork?) from all local HTML docs might resolve some multi-browser problems.
Why!!! Not me!
I download the Chimera nightlies almost every day, and have not had to reset my default browser for months.
RE: Why!!! Not me!
Same here. I install a new build of Chimera every day, and it stays as default browser with no updating of prefs needed.
Grabby IE
Hmmm. I haven't had IE come up when I didn't want it in ages - but then again, I'd also moved IE onto a .dmg that I only opened up when I explicitly wanted to use IE.
Default Browser
I noticed that after clicking on a link in Entourage, that Safari was now the "default browser". I knew that there had to be a way to revert that (if I wanted to -- but I don't; I love Safari).
Just delete it
Other than the fact that Internet settings in the System Preferences, has always worked for me, without fail, I just decided to delete the msie.app from my Applications folder. Microsoft might be powerful, but they can't do a thing to you. Even if you just delete IE.
DOWN WITH BG.
Leftovers...
I had a similar issue on a machine that I had upgraded from 9 to X, and upgraded the user's Eudora to the X version. The problem was it imported the old preferences to use Netscape, completely ignoring the system settings. (So it would start Classic every time a link was clicked on from Eudora.) In this case, I just had to tell Eudora to go with the system settings, then all was well.
The best solution
The best way to solve the "Default Browser Problem" is to "solve" the Microslop software problem first by doing a system-wide locator search and delete of everything that has 'IE', 'Explorer', or Microsoft in a file name. This is the first thing I did when I brought my new iBook home. The second thing I did was to crack in two pieces the instalation CD of MS Office that the dealer gave to buyers of new iBooks as a promotion. |
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