Re: The Best Browser for Vista

In article <e-GdnUnvbfgx_ZzVnZ2dnUVZ_s2tnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Hasta La Vista" <noemail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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In article <b8idnS_mc685aJ3VnZ2dnUVZ_rGhnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Hasta La Vista" <noemail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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"Hasta La Vista" <noemail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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"Dave Fritzinger" <dfritzin@xxxxxxxxxxx> stated in post
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4/11/08
9:23 AM:

On Apr 10, 8:46 pm, Sandman <m...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <J_idnX4X_tz-X2PanZ2dnUVZ_i2dn...@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Hasta La Vista" <noem...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

If it were up to me (and, of course, it isn't), I would put
something
like browser choice in a control panel. But, that is just me.

Vista has granted your request.

Open the Default Programs control panel. Pick Set Program
Access
and
Computer Defaults.

From there you can set your default web browser among other
things.

Doesn't OSX have anything like that?

Yep, it does.

Why doesn't Dave know about it?

Are you asking me to tell you the events that led to another
person
NOT knowing something, Edwin? How did you figure I would go about
answering your inquiry?

"He doesn't know it since he fell asleep in class that day, I
remember
it clearly even though I've never met him in my entire life" :-D

Sandman, seriously, what control panel allows you to choose your
default browser? As far as I can tell, the choice is made in Safari
preferences. Is there another way of doing this?

While there are freeware preference panes that add this, out of the
box
you
cannot set your default browser in the System Preferences. It is a
bit
silly.

Thanks for giving the correct answer. I'm not surprised to find
Sandman
doesn't know what he's talking about.

Actually, he knows just fine.

No he doesn't, and neither do you.

You asked for something "like" what Windows has,

I asked for a control panel like Windows has.

Nope.

Yes I did.

You didn't specify whether it should be like Windows in UI or like
Windows in functionality.

Yes I did. You failed to follow the discussion.

Quote the salient text...



and although it is in
Safari's preferences it is "like" what Windows has in that it lets you
set the default browser to any web browser you have installed.

It was already understood that the browser can request to have itself
made
the default. That's not what either I or Dave were asking for. We
want a
control panel like Windows has.

Can you really not read? Seriously.

I'm not the one here who's showing he can't read. Seriously.

Safari can set the default to..

...*any browser*...

Irrelevant. Not what was asked for by Dave. Not what was shown in
Windows.

Precisely what was shown. It just resides in a different place.



...you have installed, not just itself.

Safari is still not a system control panel. It's not what Dave asked for,
and it doesn't match the Windows control panel.

What can the Windows control panel do for browsers that Safari's
preference cannot?

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
.

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