comp.sys.mac.advocacy

On Apr 11, 12:39=A0pm, Sandman wrote:
> In article
> <10c383cd-359b-4363-81e3-aaa855a63...@a5g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
> =A0Dave Fritzinger wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Apr 10, 8:46=A0pm, Sandman wrote:
> > > In article ,
> > > =A0"Hasta La Vista" wrote:
>
> > > > >> > If it were up to me (and, of course, it isn't), I would put som=
ething
> > > > >> > like browser choice in a control panel. But, that is just me.
>
> > > > >> Vista has granted your request.
>
> > > > >> Open the Default Programs control panel. =A0 Pick Set Program Acc=
ess and
> > > > >> Computer Defaults.
>
> > > > >> From there you can set your default web browser among other thing=
s.
>
> > > > >> 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?
>
> I see the Safari preferences to be a form of control panel, especially
> given the fact that you don't have anything else called "control
> panel" in OSX (it's typical windows terminology).
>

OK, I should have said "System Preference Panes" to be precise. 8^)

The term "Control Panels" is also "Classic" Mac terminology, IIRC (or
to be more precise, terminology used in pre-OSX MacOS).
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Dave Fritzinger
Honolulu, HI