comp.sys.mac.advocacy

"Dave Fritzinger" stated in post
3356e3f1-cebb-4a1b-85d8-ce0f3451ace9@b9g2000prh.googlegroups.com on 4/11/08
4:20 PM:

> On Apr 11, 12:39 pm, Sandman wrote:
>> In article
>> <10c383cd-359b-4363-81e3-aaa855a63...@a5g2000prg.googlegroups.com>,
>>  Dave Fritzinger wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 10, 8:46 pm, Sandman wrote:
>>>> In article ,
>>>>  "Hasta La Vista" 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?
>>
>> 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).

The Mac had a folder of control panels... Windows creatively had a control
panel with different panes. :)


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