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"Alan Baker" wrote in message
news:alangbaker-7B00BC.12022512042008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
> In article ,
> "Hasta La Vista" wrote:
>
>> "Alan Baker" wrote in message
>> news:alangbaker-593C2F.09064112042008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
>> > In article ,
>> > "Hasta La Vista" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "Snit" wrote in message
>> >> news:C424E73A.B304B%usenet@gallopinginsanity.com...
>> >> > "Dave Fritzinger" stated in post
>> >> > 10c383cd-359b-4363-81e3-aaa855a6387e@a5g2000prg.googlegroups.com on
>> >> > 4/11/08
>> >> > 9:23 AM:
>> >> >
>> >> >> 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?
>> >> >
>> >> > 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.

>>
>> > 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.

>
> ...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.