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In article ,
"Hasta La Vista" wrote:

> "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.

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
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