Re: [OT] default web browser
Re: [OT] default web browser
- Subject: Re: [OT] default web browser
- From: Fatih Erarslan <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 12:33:01 -0500
Hey! I found a way!:))
All you have to do is:
su
cd /Applications
rm -rf Internet\ Explorer
I did id it :)) worked, IE never launches!:-))))
Enjoy,
Fatih
PS: Please also delete the Classic version of IE to secure its death.
I don't understand WHY IE IS MY default browser, Can't I decide myself
to choose what to use or why does it installs by default, Can't I not
install in the beginning? WHY??
On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 09:07 AM, Rosyna wrote:
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Set the pref to omniweb, close the system preferences, open them again,
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see if the setting is the same. If it is, shut down the computer (do
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not restart, do not log out) then turn the computer back on, the
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setting should now be "Stuck"
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Do not open IE again or the setting will revert.
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Ack, at 8/15/01, Ken Tabb said:
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> <rant>
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> How is it every time I double click on a URL from a Carbon/Cocoa app
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> (eg.
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> Sherlock) in 10.0.4 (also with earlier versions), it automatically
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> launches Infernal Explorer, even when I've (repeatedly) selected
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> OmniWeb
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> in my System Prefs->Internet->Web. There's me trying to get my head
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> around DXF files & OpenGL in Cocoa, when nasty Microsoft apps start
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> loading up and requiring my attention.
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>
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> Is something reverting the pref (sometimes it lasts a whole restart
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> without getting changed back), would it help if I write-protected the
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> appropriate file, or does Apple only approve of us using IE? Or is it a
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> covert attempt by Apple to sting Microsoft by adding to the anti-trust
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> monopoly charges... after all IE is now inseparably tied to MacOS X as
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> well as Windows, it appears. Why else is it the only 3rd party app to
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> get
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> the Software update facility?
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> </rant>
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> Sorry about the rant. What am I saying I'm not sorry at all it's made
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> me
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> feel loads better...
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-- Sincerely,
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Rosyna Keller
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Technical Support/Holy Knight/Always needs a hug
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>
Unsanity: Unsane Tools for Insane People
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