[OT] default web browser
[OT] default web browser
- Subject: [OT] default web browser
- From: Ken Tabb <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 14:58:04 +0100
<rant>
How is it every time I double click on a URL from a Carbon/Cocoa app (eg.
Sherlock) in 10.0.4 (also with earlier versions), it automatically
launches Infernal Explorer, even when I've (repeatedly) selected OmniWeb
in my System Prefs->Internet->Web. There's me trying to get my head
around DXF files & OpenGL in Cocoa, when nasty Microsoft apps start
loading up and requiring my attention.
Is something reverting the pref (sometimes it lasts a whole restart
without getting changed back), would it help if I write-protected the
appropriate file, or does Apple only approve of us using IE? Or is it a
covert attempt by Apple to sting Microsoft by adding to the anti-trust
monopoly charges... after all IE is now inseparably tied to MacOS X as
well as Windows, it appears. Why else is it the only 3rd party app to get
the Software update facility?
</rant>
Sorry about the rant. What am I saying I'm not sorry at all it's made me
feel loads better...
Ken
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Ken Tabb
Mac & UNIX Propellerhead & Network Bloke (Health & Human Sciences)
Computer Vision / Neural Network researcher (Computer Science)
University of Hertforfdshire
e-mail: email@hidden
http://www.health.herts.ac.uk/ken/
Certified non-Microsoft Solution Provider