Firefox Desktop link question

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I often use FireFox for different sites.

One is a radio online player. I can create a desktop link so I can easily open it, the problem I have is that FireFox deletes cookies, which I am happy with, but is there anyway it can remember the cookies for this link only?

Thanks

 

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I often use FireFox for different sites.

One is a radio online player. I can create a desktop link so I can easily open it, the problem I have is that FireFox deletes cookies, which I am happy with, but is there anyway it can remember the cookies for this link only?

Thanks

Firefox Preferences --> Privacy & Security --> Cookies and Site Data --> Manage Exceptions…

 

[RecentlyConverted]

Thank you Unsupported. I missed that buried there.

I use Safari as my default browser, so when I click on the link on the Desktop it opens in Safari. Is there a way to automatically get a desktop link to open in a particular browser when you click on it rather that select open with?

 

[BrianBaughn]

Thank you Unsupported. I missed that buried there.

I use Safari as my default browser, so when I click on the link on the Desktop it opens in Safari. Is there a way to automatically get a desktop link to open in a particular browser when you click on it rather that select open with?

I'm not sure. It seems that the default browser behavior is taking over for those kind of links.

You can write an Applescript to open a link in a particular browser, however. Pretty simple.

 

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Thank you Unsupported. I missed that buried there.

I use Safari as my default browser, so when I click on the link on the Desktop it opens in Safari. Is there a way to automatically get a desktop link to open in a particular browser when you click on it rather that select open with?

I also use Safari as default with its preference set to open new windows in Private Mode, but I find it frustrating that if I click a link in an email in Mail it'll open in a normal, not Private Mode window. But that's another story.

Although Safari is my default browser TBH I use Firefox more for everyday browsing, only using Safari for sites that won't work in FF, like Facebook or web.whatsapp.com, for example, or my bank etc. I use Firefox here at macrumors.

Like BrianBaughn says I believe weblocs will open in the default browser. In which case it'd be easier to have a bookmark in Firefox for the links that you want to open in it, maybe in "Bookmarks Toolbar".

 

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I also use Safari as default with its preference set to open new windows in Private Mode, but I find it frustrating that if I click a link in an email in Mail it'll open in a normal, not Private Mode window. But that's another story.

Although Safari is my default browser TBH I use Firefox more for everyday browsing, only using Safari for sites that won't work in FF, like Facebook or web.whatsapp.com, for example, or my bank etc. I use Firefox here at macrumors.

Like BrianBaughn says I believe weblocs will open in the default browser. In which case it'd be easier to have a bookmark in Firefox for the links that you want to open in it, maybe in "Bookmarks Toolbar".

Yes, I think bookmark for pages I want to open in FireFox.thanks, shame.

 

[BrianBaughn]

Like I said, you can use an Applescript for this. Open Script Editor, paste the below in, and change the link to what you want.

tell application "Firefox" to (open location "https://macrumors.com") activate

Then save the script as File Format: Application on your desktop.

EDIT: This is better, I think
tell application "Firefox" to open location "https://macrumors.com" tell application "Firefox" activate end tell

I'm crap at Applescript so maybe someone can come up with something that works consistently if this doesn't.

 

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Like I said, you can use an Applescript for this. Open Script Editor, paste the below in, and change the link to what you want.

tell application "Firefox" to (open location "https://macrumors.com") activate

Then save the script as File Format: Application on your desktop.

EDIT: This is better, I think
tell application "Firefox" to open location "https://macrumors.com" tell application "Firefox" activate end tell

I'm crap at Applescript so maybe someone can come up with something that works consistently if this doesn't.

Hi Brian,

Thanks that worked perfectly. I haven´t used AppleScript before. I have been a Mac user for a long time now, though it doesnt seem long! I don´t seem to have dived in as deeply as I did with DOS(showing my age) and Windows. There usually is an app for most things, so I tend to buy an app (getting lazy, or enjoying spare time). I tried some apps to turn a webpage into an app, but your script was better.

A very simple solution was to just pin the tab on FireFox.