how to have firefox be the preferred browser on certian sites

[furcalchick]

i love safari, i think it's the best overall of the big three web browsers, but it isn't perfect (i'm running v. 2.0.4) and it tends to crash on certain sites. what i want to know if it's possible to set firefox to be the primary browser if i click on links from the sites that would take down safari, and go to safari for the rest of the websites.

 

[jeremybuff]

To my knowledge, this is not possible. I'll stay on the lookout for you, though.

 

[JavaWizKid]

I think you can, I did it once before. Not sure how though.

 

[sickmacdoc]

Like jeremybuff I don't think that is possible since the default browser is a system wide preference. On the couple of sites I have that I know have to be used on a specific browser I have saved the sites as web locators (or whatever the heck the icons are called when you drag the address bar off to the desktop) and have done a Get Info on them individualy and changed the 'Open with..' section to be the browser they require. Then I double click on that to visit the site they open with the preferred browser and any links within open in that browser too. At least it's a workaround!😉

 

[boast]

i know in windows, firefox had a plugin that you could right click on links and open it with Internet Explorer or Opera.

 

[edesignuk]

Nope, pretty sure this is impossible. You have a system wide default browser and that's the end of it.

 

[robbieduncan]

It would be possible to write your own application that registers itself with LaunchServices as a handler for URLs. You could then have it launch Safari or Firefox or whatever based on a list in the app.

Of course this is way more effort that most people are likely to go to and if you're not a programmer then clearly you can't do this.

 

[furcalchick]

thanks for the tips. guess i'll have to do this manually...oh well.