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How do I change my default browser from Safari to Firefox?
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They did away with the Internet ppref pane and moved it to the Safari. It's in Safari>preferences, general at the top.
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That's weird, I need to go into Safari to tel Safari its not the System's default brower?
I've been looking for that for some time
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Originally Posted by Maflynn
That's weird, I need to go into Safari to tel Safari its not the System's default brower?
You don't need to go into Safari. You need to go in a browser's preferences to set the default browser.
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Originally Posted by TETENAL
You don't need to go into Safari. You need to go in a browser's preferences to set the default browser.
Sure, but then every browser has to implement that preference. This system-wide preference used to be in the right place: System Preferences.
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Originally Posted by bmedina
Sure, but then every browser has to implement that preference.
Every browser does have this implemented.
This system-wide preference used to be in the right place: System Preferences.
It is a system preference and technically apt people know this. But most normal users who want to make a browser the default look into that browser's preferences.
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Originally Posted by TETENAL
Every browser does have this implemented.
Yes, and it was a waste of the developers' time to do so.
It is a system preference and technically apt people know this. But most normal users who want to make a browser the default look into that browser's preferences.
Sure, but you could make the same argument for network preferences. "Hey, my internet's not working. Must be something wrong with its settings. Let me just check its preferences...."
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Personally, I think default application settings should be in System Preferences, not in the application itself. But I heard that Apple actually did useability tests on this issue and found that more people expect the setting to be in the application.
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Originally Posted by wataru
Personally, I think default application settings should be in System Preferences, not in the application itself. But I heard that Apple actually did useability tests on this issue and found that more people expect the setting to be in the application.
Then put it in BOTH.
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