Comments on: Open another browser? http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/09/open-another-browser/ Eclectic. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:14:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mark http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/09/open-another-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-246281 Mark Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:10:49 +0000 http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/09/open-another-browser/#comment-246281 Neasen - this didn't arise in Windows simply because I wasn't as organised. Backpack has me working better. I used bookmarks in Opera then. But having it all in Backpack really does work for me. Mark - Thank you - dragging works :) I have a list of urls in backpack which I only want Camino to open. (I find it very annoying in OS X that I cannot launch 2 instances of Firefox. Regardless of the reason I find it a hindrance, hence my overuse of other browsers for tasks.) I just tried dragging a link - no favicon - down to Camino and it opened perfectly. So I get more backpack organisation and the browser pattern of use I need. Neasen - this didn’t arise in Windows simply because I wasn’t as organised. Backpack has me working better. I used bookmarks in Opera then. But having it all in Backpack really does work for me.

Mark - Thank you - dragging works :)

I have a list of urls in backpack which I only want Camino to open.
(I find it very annoying in OS X that I cannot launch 2 instances of Firefox. Regardless of the reason I find it a hindrance, hence my overuse of other browsers for tasks.)
I just tried dragging a link - no favicon - down to Camino and it opened perfectly.

So I get more backpack organisation and the browser pattern of use I need.

]]> By: Mark Jaquith http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/09/open-another-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-246280 Mark Jaquith Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:28:50 +0000 http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/09/open-another-browser/#comment-246280 In OS X, you can drag the URL (grab the favicon in the address bar) and drop it on the application. I use Safari and Firefox, and keep them in the Dock for that purpose. In OS X, you can drag the URL (grab the favicon in the address bar) and drop it on the application. I use Safari and Firefox, and keep them in the Dock for that purpose.

]]> By: Neasan http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/09/open-another-browser/comment-page-1/#comment-246273 Neasan Wed, 09 Jan 2008 10:39:35 +0000 http://www.tamba2.org.uk/T2/2008/01/09/open-another-browser/#comment-246273 On my windows machine right clicking a link brings up an option to "open link in Ext.App." which launches the link in IE. I can't find out how to configure that though (a quick search suggest you can't change this to another browser). For the Mac(and windows too) there appears to be a plugin that might do what you want (kind of) called <a href="http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/81" rel="nofollow">Launchy</a> On my windows machine right clicking a link brings up an option to “open link in Ext.App.” which launches the link in IE. I can’t find out how to configure that though (a quick search suggest you can’t change this to another browser).

For the Mac(and windows too) there appears to be a plugin that might do what you want (kind of) called Launchy

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