Filed under: Utilities, Macintosh, Browsers
Choosy app chooses browsers (in OS X)
by Jay Hathaway Nov 19th 2008 at 8:00AM
If you're a Mac user, you'll probably have noticed OS X's default browser behavior. You choose a default browser, and links from all your other applications are automatically opened in it. But what if you want more control? An app called Choosy lets you pick a browser for each individual link. You mean every time you click a link in one of your applications, you have to choose a browser? This sounds like it could be a pain, but Choosy can choose a browser for you automatically. It lets you set its behavior based on favorite browsers, or just which browsers you have open.
In any situation where you haven't specified a browser, Choosy will prompt you with a neat little panel that looks like the app picker that pops up when you hit Apple-Tab in OS X. It's an extra click, but at least you know your link will open in the correct browser.
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freshyill said 10:31AM on 11-19-2008
I've been using Choosy since this morning, and I'm liking it so far. When you're doing a lot of work in one browser, it might not necessarily be the one you want to open links from Twitterrific, IM or email in. This seems like exactly what I needed.
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swanson said 11:58AM on 11-19-2008
Anyone know of a similar app for windows?
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Eric said 8:11PM on 11-19-2008
exactly my question swanson ;)