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Quick switch browsers

Muergo

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Posted April 25, 2011 at 1:00PM

Is there an add on or iconic progam/setting that will enable me to switch default browser at a click especially from an e-mail link that I want to direct preferentially to one or another.

In other words, if there is a link in either of the e-mail programs I use, I want the facility to direct it to IE or Firefox without going through settings to change the default browser over.

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Graphicool1

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Posted April 25, 2011 at 2:18PM

Hi Muergo

Doesn't it work the same as having two or three plus cd or dvd players, with none set to default. If you click to play a tune or a movie a pop up window ask what player it should use.

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Graphicool1

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Posted April 25, 2011 at 2:20PM

In other words, don't have either browser set to default.

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Woolwell

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Posted April 25, 2011 at 2:33PM

I don't think that it is possible to have none set as default. Perhaps I'm wrong. Cannot think of a way to do what Muergo wants.

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Muergo

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Posted April 25, 2011 at 4:49PM

That's what I'd like, when clicking a link to have a little popup to say "Which browser?" so I can funnel it whicheverway I want. Can't see a way of not having a default but that would do it.

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Muergo

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Posted April 28, 2011 at 12:22PM

Thank you 124, the addon to switch browsers works perfectly although I'm not sure how it does it.

At the moment I have a firefox page with an IE9 tab displayed, I know this is true because it has solved my graphics problem I had with FF4.

Now I have the best of both worlds.

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