Use Firefox (Mac) as universal browser?

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Greensauce

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Is there any way to set Firefox and not safari as the browser when I click a link in XP? When I get an e-mail with a link in it I would like Firefox in my OSX platform to open it. When I go to Prefs and switch Browser to Mac OS X it goes to safari even though in OSX Firefox is the default browser. Any ideas?

Thanks
G$
 
Yes. Here is the way.

Open Safari (/Applications).
From the Safari menu, choose Preferences.
Click the General button.
Choose a different browser from the Default Web Browser pop-up menu.
 
Parallels uses Safari though NOT Universal Browser

The above advice is quite correct (I use Opera as my universal browser). There is, however, an annoying exception - whenever there is a link within Parallels itself, I find that it always opens in Safari. Make no mistake - I have Opera set as my browser in both MacOS and Windows, and it works as such in boths OSes, this problem is within Parallels itself. It is a minor thing, but it would be great if they fixed it.
 
richtig@iinet.net.au said:
snip I find that it always opens in Safari.
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this happens in Mac MAIL too
and ozilla news groups call Mozilla browser

even though Firefox is the default on VM and Mac

Windows Live Hotmail icon always calls MSW IE 7

I only use safari for downloads form appl.com

seesm to be an OS or App issue rather than only Parallels

Hugh W
 
Just to be clear, I have Opera set as my default browser (can't speak for Firefox), and all is as it should be - even for links from MacOS Mail. The only exception is links within Parallels itself, where it insists on using Safari.
 
"The only exception is links within Parallels itself, where it insists on using Safari."

That is the whole problem I was hopeing had an answer :\
 
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