mozilla/firefox shell integration

Published on June 1, 2004 By DesignCaddy In WinCustomize Talk

my trial run of firefox lasted exactly 2 minutes when i couldn't launch websites from the run menu (which i do 98% of the time), launch a browser from a desktop shortcut, or launch the program automatically when a program reaches out to the web (1% each respectively). i could only get it to go a website if i in fact punched in that address to the bar in the program, or used a bookmark.

bill tossed me a link in irc a bit ago explaining how to alter my registry to allow for a type of this functionality for mozilla, however it was more of an 'adding a bunch of destinations that mozilla will launch to' instead of a real shell integration.

i havn't found anything in the MASSIVE bug/report/featureaddition pages mozilla provides, so i'm wondering if anyone knows how to truely integrate mozilla into windows in the way that myie2 does by default (being based on internet explorer i guess it was easy for them).

Comments

tjesterb

on Jun 01, 2004

If you set Firefox as your default browser all those features should work. I use Mozilla 1.6 as default with no problem. I have been trying Firefox here & there, so I set it as my default and opened WC from the run menu with no problem. The only problem I've ever had with Mozilla products [ I also use Thunderbird Email] is that that some designers don't set their Web pages to open properly in Mozilla.

Koasati

on Jun 01, 2004

If you set it as default, and you still have problems, try this little tool. http://www.soft411.com/company/Jem-Berkes/SetBrowser.htm

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tjesterb

on Jun 02, 2004

I guess I don't understand what that does that you can't do by ing a particular browser[ Mozilla, Firefox, IE, etc...] as your default?

tjesterb

on Jun 02, 2004

OK, forgot about the editing bug... That should be "by s e l e c t i n g a particular browser...

Koasati

on Jun 02, 2004

tjesterb.... I've had problem in the past where certain apps won't recognise the default browser as anything but IE. SetBrowser fixed it for everything except SDC. No matter what you do SDC will not open links in any browser other than IE.

DesignCaddy

on Jun 02, 2004

its not just a problem setting the default application. by the way, ive set the new browser to be default in its own options, and in the program access rights options as well (where you tell windows exactly what programs to default to for everything).

when i punch something into the run dialog box, for example, it just tells me the address can't be found. it isn't going to a browser.. it just gets lost. however when i've set my default back to another browser, it kicks up fine. thus the suprise. im not on a machine with mozilla at the moment, koasati, but ill try your advice.

tjesterb

on Jun 03, 2004

Firefox is supposed to be a pretty stripped-down, bare bones kind of browser. Perhaps the ability to connect from the run dialog is something they left out for speed considerations.

DesignCaddy

on Jun 03, 2004

i just used the set browser app.. well it worked! firefox opened normally. but firefox itself wouldn't work.. hehe nothing associated with the tabs would work. i said maybe this is a sign.. i also ran it by some websites that use javascript and was reminded of the netscape days. loads pages fast but not much else. ah well. ill try again when its final is released.

azdruid

on Jun 03, 2004

Get a grip guys...Firefox is not a 'stripped-down' browser. It is simply 'compact.' (All right it's stripped down but let's use this euphemsim.) I have been using the Firefox and Thunderbird combo for a while and if I can recall correctly Firefox ASKS you on load if you want it as a default browser if it currently isn't set as so.

DesignCaddy

on Jun 04, 2004

its not just a problem setting the default application. by the way, ive set the new browser to be default in its own options, and in the program access rights options as well

tjesterb

on Jun 04, 2004

I still find this kind of puzzling. Did you try Koasati's fix yet? I'd like to know how it works out in case I have a similar problem.

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