I use many different browsers for different purposes - private, work, development and so on. And when I click on a link in some app I would like it to be opened in the specific browser depending on some rules.  Literally it should be an app which is registered in system as a default browser and reopens the link in a one of the real browsers.  Is there any app like this? Does API allow detecting installed browsers and opening appropriate browser?
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I've created a URL link in my dock, however, the link only opens with the default browser. I have safari, Firefox, and chrome (latest being the default) installed in my machine. I'm wondering if someone knows how to default the link to open with Firefox instead of Chrome but still keeping chrome as the default browser.  Note: I'm running Mavericks in my MacBook Pro.
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Is there an option to change my default browser for all my applications?
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I've downloaded Firefox and it's now sitting on my desktop as Firefox.dmg. When I double click on Firefox.dmg it opens up a window with Firefox in it so I can use it - does this mean the application has been installed?    Community Wiki'd the question because I think it's a worthwhile question to have on the site for pointing people to, it's not exactly intuitive to do and not a question I think I deserve any rep from.
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Does anyone know how to launch chrome and immediately open a "chrome url"?  I'm trying to make a shortcut like this, but its not working when I tried. it only accepts http:// urls  GoogleChromePortable.exe "chrome://settings/"   Thanks in advance who can help out
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Current situation:  I am currently browsing a page (say, www.google.com). I want to open a bookmarked page (say, www.bing.com), but I want to keep the current page (Google) opened. I need to click on new tab, then click on the bookmark for Bing. Alternatively, I can right click and open Bing in new tab.  But I want none of those because why click twice when one is enough?    What I want:  I am currently on Google. I want to open Bing, so I click on the bookmark and Bing opens in a new tab. Google remains open.    I am aware of a duplicate question linked . However it didn't really provide a satisfactory answer. Changing every link to javascript breaks the icon and is a pain to do; middle clicking doesn't really work because I'm on a laptop and the touchpad does not support middle clicking. I hope there is an extension for Chrome that can redefine this behavior to the way I want. A hidden setting in Chrome would be even better but I doubt Chrome offers that.
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I want to run Chrome with a given set of flags, always  I created a shortcut and added the flag to it in the following way, so my target of the shortcut says:  C:\&lt;application-path&gt;\chrome.exe --user-data-dir=D:\Chrome   But when I double click an HTML file, or if any other application triggers Chrome, it looses the flag value. The result - A new chrome window opens with Default profile directory.  I want to make the flag permanent, so that its active irrespective of however Chrome executes.  I tried changing the following registry key:  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ChromeHTML\shell\open\command   It was this earlier:  "C:\&lt;application-path&gt;\chrome.exe" -- "%1"    I changed to following attempts which did not work:  1. "C:\&lt;application-path&gt;\chrome.exe" -- "%1" --user-data-dir=D:\Chrome 2. "C:\&lt;application-path&gt;\chrome.exe" -- "%1" -- "user-data-dir=D:\Chrome" 3. "C:\&lt;application-path&gt;\chrome.exe" -- "%1 user-data-dir=D:\Chrome"   Conclusively, when I try to open a link from any application, it doesn't open in my current Chrome as a new tab, rather opens a new Chrome window with no plugins and extensions since its from other directory.  Why I have changed my default directory? - because the OS drive was getting low on memory due to heave Chrome caches and apps.
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I want to write an application that detects when a page is loaded in the browser, then I should be able to insert content on top of the loaded web page? Anybody with an idea on how to do that?  Please note that I should be able to do this in any browser (Firefox/IE).  What language should I use to help me do this?  How do I detect this from an external application?  How should I integrate this with the browser?
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As it was instructed in another thread here in the forums, I opened the /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache file to check for correct references. And noticed this doesn't seem to be the problem, there even are 3 optional browsers to use.  x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop;chromium-browser.desktop;firefox.desktop; x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop;chromium-browser.desktop;firefox.desktop;   I already checked that the programs are correctly named, using the "which" command in the terminal, like this:  $ which google-chrome $ /usr/bin/google-chrome   So google-chrome should be the first option and yet the order to open a url doesn't seem to be arriving to the program, not even to the 2nd or 3rd option for that matter anyways.  Also, the 'Get help online...' command in the 'Help' menu doesn't work. So it is not a problem with the specific document file either.  I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. If you need to ask for more relevant details, please do. It would be nice to have various opinions on how to solve this, thank you :-)  UPDATE: I ran evince from the terminal as asked. This is what I'm getting when trying to open a link:  /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome: line 42: /opt/google/chrome/chrome: Permission denied /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome: line 42: /opt/google/chrome/chrome: Success   Should I try the fix you suggested even if my error log is different?  UPDATE: Tried @maggotbrain's solution and BINGO, now I can study pdf references faster thanks to you bro!
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In Nautilus, when you double click a file, it will open it with the default application associated with the file's extension. For instance, .html files will open in a web browser and .pdf will be opened with Document Viewer. Is there a way to reproduce the same behavior from within the command line (i.e. open path/filename)? I'm asking because I like to browse my file-system from the command line but sometimes don't remember which app. opens what.
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After an update to both Windows 10 and Chrome (51.0.2704.103), my default browser has cleared:    and clicking the "+" button to choose the default only gives me the option of Edge and Firefox:    Does any one know why this is or what I can do to fix it?
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I'm looking for a chrome or firefox plugin that allows me to have windows with different sessions. It's a bit like chrome's  works: if you open an incognito window, it won't share the cookies with the "normal" browser window.   I'm searching for a solution that allows me to create several windows (incognito only allows two: the main window and the incognito window), each with a different session (i.e., without sharing cookies between browser windows).  Any thoughts? I'm using OSX.
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When I use ALT+TAB to cycle through my apps I would like to have icons for all my open browsers. I use the ` (Grave or the key above TAB) but I really find that hard to use.  Anyway I can just use ALT+TAB only?
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I have made a social media web application and I want to test the compatibility of the web application for the different type of browsers and browser version.     I started testing my web application manually but it is not an efficient way to cover all combination of browsers and browser versions. So is there any way possible to do same?
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I'm using the SE app on an Android phone (Galaxy S5 OS 6.0).  When I try the option to view a question in a browser, it simply opens the same question in the app. It doesn't even try opening the browser.  Is this a common issue, or am I the only one experiencing it?  Things I've tried:   clearing defaults for the SE app, clearing defaults for my browsers, clearing data for the SE app, restarting my phone   Here's the option I'm talking about:
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I have a web app that launches from a shortcut on the desktop. I would like to have it spawn in a new instance of Chrome -- with its own pinnable task bar icon, etc. -- instead of grouped with the rest of my general web browsing activity. Is it possible to do this without running it in a different browser altogether?
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Whenever I click a link from something like outlook or a program opens a web page (not when I click a link from within chrome). It opens up in Chrome since it is my default browser but if I already have a page open it will open in a new tab on that same window. I can't tell you how many times I forget about this and close the window out, accidentally losing the other tab too. Ofcourse, I can open a new chrome window and find it under recently closed tabs but I would really just prefer if they opened in their own window so I can prevent this.
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Most OSs show a nice summary about which application will be used to open a certain file type. Android does not seem to have such a function.  How can I track and manage the default applications?