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Title: FireFox def browser
Post by: Jack2000 on 9 September 2005, 22:18
Hi people i know this is Anti M$ forum but i need some help



Um i want to make graphic and html files to open by defoult in FireFox

and i mean all of them full Mozilla integration

pls help


(or at least as much as posible)
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: Refalm on 9 September 2005, 22:27
:confused:
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: piratePenguin on 9 September 2005, 22:29
What OS/desktop enviornment?
(Please note that if the answer is Windows, you should know better.)
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: Jack2000 on 9 September 2005, 22:32
oh
you know when you double click .jpg file how it opens it in MSIE
right ?

Well i want to it to do this for me in FireFox
now i am not shure under what file type are stored the .htm;.html;.jpg .... extentions

... soo ... i nead help
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: piratePenguin on 9 September 2005, 22:39
Quote from: Jack2000
oh
you know when you double click .jpg file how it opens it in MSIE
right ?

Well i want to it to do this for me in FireFox
now i am not shure under what file type are stored the .htm;.html;.jpg .... extentions

... soo ... i nead help
In Firefox:
Edit > Preferences
Check the "Default Browser" bit.

I'm not gonna help with the Windows end of things (if that doesn't fit your needs), mainly because this is the Microsoft Eradication Society, and also because I mostly-forget all that crap (thank the Lord.).
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: Jack2000 on 9 September 2005, 22:53
you think you forget it i am starting to forget it and i am useing it !





ps: it is in the mood of this forum becouse i want to swich to mizilla firefox :) ,get it ?
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: piratePenguin on 9 September 2005, 22:59
Quote from: Jack2000
you think you forget it i am starting to forget it and i am useing it !
I have no clue what you're trying to say...
Quote from: Jack2000
ps: it is in the mood of this forum becouse i want to swich to mizilla firefox :) ,get it ?
Yes I do, but reason number two still stands.

Look in Control Panel.
There's somewhere you can replace IE with Firefox as the default browser, IIRC, and in the same place you can use it for opening other things (IIRC).

Right clicking on files, open with, Firefox, I think there's a "set as default" checkbox in there.
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: worker201 on 9 September 2005, 22:59
Open some folder, like My Computer or My Documents, click on View, and then (i think) folder options.  This will bring up a multi-tabbed dialog box.  One of the tabs is file types.  Just go down to jpeg and whatever else and change the Open action to point to the program of your choice.

It's a hell of a lot more complicated to do this in Windows than it is in OSX or Gnome, just so you know.


Edit:
in Windows XP, you click Tools to get to Folder Options, not View.
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: sjor on 9 September 2005, 23:05
Right...

Windows XP=  
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: Annorax on 9 September 2005, 23:57
Quote from: piratePenguin
I have no clue what you're trying to say...

Yes I do, but reason number two still stands.

Look in Control Panel.
There's somewhere you can replace IE with Firefox as the default browser, IIRC, and in the same place you can use it for opening other things (IIRC).

Right clicking on files, open with, Firefox, I think there's a "set as default" checkbox in there.


Firefox sets itself as default browser at install and runtime unless you tell it not to.

Also, why do you want jpg's to open in Firefox instead of Photoshop or GIMP or something?
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: MarathoN on 10 September 2005, 00:34
I make all my pictures open in The GIMP, especially BMPs :P
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: worker201 on 10 September 2005, 04:11
All my pictures open in eog, the "eye of gnome" - double-clicking a picture of a girl with big ... I mean, a picture of kittens just takes me to an image viewer.

In Windows, when you absolutely must use it, I think Irfanview is the best image browser.  FreeSee is what I use for the Mac.  I haven't found an image browser that works like that for Linux yet :(
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: Aloone_Jonez on 10 September 2005, 19:31
Quote from: piratePenguin
What OS/desktop enviornment?
(Please note that if the answer is Windows, you should know better.)

I know this forum has no a Windows questions policy but I think we should activly encourage questions about using MS alternatives on Windows as it helps our cause which is to move people away from MS software.
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: piratePenguin on 10 September 2005, 20:47
Quote from: Aloone_Jonez
I know this forum has no a Windows questions policy but I think we should activly encourage questions about using MS alternatives on Windows as it helps our cause which is to move people away from MS software.
Yep. That's what I thought, and why I eventually did try to help this guy.

Questions about Microsoft products should be allowd aslong as the user is trying to start using (i.e. installing, configuring, and actually using) a free, oops I mean non-Microsoft, product.
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: xyle_one on 11 September 2005, 00:39
If you are using windows xp it has a perfectly capable image viewer. By default, images open in windows image/fax viewer. I see no reason why you should use firefox as an image viewer.

And, use linux. LINUX LINUX LINUX. because your e-penis will grow 6 inches OVERNIGHT!
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: skyman8081 on 11 September 2005, 01:41
Quote from: xyle_one
If you are using windows xp it has a perfectly capable image viewer. By default, images open in windows image/fax viewer. I see no reason why you should use firefox as an image viewer.

And, use linux. LINUX LINUX LINUX. because your e-penis will grow 6 inches OVERNIGHT!
But XYLON!  Wisdoe$n't Xpee isn't teh free!!!11
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: piratePenguin on 11 September 2005, 01:47
Quote from: skyman8081
But XYLON!  Wisdoe$n't Xpee isn't teh free!!!11
Good attempt.
:rolleyes:
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: Jack2000 on 11 September 2005, 14:10
:) right....
done every thing in the end got me some program that replaces explorer with an alt. to M$ :) i'm so happy :))


also i am going to ask you something, how fast does your FireFox/Opera/etc starts
after you doubleclick/start it.
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: piratePenguin on 11 September 2005, 19:02
Quote from: Jack2000
also i am going to ask you something, how fast does your FireFox/Opera/etc starts
after you doubleclick/start it.
~2s, but that's not much worse than gedit!

If it starts too slow, you can use a preloader:
http://matt.sixxgate.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=92
(It only works on Windows.)
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: xyle_one on 11 September 2005, 19:22
Well skyman, I would still prefer to use Linux over Windows. Simply because I like the level of control i have over, well, everything.

I just don't see why you would cripple an already bad os by replacing what little tools it has with tools that were not even meant to handle the job. Like using firefox, a web browser, as an image viewer.
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: MarathoN on 12 September 2005, 22:34
pP - Does the preloader work with 1.6?
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: piratePenguin on 13 September 2005, 03:28
Quote from: MarathoN
pP - Does the preloader work with 1.6?
1.6? Do you mean 1.5 or 1.0.6?

I'd assume it works with 1.0.6 - probably not 1.5 yet.

Just download the installer and give it a try.
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: Jack2000 on 13 September 2005, 03:32
It works :) for me
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: worker201 on 13 September 2005, 04:39
Quote from: piratePenguin
1.6? Do you mean 1.5 or 1.0.6?


The latest version of DeerPark calls itself 1.6, for some reason.  Maybe 60% of the way between alpha and beta?  Hell if I know.

And hardly anything works in it yet.

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050911 Firefox/1.6a1
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: Jack2000 on 13 September 2005, 06:03
Whatsup with that deerpark thingy is it Mozilla/firefox related browser or something ??
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: Orethrius on 13 September 2005, 06:38
Quote from: Jack2000
Whatsup with that deerpark thingy is it Mozilla/firefox related browser or something ??

 DeerPark == beta of next Firefox
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: MarathoN on 13 September 2005, 21:47
Quote from: piratePenguin
1.6? Do you mean 1.5 or 1.0.6?

I'd assume it works with 1.0.6 - probably not 1.5 yet.

Just download the installer and give it a try.


I couldn't find the download link.  :(
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: piratePenguin on 13 September 2005, 22:11
Quote from: MarathoN
I couldn't find the download link.  :(
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ffpreloader/FirefoxPreloaderSetup.exe?download
Title: Re: FireFox def browser
Post by: MarathoN on 14 September 2005, 15:47
Thanks, that worked. :)