When I click an ftp link in Safari, it launches MSIE.
How do I tell it to launch Fetch?

TIA

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surfsofa <surfsofa[at]hotmail.com> wrote:

> PeterD wrote:
>
> > When I click an ftp link in Safari, it launches MSIE.
> > How do I tell it to launch Fetch?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> Open IE, go to Preferences > Protocol Helpers. You can change it in there.

Great - MSIE is the gui for OSX's internet protocol binding.

Ta.

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Michael Hutchison <michael.hutchison[at]preprint.co.uk> wrote:

> > PeterD at pd.news[at]dsl.pipex.invalid wrote:
> >> surfsofa <surfsofa[at]hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>> PeterD wrote:
>
> >>> When I click an ftp link in Safari, it launches MSIE.
> >>> How do I tell it to launch Fetch?
> >>> TIA
>
> >> Open IE, go to Preferences > Protocol Helpers. You can change it in there.
>
> > Great - MSIE is the gui for OSX's internet protocol binding.
> > Ta.
>
> No it ain't.

Yep it is.

> Go to System Prefs window, and click on the Internet settings icon. Go to
> the web tabbed window and use the pop-up menu button to select a different
> web browser or FTP program.

Yeah way cool. But all that does is change yer default web browser,
which I'd already set to Safari. I wanted to change the default FTP
application but the only way I've found to do that is firing up IE and
setting Preferences - Protocol Helpers.

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Woody <usenet[at]alienrat.co.uk> wrote:

> Also, if you want to set up any of the protocol helpers (other than this)
> you could try 'more internet' from here
> http://www.monkeyfood.com/software/MoreInternet/
> Stops you having to use IE

Ta. Still seems odd that there isn't some Apple gui for the protocol
binding, but I guess the existence of this extra PrefPane confirms that
there isn't one I just haven't found yet.

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"PeterD" <pd.news[at]dsl.pipex.invalid> wrote in message
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> Woody <usenet[at]alienrat.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Also, if you want to set up any of the protocol helpers (other than
this)
> > you could try 'more internet' from here
> > http://www.monkeyfood.com/software/MoreInternet/
> > Stops you having to use IE
>
> Ta. Still seems odd that there isn't some Apple gui for the protocol
> binding, but I guess the existence of this extra PrefPane confirms that
> there isn't one I just haven't found yet.

Its not just the apple gui that is missing, its the whole protocol helper
thing - that tool works by saving it in IEs data files.

Seems a bit of a glaring omission but I guess they were in a hurry and
though - ah, you can do that in IE, we won't bother yet.
Anyway, that preference pane does the job well enough and I would rather use
that then use IE.

Woody

"Simon Liddle" <simon_liddle[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Woody wrote:
>
> >
> > Seems a bit of a glaring omission but I guess they were in a hurry and
> > though - ah, you can do that in IE, we won't bother yet.
>
> I wonder (just curious really) if it has been included in Panther?
Anyone?

Haven't spotted it anywhere

Woody