Firefox as default browser and IE for SharePoint

If you are using more than 1 browser in your daily work life, make sure to use the small little “Browser Selector” tool from Marco

The good thing for me is:

  • Firefox is my default browser (web apps like gmail, wave, … just work nicer)
  • Opera is for reading (reading, zooming, 100 open tabs: Opera is still FAST)
  • IE is for Microsoft sites like SharePoint, MS CRM, … (that require IE or Kerberos authentication)

My configuration looks like this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<BrowserSelector>
  <Rules>
    <Rule Url="microsoft.com" Browser="IE" />
    <Rule Url="msdn.com" Browser="IE" />
    <Rule Url="msn.com" Browser="IE" />
    <Rule Url="live.com" Browser="IE" />
    <Rule Url="sharepoint.ssw.com.au" Browser="IE" />
    <Rule Url="crm.ssw.com.au" Browser="IE" />
    <Rule Url="intranet.ssw.com.au" Browser="IE" />
-------SNIP SNIP SNIP SNIP -------
  </Rules>
  <Browsers>
    <Browser Name="Firefox" Path="C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" Default="true" />
    <Browser Name="Opera" Path="C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera\opera.exe" />
    <Browser Name="IE" Path="C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" />
  </Browsers>
</BrowserSelector>

Get it from the dedicated “Browser selector” project page

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Peter
How I can I get rid of the nasty authentication dialog, on connecting to SharePoint with Firefox... Don't want to use your tool!

Peter Gfader said...

You can use "Windows Integrated Authentication in Firefox"! See here http://www.ssw.com.au/ssw/Standards/Rules/RulesToBetterFirefox.aspx
OR better way: use "Browser Selector" :-)

Whats the reason for not using this tool, except configuration in XML :-|

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