![]() We use podio for task management, and now I have a podio app. I even use this for some of my work stuff. The settings on this tab allow you to control Choosys browser list: Customise the list of browsers. ![]() To find these settings launch the Choosy app (from Finder, Launchpad, etc.) and then click on the Browsers tab. I've setup several of these now, isolating a lot of services into their own applications that are in effect sandboxed from my regular web browsing activities. This page describes the settings on Choosys Browsers tab. So, now anytime I click a link for, Choosy will automatically open the link in my isolated facebook fluid app. In Choosy's preferences you can setup Advanced Behavior Rules. What happens if you click on a link to facebook in email or messages? It'll open Choosy, and sure I could add the Facebook app into Choosy and pick it, but there's a better way. This means that facebook's cookies are only available inside the facebook fluid app, and I can keep Safari logged out of facebook.īut there's a problem. You can even set the Facebook fluid app to store cookies separately from Safari. This is handy, because, for instance I can isolate sites like Facebook into their own app. Fluid lets you create an "Application" that fits in your Applications folder that navigates only to a single website. I also added Whitehat Aviator to the list, so if it's just a "junk" link and I don't want web bugs tracking me, I just open it in Aviator, and it's like opening it directly into Chrome Incognito mode.īut let's make Choosy even more powerful.įluid is a single web site browser. So, I can keep Chrome for work stuff, and Safari for everything else. For instance, if someone sends me a link in Messages, or in Mail, or even a link in iTerm, Choosy pops up and asks me to pick a browser.īTW, if you are wondering how I got Internet Explorer in my list, that's VMWare Fusion's application shortcut to Internet Explorer. So anytime you click a hyperlink on your mac, in any piece of software EXCEPT for browsers, Choosy launches and pops up a menu containing a list of all the browsers you added to the Choosy preferences. Choosy is a browser launcher and pass through. ![]() The way it works is, Choosy becomes your default browser, except it's not a browser. It costs $12 and perfectly solves most multiple web browser problems you come across on a Mac. Luckily, I found a great piece of software that solves this problem perfectly (almost). For a while now I've been struggling with keeping a browser for work stuff, and a browser for home stuff on my same user account in OS X.
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