I just have the sense that it must have been easier to put it in the software itself than to create another Sys Pref pane or two...
In recent years, Apple has shown the philosophy that less is more--not as many upgrade options, build in most of the features that people use (e.g., most people don't ever upgrade their video cards, but they do upgrade RAM, so give them only the RAM upgrade option...etc.). This would appear to me to be the case here. I will agree that it is not very intuitive, but I don't think it was an attempt to shut others out of the market. Most folks will never venture beyond the built-in apps for browsing and email...those are probably the two most used apps by consumers, and they like having them right there. (I've been a Mac user since 1986, and I do have Firefox and Opera installed as well as Safari for various reasons, and use Entourage for most of my email and Mail for some.) -- Blessings, Fred On 4/13/07 11:14 AM, "Damian (Personal Home)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, Joshua is right - they're stupid. Nothing genius about it. By trying > to be tricky and clever they are being deceptive and manipulative and > damaging their good reputation which will ultimately damage their business. > > It's short-sighted and daft and very annoying. > > >> From: Bellwether <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:38:03 -0500 >> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Conversation: Defining default browser for hyperlinks >> Subject: Re: Defining default browser for hyperlinks >> >> On 4/12/07 5:44 PM, Joshua Yeidel wrote: >> >>> It's amazing to me that Apple, which is supposed to be the human-computer >>> interface leader, bungles this so badly. >> >> Or they're genius -- it's one way to get you to at least launch the app >> you're trying to avoid using. Once launched, you might take a look, and if >> you like it, end up using it (Mail or Safari) after all. :-) >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> archives: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> >> old-archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> >> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
