Just heard about this application today:http://www.choosyosx.com/

Acts as your default browser and dispatches links to different browsers (for
example, Fluid instances)

Neat.

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 7:49 PM, James Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Just stumbled upon some interesting settings in iTerm Preferences. It
> allows you to set URL handlers by hand assigning them to an iTerm bookmark.
>  A bookmark can be any command, so effectively we could send all http and
> https requests to a shell script, where using some customized regular
> expressions launch the specific SSB passing along the url....
> Only caveat is it might bring iTerm to the front.... maybe not. would have
> to test it out. Unfortunatley im killed on time this week.  Maybe sunday
> I'll see if i can write something up.
>
> Heres a snippet from iTerm help:
>
> *URL Handler*
>
>    This tab allows user to specify a session to be a handler of URL
>    schemes. When "Connect" button is clicked, iTerm offers a chance to become
>    the default handler if it is not so yet. To disconnect a handler, choose 
> "No
>    Handler". However there is no way to restore the original handler
>    application within iTerm. You can also break a URL into components and use
>    them as parameters in the bookmark's command. Six parameters can be used:
>    - *$$URL$$* The complete URL as the way it is passed in.
>    - *$$HOST$$* The host name in the URL.
>    - *$$USER$$* The user name
>    - *$$PASSWORD$$* The password
>    - *$$PORT$$* The port number
>    - *$$PATH$$* The pathFor example, a bookmark's command is: *telnet -l
>    $$USER$$ $$HOST$$ $$PORT$$*, and the URL is:*telnet://
>    [EMAIL PROTECTED]:23*. This will give you this command: *telnet -l joe
>    fancyland.com 23*
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:19 PM, James Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>> OS X extends a way for applications to register themselves as a "handler"
>> for specific protocols. The yojimbo links come to mind
>> (eg, x-yojimbo-item://E60D211C-9965-4B13-9F59-0F637075DAFA).
>> Would have to see if there's a way to tap into this. It might not be along
>> the same lines, as im just kinda brainstorming, but would need to handle one
>> specific protocol (HTTP).  Seems the person that could do this would need to
>> know a little about how OS Xs link-firing event handler mechanisms work to
>> tap into (read, hijack) it and reroute dynamically.  This might be an
>> opportunity to create an API for apps (browsers and ssbs) to expose their
>> regex rules for processing to the third-party handler.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Todd Ditchendorf <
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I've also been asking the Fluid community to build this for a long
>>> time. It would be much better if it were not part of Fluid itself.
>>> so c'mon... who's gonna do it? ;o]
>>>
>>> Todd
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 6:43 AM, Jake McKee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sign me up for someone who would LOVE this!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 4, 2008, at 4:25 AM, Brian Lalor wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > On Oct 3, 2008, at 6:48 PM, jrguitar21 wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> >> It would be FREAKIN awesome if there were a way to configure my mac
>>>> >> to
>>>> >> open a Basecamp url in my basecamp Fluid app.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I keep thinking about this, myself.  You've stated the problem
>>>> > perfectly.  A prefpane with a background helper app would probably fit
>>>> > the bill, and would probably be useful even for people *not* using
>>>> > Fluid.
>>>> >
>>>> > --
>>>> > Brian Lalor / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> >     Notmeflex (nŏt mē´ flěks) n. The involuntary act of hitting
>>>> > the brakes
>>>> >     when you see a cop, regardless of whether you're speeding or not.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > >
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> >
>

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