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My default web browser is Opera. This is the desired behavior for general browsing.
However, I would prefer that a URL in a domain opens in Internet Explorer where the content of that domain is more compatible with Internet Explorer than with Opera.
For example, this link:
http://ssrs/Reports
should open in Internet Explorer because the location is in the ssrs
domain. In my organization, content in this domain is served by SQL Server Reporting Services, which works well only with Internet Explorer.
This link:
http://fogbugz/default.asp
should open in Internet Explorer because the location is in the fogbugz
domain. In my organization, content in this domain is served by FogBugz. Several features of FogBugz are broken or buggy in Opera.
Any other domain should open in Opera.
How do I configure Windows 7 with these rules?
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Some alternate ways to solve the issue from an older question. Just to note that i can't think of any way to do this offhand, since your browser would need to be aware of other browsers, and quirks mode.
– Journeyman Geek – 2012-07-12T11:04:05.807When you want to open them, where are you typing these URLs? – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2012-07-12T11:58:41.423
I'm not typing them. The links appear in other applications. For example, someone sends me an IM message with a link to FogBugz case. – Iain Samuel McLean Elder – 2012-07-12T13:36:07.550
If you'd be willing to switch to FF, it has an extension that will open pages in IE based on url. – Paul – 2012-07-12T13:40:47.083
I don't want to change my primary browser. I'm looking for a way for the shell to route a URL to a browser according to the URL's form. – Iain Samuel McLean Elder – 2012-07-12T13:53:34.250
1In particular, I don't want a link typed into the address bar of Opera to open in Internet Explorer. If I type it in Opera, it should open in Opera. If I type it in Internet Explorer, it should open in Internet Explorer. If the URL is found outside of the context of a browser, then the system should decide which browser should handle it. – Iain Samuel McLean Elder – 2012-07-12T13:55:59.723
perhaps look into adding a right-click option to open in alternate browsers on links. Chrome or FF you could create an extension to do so. Anything like that possible for opera? – datatoo – 2012-07-12T13:57:17.600
@datatoo Opera has the 'Open with' context-menu option to open the current URL in another browser. But I don't want a URL in my messenger to open Opera just so that I can choose 'Open with > Internet Explorer'. It's quicker just to start Internet Explorer and copy the link into its address bar. – Iain Samuel McLean Elder – 2012-07-12T14:02:25.753
@isme sorry my mistake, it would be determined by your IM app, not opera. – datatoo – 2012-07-12T16:22:39.643