Re: Setting default application for URL scheme

FROM : Nick Zitzmann
DATE : Wed May 14 23:25:29 2008

On May 14, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Ken Thomases wrote:

> Do you really need to set the default handler?  Generally, Mac 
> applications merely advertise that they are capable of handling a 
> given URL scheme and it's left to the user to pick the default 
> handler.  To merely advertise the capability, see the documentation 
> of the CFBundleURLTypes key of the Info.plist file:



That's the best way to do it. However, some programs tend to override 
the user's choices for default URL handlers. I've noticed that the 
Finder, for example, is very adamant about making itself the default 
FTP URL handler.

Nick Zitzmann
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