Pretty sure if you set the path in the shortcut to the Firefox executable and passed the URL as a parameter it’ll open it.
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 1 month ago
It sounds like this is happening because your computer still has Chrome as the default browser. Assuming this is Windows: right-click one of the icons on the desktop, click Properties, then click Change and select Firefox.
This will now set Firefox as the default browser for your computer and these icons should now automatically open in Firefox as well as any new ones you create.
Creating an icon on the desktop is very similar in the process you would have done for Chrome too.
The problem here is that you can’t create icons that are exclusive to Chrome or Firefox, as far as I know, since Windows chooses, by default, one app that will open these by default.
Technically you could bypass this by right-clicking the desktop icon and then select “Open in” and then choose the other browser in case you need to open one in Chrome and the other in Firefox.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 month ago
sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Yeah, but I don’t think it’ll open it in the way I want, with only the site content, and no browser furniture. I’ll try it, but I’m not sure. Cheers though 👍
sanguinepar@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Thanks, but I’ve already changed default to FF - the icons are Chrome shortcuts though, so they will only open in Chrome. And I can’t see a way to make equivalent ones for FF, it just doesn’t seem to have the same functionality, in particular opening a link in a window with no tabs, bookmarks of address bar. Although I am going to check out an add on someone suggested that might do the job.
Thanks though 👍