Is there a way to automate to change your default browser during the day. I want to sever (Ha) my browser usage between one for work and one for personal life management, entertainment, etc… but creating a hard separation in a challenge if only one is your default. Is there a way to put that feature on a schedule so say after 5 my default is firefox but during the day it’s brave?
I am going to assume Apple won’t let that happen on iOS or iPadOS
I am planning to install Velja — Sindre Sorhus possibly later tonight, after reading about all the cool things you can do, to use different browsers for different URL’s and Apps. Lots of flexibility.
But I just noticed that he has another nice utility Default Browser — Sindre Sorhus, which allows you to change default brower from your menu bar, and also from scripting tools.
Quote from that webpage:
The app comes with support for the Shortcuts app. Look up the app in the Shortcuts app to see what actions it provides.
For example, you could switch to a certain browser at a specific time of the day, or maybe when joining a specific Wi-Fi network.
Sounds like just what you are looking for.
Velja is a great little app.
Velja is really nice, I switched to it when I ran into issues with Browserosaurus a while back.
You could also use a browser which makes it easy to switch profiles and use a different profile?
Zen (Firefox based) and Arc are good options.
Safari also allows a feature where you can specify which websites open in which profile.
I’m using OpenIn at the moment, you can use JavaScript to create rules / process urls.
e.g. I’ve created a script that strips awstrack /outlook safelinks from links clicked in emails before passing it to the browser.
You could probably do something with time.
I will look into that. Thanks!
Is Arc still mostly supported I heard it was getting depreciated for whatever that new thing was.
They’re updating Chromium version and that’s about it, I’ve subsequently moved to Vivaldi.