Make Safari become the default browser vs. IE

Is it possible to make Safari the default browser instead of IE so when I click on Mail in the taskbar, Mail opens in Safari rather than Internet Explorer?

so I am going to accept this truth.
Thank you,
Alex
Am 29.08.2010 um 14:37 schrieb Murray ACP:
No. That's a browser-specific function. In fact, it's much better
to make the scrollbar visible on ALL pages than it is to try to hide
them on some pages. You can make the scrollbar always visible
(thereby preventing the content on longer pages from shifting left
when the scrollbar appears) with this simple CSS -
>
html { overflow-y:scroll; }
>

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