Browser Ninja for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By _AGNDA_

  Works well, but needs more options.

  I agree with mayostard below - app does essentially what Choosy used to do (still does actually, but it’s super old and hasn’t been updated in years). - I too would like to see support for regular expressions and the ability to test / preview the recipies you create similar to the feature in Hazel where it shows you what files will be affected by what rules before you enable it. - One thing that bothers me is that since you have to make Browser Ninja the default browser for it to catch links & trigger rules, every time a link or html file is opened, while it does trigger the correct rule it opens up the preferences window. Perhaps this is user error, but I don’t see a setting anywhere to disable this annoyance. - Overall, good app. Unlike mayostard below, I really like the menubar icon as I can quickly switch default browsers with a single click, although I’d really like a global hotkey to do this. Haven’t tried Browser Fairy but I would recommend this app for sure. Saves a good amount of time and that’s exactly what I need. - Would be great if the app could support app URL schemes. For example, if I click a twitter link from a message in say iMessage, I would love it I could set a rule to automatically re-format the URL to open in Tweetbot for Windows. I’m not sure if this is possible, but it sure would be cool.

  
  
• By BradKnowles

  Doesn't support Brave

  Needs more alternative browser support.

  
  
• By Vittaly

  Work great

  Works as described, but I wish I could hide the menubar icon since I never use it and it just takes up space.

  
  
• By sh2020

  Works like a charm.

  Wonderful. All it’s missing is the ability to hide the system tray icon.

  
  
• By iammikeb

  Exactly what I needed!

  If you need an app that allows you to quickly switch between your default browsers, then look no further! This app does that and much more. My PC is for both work and personal use, but I like to keep my browsing separate. Additionally, I use two different browsers for personal use because some web apps perform better on one browser than another. In the end, I use a total of three different browsers throughout my day. Here is where Browser Ninja saves the day for me... I use Outlook for work email and need all of my links from Outlook to open in Chrome. I use Windows Mail for personal email and need all of my links from Windows Mail to open in Safari. Browser Ninja allows me to create a rule to do just this! You can make browser rules as simple or as complex as you like to make sure your links are going where you want them to. I read the negative reviews, and maybe this app suffered in the past, but that is definitely not the case now! If you need to work in multiple browsers and are annoyed by constantly changing which one is the default, you need this app.

  
  

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