Using applescript to open web browser and go to a site

[kalantna]

what about a script that will prompt the user for the URL they want to open and then open that URL in say IE, Camino, Safari, and Netscape?

Now, that would be a useful script for me when developing websites.

[dlloyd]

display dialog "Open in" buttons {"Cancel", "All Browsers", "Just Safari"} default button 3
copy the result as list to {the button_pressed}

if the button_pressed is equal to "All Browsers" then
	display dialog "Enter the URL to go to:" default answer "http://" buttons {"Choose Local File", "Cancel", "OK"} default button 3
	copy the result as list to {the empty_var, the button_pressed}
	if the button_pressed is equal to "OK" then
		copy the result as list to {the goto_URL}
		tell application "Finder"
			launch application "Safari"
			launch application "Camino"
			launch application "OmniWeb"
			launch application "iCab"
			launch application "Internet Explorer"
			launch application "Netscape"
			launch application "Mozilla"
			wait
		end tell
		tell application "Safari"
			activate
			make new document at beginning of documents
			open location goto_URL
		end tell
		tell application "Camino"
			activate
			make new document at beginning of documents
			open location goto_URL
		end tell
		tell application "OmniWeb"
			activate
			make new document at beginning of documents
			GetURL goto_URL
		end tell
		tell application "iCab"
			Activate
			make new window
			OpenURL goto_URL
		end tell
		tell application "Internet Explorer"
			Activate
			GetURL goto_URL
		end tell
		tell application "Netscape"
			activate
			Get URL goto_URL
		end tell
		tell application "Mozilla"
			activate
			Get URL goto_URL
		end tell
	else if the button_pressed is equal to "Choose Local File" then
		set the local_file to choose file with prompt "Choose a local file to open:"
		tell application "Finder"
			launch application "Safari"
			launch application "Camino"
			launch application "OmniWeb"
			launch application "iCab"
			launch application "Internet Explorer"
			launch application "Netscape"
			launch application "Mozilla"
		end tell
		tell application "Safari"
			activate
			make new document at beginning of documents
			open local_file
		end tell
		tell application "Camino"
			activate
			make new document at beginning of documents
			open local_file
		end tell
		tell application "OmniWeb"
			activate
			make new document at beginning of documents
			open local_file
		end tell
		tell application "iCab"
			Activate
			make new window
			ShowFile local_file
		end tell
		tell application "Internet Explorer"
			Activate
			open local_file
		end tell
		tell application "Netscape"
			activate
			open local_file
		end tell
		tell application "Mozilla"
			activate
			open local_file
		end tell
	end if
else if the button_pressed is equal to "Just Safari" then
	display dialog "Enter the URL to go to:" default answer "http://" buttons {"Choose Local File", "Cancel", "OK"} default button 3
	copy the result as list to {the empty_var, the button_pressed}
	if the button_pressed is equal to "OK" then
		copy the result as list to {the goto_URL}
		tell application "Safari"
			activate
			make new document at beginning of documents
			open location goto_URL
		end tell
	else if the button_pressed is equal to "Choose Local File" then
		set the local_file to choose file with prompt "Choose a local file to open:"
		tell application "Safari"
			activate
			make new document at beginning of documents
			open local_file
		end tell
	end if
end if

This is something I wrote in a few hours this morning, you better be grateful, it took me so long :P
Really though, I haven't done AppleScript for so long, it was kinda cool to get back to it!
Oh, and I know that all those browser actions work on their own, but the IE, Netscape, and Mozilla ones don't work with all those others in front of them. What you'll need to do is take out the ones you don't need (iCab, Omniweb, etc.) and just leave the others. You can also change the 'Default' browser. I assume you know a little Applescript, so I won't describe how to do it unless you need me to

[Killian 42]

No, No

All you have to do is say:

open location "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFCSXr6qnv4&feature=user"

Or something along those lines.