Using applescript to open web browser and go to a site

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I've been messing around with AppleScripts and i thought it would be nice to make a script that would open a window and go to a spacific site for me, but i can't figure it out. So far all i have is:
tell application "Safari"
activate
make new window
end tell

This is extreamly poor, i understand, but i can't find the command for new window for the life of me, much less a "goto URL" command=\
 
Oh. Then drag the little icon next to the URL to the Desktop, and tell Applescript to launch this URL file.
 
Um...
Code: 
tell application "Finder"
  open file "XYZ"
end tell
I should think...

Just record your actions as you open the URL file.
 
Code: 
tell application "Safari"
	activate
	do JavaScript "window.open('http://www.yahoo.com')" in document 1
end tell

This will do what you want.

Make sure you retain the http:// and the trailing slash though, otherwise you will get an error page.
 
Here's a little script I use that runs automatically every morning before I wake up. Then when I get my mornig coffee I can just sit down and all my news pages, etc are already open. While not strictly an AppleScript, it might help you out. This is a shell script that is launched by cron at a specified time.

1. Create the text file (aake sure its TEXT not RTF) and enter the following:

#!/bin/sh

#
# functions
#
# opennew is a function to create a new Safari window
opennew () {
osascript <<EOF
tell application "Safari"
activate
make new document at beginning of documents
end tell
EOF
sleep 5
}

# open a new Safari window then loads the urls listed below into that new
window.
# note the last url in the list does NOT have a trailing fwd slash
opennew
open "http://url1" \
"http://url2" \
"http://url3" \
"http://url4"

# open another window, load more urls
opennew
open "http://url5" \
"http://url6" \
"http://url7" \
"http://url8"

2. Save the file and change permissions to executable (chmod 755 filename).

3. Setup a cron task to launch the file at a specific time, or you can run it manually
 
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.
 
Code: 
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 :)
 
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