[Pythonmac-SIG] webbrowser uses osascript instead of open

[Ned Deily]

In article <29C220C0-E1C7-4CB3-9A03-42D19B657D31 at towb.de>,
 mk0423 at towb.de wrote:
> why does the webbrowser module use bin/osascript instead of bin/open? Seems 
> more complicated, and both support launching browsers other than the default.

There's probably not a good reason other than the existing code dates 
back to the early days of OS X (circa 2002) and it gets very little 
attention these days.  Feel free to submit a patch (with tests) to the 
bug tracker if its behavior can be improved.

-- 
 Ned Deily,
 nad at acm.org