Displaying a computer resource through a preferred browser, including invoking a URL that identifies a computer resource; identifying, among a plurality of available browsers, a preferred browser for the resource; and displaying the resource through the preferred browser. Typical embodiments also include storing the URL in association with an identification of the preferred browser. In such embodiments, identifying a preferred browser for the resource also includes identifying the preferred browser in dependence upon the URL. Identifying the preferred browser may include requesting the resource through a default browser and receiving the resource in the default browser, the resource having meta-data comprising an identification of the preferred browser. Such embodiments also typically include storing the URL in association with the identification of the preferred browser.