Opening http links in Firefox

[Nigel Ridley]

On 08/01/2011 08:05 PM, Nigel Ridley wrote:
> I just downloaded and 'installed' Firefox 5 from the Firefox website.
> I 'installed' it into my home directory: ~/firefox_5 and to run it I use the command:
> ~/firefox_5/firefox
> I have even edited the main 'kicker' menu to reflect my new Firefox and it respects it - which is
> more than I can say for Thunderbird (about:config) and 'System Settings' > 'Default Applications'
>  > 'Web Browser'.
>
> So how can I get Thunderbird and the 'gmail plasmoid' to open my nice new Firefox 5 instead of
> the system installed Firefox 3.6x?
>
> Any help much appreciated,
>
> Nigel
>


OK, I managed to get the gmail plasmoid to use firefox 5 (it was staring me in the face - bottom 
of the settings page of the actual plasmoid) but am still stumped with getting Thunderbird to use 
it....

Nigel