[Bug 165327] Thunderbird Ignoring Default Browser to Use Firefox

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Using the regular, i386 version of Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon. I have used the
KDE control panel to set Opera as the default browser. In spite of this
and everything else I've tried, it opens all links with Firefox. Either
kcontrol is not talking to Thunderbird, or Thunderbird isn't listening
to kcontrol.

First, I tried setting the default browser in kcontrol to "opera", then
"/usr/bin/opera", then "opera -backgroundpage", and then finally
"/usr/bin/opera -backgroundpage". Then I googled around, and saw that
somebody suggested adding to the Thunderbird advanced options
(about:config) the lines "network.protocol-handler.app.http" and
"network.protocol-handler.app.https", and to set both to use "opera" as
the value. I actually went and tried all the same things I tried
plugging in to kcontrol here. Needless to say, nothing worked.

** Affects: mozilla-thunderbird (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Thunderbird Ignoring Default Browser to Use Firefox
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/165327
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