[ubuntu-studio-devel] Anoying/confusing things in our DE

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 2013-11-17 at 08:47 -0800, Len Ovens wrote:
> > I also try to get my computer to set it as default browser but it
> > never learns.
> 
> This is a separate issue and sounds like a bug.

Menu > Settings > Setting Manager > Preferred Applications > 
Internet > Web Browser

The application chosen there is the default browser. IIRC it only
doesn't work for some apps. IIRC for Thunderbird the default browser can
be set by Thunderbird's preferences and for some GTK apps it has to be
set by gconf or dconf.

Some users want that if a browser already is opened a click on a link
should open a tab for the already opened browser. This IMO has got
drawbacks for some workflows (browser with different settings
en/disabled), but I once wrote an example script for a user who ask for
this:

$ cat .customization/default.browser.sh
#! /bin/bash

pidof midori
case $? in
  0) midori $*; exit;;
esac
pidof opera
case $? in
  0) opera $*;;
  *) firefox $*;;
esac
exit

FWIW a nice alternative browser to Firefox is QupZilla.

Regards,
Ralf