Changing default browser

[Avi Greenbury]

On Mon, 19 May 2008 06:28:05 -0400
Pat Brown <pat.mysterywriter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to change the default browser used when I click on a
> link an email? Right now it launches Firefox, but I've been using
> Konquerer a lot since for me at least, it seems more stable. (My
> Firefox will crash completely in the middle of a transaction) I've
> looked around the setup of both browsers and can't find anything to
> do this. I know with email programs you can make one or the other a
> default.
> 


System -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications
should do it, but isn't obeyed by all apps. 

You might want to look at /usr/bin/sensible-browser which is a script
that attempts to guess which browser you want - IME, quite a few apps
rely on this more than any other setting. In the past, I've replaced it
with a script that just executes the browser I know I want, which
seems to work flawlessly.


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Avi Greenbury