[xubuntu-users] Why does Firefox persist as default browser in some contexts...

[Len Philpot]

You're right about T-bird, it took an extension to get it to use Chrome. 
But I've had it happen with software that has no such configuration. For 
example, just this evening with Areca backup.


*Len Philpot*
lphilpot01 at gmail.com <mailto:lphilpot01 at gmail.com>
/Sent from Thunderbird on Xubuntu Linux/
On 01/04/2017 07:08 PM, fred roller wrote:
> Each program may/does have it's own preference setting.  Some software 
> will call on the system and some, like Thunderbird I believe, will set 
> the preference locally within itself.
>
> -- Fred
>
> On Wed, Jan 4, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Len Philpot <lphilpot01 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:lphilpot01 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     ...despite not being visibly set as default? For HTMLfiles in a
>     volume, Chrome opens by default. Yet particularly from
>     applications when opening HTML help, for example, they
>     all-too-often do so in Firefox.
>
>       * I have Chrome set as the webbrowser in Preferred Applications.
>       * There are zero references to Firefox (nor Mozilla, for that
>         matter) to be found in the Mime Type Editor.
>       * 'exo-open --launch WebBrowser' launches Chrome
>       * 'update-alternatives' shows Chrome as the "auto mode" default,
>         although there's a manual mode available (not tried that yet)
>       * There are no in-app preferences for default browsers in the apps
>
>     What am I missing?
>     Thanks.
>     -- 
>     *Len Philpot*
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>     /Sent from Thunderbird on Xubuntu Linux/
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