Buchan Milne wrote: > Do either KDE or Gnome allow you to change from their browser. I cannot > see a way to get KDE to default to use Mozilla, and the BROWSER variable is: > [bgmilne@bgmilne i586]$ echo $BROWSER > kfmclient openProfile webbrowsing > > Maybe Gnome allows this (should try Gnome again), so I would not have to > type my proxy password (we have single-sign-on essentially) into a > normal (non-password) text field!
Gnome has a "Preferred Applications" panel that allows the user to the default browser, text editor and terminal (though why not the mail client, I don't know). I'm not sure of the internals, but besides a manual setting it gives a list of registered apps. Usually, I don't bother with it. > This is actually quite applicable to the tpb package that has just been > added. True enough. Plus, there's a nifty new keybinding utility in Gbome that covers those special kinds of keys. Check out Gnome 2.2 when you get a chance; while it has quite a way to go, it's moving along. At least for testing, I like to be a Mandrake Gnome user in part because I know I'm in the minority. :) > Just a pity this suggestion came so late ... The Mac OS has had this for its internet-related settings for some time (and very nice, too), and even MS has plopped something in in order to "satisfy" the antitrust ruling (though not nearly as comprehensive or as easy to find as for the Mac). I really think that this belongs at the desktop environment level, but it is interesting to explore here.
