On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:09:32 +0100, John Keller wrote: > 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.
Please, spell GNOME, not Gnome :)) It is an acronym.. -- Frederic Crozat MandrakeSoft
