seems the issue has been fixed upstream in http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg- utils/commit/?id=6f49c05ceb2a1935d07c49c2e100b5cf3cdf5f26 if someone wants to work on backporting that to natty
** Changed in: xdg-utils (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670128 Title: gnome-open uses firefox while it's not the preferred browser -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs