Well at the same time you don't change default applications every day, and i.e firefox, chromium, thunderbird, etc will ask on start if you want to set them default, so most users will never need that dialog
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/840402 Title: Default Applications does not belong in System Info(Oneiric)/Details(Precise) Status in GNOME Control Center: New Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: System Settings (gnome-control-center) does not have an item for Default Applications. Instead, this is a part of "System Info". Unfortunately this is a personal setting and not system information, therefore I feel it should be on its own under the "Personal" section. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.1.90-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: i386 Date: Sat Sep 3 10:28:06 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Alpha i386 (20110817) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-08-27 (6 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/840402/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

