As of 15.10, I've noticed that support for at least browser (SeaMonkey) seems to be respected in all applications besides 1) alternative browsers and 2) Thunderbird, which chooses Firefox no matter what, even if you make a change. As a result, I just quit using Thunderbird. I'm not sure if changes were made, but I definitely used to suffer from this bug and no longer do.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/794720 Title: xubuntu desktop fails to respect "preferred applications" Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in mozilla-firefox package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: xfwm4 On my wife's desktop, the preferred web-browser is set, via "Settings Manager", to chromium-browser. However, if she clicks a web link received by email (thunderbird), firefox is always launched. Also, clicking the generic "Web Browser" icon in the bottom panel launches firefox. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: xfwm4 4.8.1-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Jun 8 15:36:45 2011 InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xfwm4 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) WORKAROUND: Xfce stores it at ~/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc There will be a key named WebBrowser. e.g: WebBrowser=firefox Using an editor, complete the following steps: 1. change preferred browser in Settings -> Preferred Applications 2. open a terminal, type cd ~/.config/xfce4/ 3. type mousepad helpers.rc 4. find "WebBrowser=firefox" 5. change the line to read "WebBrowser=chromium-browser" 6. Save the file exit the terminal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/794720/+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
