[Bug 52670] Re: Thunderbird (and other Gnome apps) use konqueror as web browser
** Summary changed: - Thunderbird uses konqueror as web browser + Thunderbird (and other Gnome apps) use konqueror as web browser ** Description changed: Binary package hint: kubuntu-desktop I´ve installed firefox and set it up as my default web browser in the system settings. But when I click on a link in thunderbird konqueror is still opened. Since thunderbird uses firefox e.g. in SuSE I think this is a configuration bug. Thunderbird should use the web browser set as default in kde components if possible. + + UPDATE: + This affects all Gnome applications, such as Open Office, as well. To overcome this, sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser needs to be run. The same effect should be achieved from within the GUI. -- Thunderbird (and other Gnome apps) use konqueror as web browser https://launchpad.net/bugs/52670 -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 52670] Re: Thunderbird (and other Gnome apps) use konqueror as web browser
@Ian No because alternatives and kde default components are different. Alternatives are system-wide, they require sudo (root privileges). Kde default components are per-user, they don't require any privileges. In my opinion, the best ideal solution would be that alternatives could handle per-user configuration and don't require sudo, then kde default components could use the alternatives system. But that is tricky. You have to think about usercases in multi-user environments, how updates would affect per-user alternatives, etc. It would be great to have a specification, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeatureSpecifications , but so far no one has volunteered to even try to write it. Anyway, if you think there is an easy solution, it is worth to try to detail it and write a specification. If you (or someone else) implement it, it would be certainly better than the current situation. -- Thunderbird (and other Gnome apps) use konqueror as web browser https://launchpad.net/bugs/52670 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
