Firefox insists to be default browser ...
Hi all, After the recent upgrade of Firefox and Thunderbird in oldoldstable (Mate desktop), about a month ago or so, when the versions changed from 60-something to 90-something, Firefox annoyingly keeps asking me to be the default browser, even though I always respond to that asking by click on 'dont ask me again', and have set it as default browser in Mate's Control Center default applications. Furthermore, Thunderbird is also set there as default email client. However, if I click on a weblink in Thunderbird mail, another Thunderbird session opens (instead opening Firefox). And when I close both software, and return to Mate Control Center to check again for default applications ... voila ... Thunderbird seems as magically selected itself for web browser too (both with mail client)! How to prevent that misbehaviour? All worked well for me with older versions of Firefox and Thunderbird (before that version jump to 90 something). What went wrong with the new versions? Misko
Re: Firefox insists to be default !?
On 13/1/22 3:52 am, Miroslav Skoric wrote: Hi all, After the recent upgrade of Firefox (and Thunderbird) in oldoldstable (Mate desktop), Firefox always asks me to be default browser, even though I have set it as default in Mate's default applications, and respond to that asking by click on 'dont ask me again'. Furthermore, Thunderbird is also set as a default email client. However, if I click on a weblink in Thunderbird mail, another Thunderbird session opens (instead opening Firefox). And when I close both software, and return to Mate control panel to check again for default applications ... voila ... Thunderbird seems as magically selected for both mail client and web browser there! How to prevent that misbehaviour? All worked well with previous versions of Firefox and Thunderbird. What went wrong with new versions? Misko Perhaps you might be interested in subscribing to, and, posting to, the firefox mailing list, and/or the mozilla mailing list, at https://groups.io/g/firefox-support and https://groups.io/g/mozilla respectively. Out of interest, with the firefox issue, I have had the same problem on my cellphone firefox installation, so, it appears to be a problem not limited to Debian installations of firefox. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) ..
Re: Firefox insists to be default !?
Me too. Firefox 95.0.2 in Mate fully updated. I have had this problem before but it always sorted itself out later. On 2022-01-12 14:52, Miroslav Skoric wrote: Hi all, After the recent upgrade of Firefox (and Thunderbird) in oldoldstable (Mate desktop), Firefox always asks me to be default browser, even though I have set it as default in Mate's default applications, and respond to that asking by click on 'dont ask me again'. Furthermore, Thunderbird is also set as a default email client. However, if I click on a weblink in Thunderbird mail, another Thunderbird session opens (instead opening Firefox). And when I close both software, and return to Mate control panel to check again for default applications ... voila ... Thunderbird seems as magically selected for both mail client and web browser there! How to prevent that misbehaviour? All worked well with previous versions of Firefox and Thunderbird. What went wrong with new versions? Misko
Firefox insists to be default !?
Hi all, After the recent upgrade of Firefox (and Thunderbird) in oldoldstable (Mate desktop), Firefox always asks me to be default browser, even though I have set it as default in Mate's default applications, and respond to that asking by click on 'dont ask me again'. Furthermore, Thunderbird is also set as a default email client. However, if I click on a weblink in Thunderbird mail, another Thunderbird session opens (instead opening Firefox). And when I close both software, and return to Mate control panel to check again for default applications ... voila ... Thunderbird seems as magically selected for both mail client and web browser there! How to prevent that misbehaviour? All worked well with previous versions of Firefox and Thunderbird. What went wrong with new versions? Misko
