On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 10:12 PM Peter Flynn <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 14/12/2018 20:04, Rog wrote: > > I've installed Vivaldi on my Xubuntu 16.04 desktop machine. Problem: > > FireFox keeps popping up when I click links and calls itself the > > preferred browser. > > > > In FF, I can not turn-off the check box for Always check if Firefox is > > your default browser. I un-installed and re-installed FF to fix that. > > > > In Vivaldi, I've set Vivaldi as preferred and turned-on always check. > > > > In Xubuntu, Settings Manager, Preferred Applications, Vivaldi is chosen > > as "The preferred Web Browser will be used to open hyperlinks and > > display help contents. > > > > BUT, FF still opens when I click a link. I have to copy links and paste > > them into Vivaldi's locater bar to go to such sites. > > > > How do I fix this?? > > Try what Teresa suggested. This is a permanent bug in all Ubuntu and its > derivatives which has been there for years. FF steals the preference and > it's VERY hard to get it back. > > I fixed it eventually by just uninstallinf FF and never using it again: > I run Chromium and Vivaldi, and FF can take a hike. > > That is sad. But it seems FF is not preferred by you so should be ok to uninstall. But I still like FF debugging features FireBug compared to Chrome. > Peter > > > -- > xubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > -- Guang <http://javadevnotes.com/java-string-to-char-array>
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