On Saturday 05 September 2009 14:19:00 John Pilkington wrote: > > In the systemsettings dialogue, setting the browser to '/usr/bin/firefox' > > works for me. > > > > Anne > > Yes, thanks. That does appear to have done the trick; I've selected > /usr/bin/thunderbird as email client there too - ie, in Settings > > System Settings > Default Applications. > > I notice that the Settings > Preferred Applications window, if activated > twice, is labelled 'Gnome-default-applications-properties' and so could > well be inappropriate, but it does seem a pity that so many apparently > but not functionally equivalent procedures coexist. Gnome and KDE applications/procedures? There has been the beginning of talks between the desktops about interactivity, but it's not going to happen overnight. The recent joint conference in Gran Canaria helped get a few idea started, and maybe next time we have a joint conference (maybe 2011?) hopefully more progress will be made. Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. Url : http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/kde/attachments/20090905/ef7bfc4b/attachment.bin