On 06/12/2011 11:22 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 12/06/11 11:11, James McKenzie wrote:
>> On 6/12/11 7:51 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote:
>>> F-15 and Firefox simply do not work as I want them to so I
>>> installed Google Chrome to try it.
>>>
>>> However when I click on a link in an e-mail message in
>>> Thunderbird it keeps starting Firefox instead of the default
>>> browser, Chrome.
>> Did you change the hypertext Application from Firefox to Chrome?
>>
>> James McKenzie
>>
>
>
> "hypertext Application"
>
> Where do I find that?
>
> "Preferred Applications" shows Chrome as the default. I probably
> should have mentioned that this is F-15/XFCE although the
> problem is with Mozilla Thunderbird so I would not expect the
> desktop to cause the problem.
>
> Bob
> .
>
Something's seriously broken and changing the default apps just doesn't
work consistently. This applies throughout the Gnome3 shell. You need
to edit ~/.thunderbird/yourprofile/ and edit mimeTypes.rdf:
Find and edit the stanzas referencing firefox. The should be for http,
https, and ftp.
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:externalApplication:http"
NC:prettyName="google-chrome"
NC:path="/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome" />
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:externalApplication:https"
NC:prettyName="google-chrome"
NC:path="/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome" />
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:scheme:externalApplication:ftp"
NC:prettyName="google-chrome"
NC:path="/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome" />
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-- Steve
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