On 06/12/2011 04:16 PM, Tim Evans wrote: > > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jun 12, 2011, at 12:43 PM, Steven Stern > <subscribed-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:subscribed-lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > wrote: > >> 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. >> >> >> As I noted in the other thread on this topic, this did not resolve my >> problem. Matter of fact, my laptop running F15 using the very same rdf >> file fails to open any browser from Thunderbird > > Same problem here, only on F14 with Tbird 5 beta 1. John -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
