Applications that depend on the alternatives x-www-browser and gnome- www-browser are fundamentally broken. You should report bugs against applications that are using those instead, then we could get rid of them entirely
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/943153 Title: x-www-browser not the same as gnome-www-browser Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I just discovered that x-www-browser is different to gnome-www-browser. This can cause some weird behaviour. Use case: Install firefox and opera on your system. Opera sets itself as default x-www-browser wheras firefox sets itself as default gnome-www-browser. Now, some apps use gnome-www-browser, while others rely on x-www-browser. For example: clicking a link in thunderbird opens firefox, while dropbox opens opera. For the not-so-power users, there is no graphical way to set x-www-browser. (At least, i havent found one) So the question is: Is it really necessary to have these two seperate confi-options still in 2012? Wouldnt it make sense to have these two config-options linked to one another? Or are there still so many use cases that justify a distiction between gnome-www-browser and x-www-browser? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/943153/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp