Changing default browser

[Pat Brown]

Avi Greenbury wrote:
> On Mon, 19 May 2008 06:28:05 -0400
> Pat Brown <pat.mysterywriter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Is there a way to change the default browser used when I click on a
>> link an email? Right now it launches Firefox, but I've been using
>> Konquerer a lot since for me at least, it seems more stable. (My
>> Firefox will crash completely in the middle of a transaction) I've
>> looked around the setup of both browsers and can't find anything to
>> do this. I know with email programs you can make one or the other a
>> default.
>>
>>     
>
>
> System -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications
> should do it, but isn't obeyed by all apps. 
>
> You might want to look at /usr/bin/sensible-browser which is a script
> that attempts to guess which browser you want - IME, quite a few apps
> rely on this more than any other setting. In the past, I've replaced it
> with a script that just executes the browser I know I want, which
> seems to work flawlessly.
>
>
>   
Looks like it worked. Thanks!

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