On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 11:29:14AM +0200, schönfeld / in-medias-res.com wrote:
> Package: icedove
> Severity: normal
>
> Under a default debian system with a GNOME Desktop Environment you can
> set your preferred browser to 'Iceweasel' but some applications use the
> x-www-browser defined with update-alternatives. This is not intuitive
> for a modern desktop and most common users should not and would not want
> to be forced to use the console to update this setting. Also it makes
> the desktops inconsistent. icedove is one of the applications using
> x-www-browser instead of what is defined in GNOME's settings. That is
> bad behaviour.
>
> Better would be: It should take the GNOME settings (or maybe KDE, don't
> know that because i am not using it) into account.
> If the DE sets a browser, it should use this one with higher priority
> then the system-wide alternative.
>
installing icedove-gnome-support should bring you that feature.
- Alexander
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