Without knowing the intricacies, surely this should be quite easy to fix? Gnome-based apps such as Thunderbird use /etc/alternatives/x-www- browser. So when the default browser is changed, can it not change the default there as well?
This is one of the major gripes new Kubuntu users have :) -- Thunderbird uses konqueror as web browser https://launchpad.net/bugs/52670 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
