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["P. H. Madore" <794720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As of 15.10, I've noticed that support for at least browser (SeaMonkey)
seems to be respected in all applications besides 1) alternative
browsers and 2) Thunderbird, which chooses Firefox no matter what, even
if you make a change. As a result, I just quit using Thunderbird. I'm
not sure if changes were made, but I definitely used to suffer from this
bug and no longer do.

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Title:
  xubuntu desktop fails to respect "preferred applications"

Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in mozilla-firefox package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: xfwm4

  On my wife's desktop, the preferred web-browser is  set, via "Settings
  Manager", to chromium-browser.  However, if she clicks a web link
  received by email (thunderbird), firefox is always launched.  Also,
  clicking the generic "Web Browser" icon in the bottom panel launches
  firefox.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: xfwm4 4.8.1-1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Jun  8 15:36:45 2011
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: xfwm4
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

  WORKAROUND:
  Xfce stores it at ~/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc
  There will be a key named WebBrowser. e.g: WebBrowser=firefox

  Using an editor, complete the following steps:
  1. change preferred browser in Settings -> Preferred Applications
  2. open a terminal, type
     cd ~/.config/xfce4/
  3. type 
     mousepad helpers.rc
  4. find "WebBrowser=firefox"
  5. change the line to read "WebBrowser=chromium-browser"
  6. Save the file
  exit the terminal

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