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|    Daniel70 to Dirk Fieldhouse    |
|    Re: Change default browser for Mail/News    |
|    19 Dec 25 23:08:26    |
      From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org              On 19/12/2025 10:09 pm, Dirk Fieldhouse wrote:       > On 16/12/2025 12:50, Schugo wrote:       >> On 16.12.2025 09:53, Daniel70 wrote:       >>> On 14/12/2025 12:07 am, Schugo wrote:       >>>> On 13.12.2025 14:03, Schugo wrote:       >>>>>       >>>>> is it possible not to use Seamonkey?       >>>>>       >>>> OK, sorry, found it:       >>>>       >>>> https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/seamonkey/addon/standa       one-seamonkey-mail/       >>>>       >>> Why do you need an add-on so that SeaMonkey doesn't use its own Browser       >>> when a website link is clicked in Mail??       >>>       >>> In SeaMonkey, type 'about:config' in the Browser address line, accept       >>> the Warning, then search for the setting "browser.link.open_external"       >>> (most likely set to '3' when installed) and set it to either '0', '1' or       >>> '2'.       >>>       >>> One of those setting will be to direct a clicked link to an external       >>> Browser of your choice.       >>       >> It was the first search result that made sense. I thoguht why would       >> someone write an extension, when there's a config setting.       >> It has the advantage, that you have 3 options:       >> - use the system default       >> - use SeaMonkey       >> - use a user defined browser       >       > Except that, with FF 140 ESR as default browser and SM 2.53.21 (still       > waiting for 32-bit build of .22 ...), testing (open the above link) has       > these results:       >       > browser.link.open_external result       > 0 open in current tab in open SM       > 1 open in current tab in open SM       > 2 open in tab in new SM window       > 3 open in current tab in open SM       >       > So not really helpful. Or what am I doing wrong ...       >       > /df       >       Why on Earth would 'they' have three settings that do the exact same thing??              Hang on, df, are they the settings in 'FF' configuration .... or for       'SM' configuration??       --       Daniel70              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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