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   Message 9,540 of 9,710   
   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   
      
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