From: nomail@hotmail.com   
      
   On 11/13/25 18:35, Paul wrote:   
   > On Thu, 11/13/2025 10:08 AM, Alan K. wrote:   
   >> On 11/13/25 9:47 AM, Edmund wrote:   
   >>> On 11/13/25 15:35, Paul wrote:   
   >>>> On Thu, 11/13/2025 7:26 AM, Edmund wrote:   
   >>>>> Mint222   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Fresh install and I see our cut&paste clowns who call themselves - who   
   know what - have managed to bring back a lot of 20+ years old bugs.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Default webbrowser selection does exactly nothing.   
   >>>>> Web browsers cannot save a webpages anymore   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Can't wait to see what more bugs can brought back in the next release   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Do you mean, like this ?   
   >>>>   
   >>>>       [Picture]   
   >>>>   
   >>>>       https://i.postimg.cc/X7sM0CC4/preferred-applications-lm222.gif   
   >>>>   
   >>>>      Paul   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>> Yes   
   >>>   
   >> You know, you're right.  I've been on 222 for quite some time.   I just   
   changed mine to chrome and clicked an html file and it still launched firefox.   
   >> In order to make it open chrome, I have to right click and do 'other' and   
   pick chrome and 'set as default' then launch.   Poor way to get around it.   
   >>   
   >> I even edited a few config files once to force it that way.  .desktop   
   files someplace, probably /usr/share/applications.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I tried the obscure browsers first, and those worked OK.   
   >   
   >     [Picture]   "Download original" for a better experience   
   >   
   >      https://i.postimg.cc/kX3cykxH/preferred-applications-lm222-works.gif   
   >   
   > I would start looking at .desktop files, to see if there is   
   > a signal present in there for this. At least I got something to work.   
   >   
   > *******   
   >   
   > As for saving web pages, you're at the mercy of the web site on that.   
   > The web site can interfere with a "Web Page - Complete" save attempt.   
   >   
   > Web pages which use Ajax (push) for output, may not "save" as such.   
   >   
   > In the era of AI scraping, expect web sites to be all the more prickly   
   > about anything other than viewing as an option.   
   >   
   >     Paul   
      
   Don't explain it away   
   It's very annoying.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)