Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:04:12 -0700 From: Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us> To: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Firefox vs. mozilla Message-ID: <1084295052.58028.356.camel@zircon>
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I have a question about starting browsers. I am currently switching from mozilla to firefox, but find an extremely annoying behavior in the interaction with other gnome apps. I have set up "File types and programs" so that http and https start mozilla instead of epiphany or whatever else the annoying gnomers want. However, I have a launcher so I can launch Firefox directly from the panel. If I start Firefox, then when I press a http: or https: link in (for example) Evolution, it opens a tab in the running firefox. However, if I do not have a browser running, mozilla starts with the referenced page. However, if I change the "File types and programs" setting to run firefox instead of moxilla, firefox attempts to start a second instance of itself, instead of just opening a new tab in the running browser. So, my question becomes, how do I get firefox to start a browser if no running instance or open a new tab instead of always trying to start a new instance? It annoys me to have the evolution link process open either mozilla or firefox depending on more or less random choice. /Joe
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