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From: Joe Kelsey <joe@zircon.seattle.wa.us>
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Subject: Firefox vs. mozilla
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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