The problem is that the Exec line points to the Firefox executable, and we're using this to pick a desktop file to set as the default app. This could certainly be improved
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1100329 Title: When Firefox sets itself as default browser, all links open the Ubuntu tour Status in Dell Sputnik: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: To reproduce: 1) Install chromium-browser 2) Launch chromium-browser and set it to the default browser (in preferences) 3) Launch firefox and set it back to the default browser (in preferences/advanced) 4) Go to the terminal and type "gvfs-open http://dell.com"; (or click on a link in any external program) What happens: The Ubuntu tour opens What I expect: Dell's homepage to open More info: Looking at ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list you can see that a bunch of handlers get set to ubuntu-online-tour.desktop instead of firefox.desktop. This does not affect stock Ubuntu 12.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dell-sputnik/+bug/1100329/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
