I'm going to go ahead and close this bug since it won't be fixed in old releases and currently we don't ship any shortcut launchers in gnome- panel in Ubuntu 11.10. Notably, the web browser button in Unity's Dash does automatically point to the user's default web browser.
** Changed in: gnome-panel (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-panel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/26394 Title: Web browser button on top panel should open preferred application, rather than firefox/evolution Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Hi, I recently changed my preferred browser to epiphany, via the preferences -> preferred applications tool. I noticed however that the web browser button on the top panel doesn't open epiphany, it continues to open firefox. I presume the same applies to the email button: I really think these buttons should open the preferred applications. I hope this is the right package to file under, if not, please reassign: thanks! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-panel/+bug/26394/+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