[newbie] Default Browser

2005-02-22 Thread Mike Adolf
Is there a setting for system wide default browser? In particular, Kontact uses Konqueror as the browser. I would like it to be Mozilla. I look in Kontact configure but did not see an appropriate setting. Anybody know how to change it? Mike

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

2005-02-22 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 22 Feb 2005 14:55, Mike Adolf wrote: Is there a setting for system wide default browser? In particular, Kontact uses Konqueror as the browser. I would like it to be Mozilla. I look in Kontact configure but did not see an appropriate

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

2005-02-22 Thread Mike Adolf
On Tuesday 22 February 2005 01:43 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 22 Feb 2005 14:55, Mike Adolf wrote: Is there a setting for system wide default browser? In particular, Kontact uses Konqueror as the browser. I would like it to be Mozilla. I look in Kontact configure but did not see an

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

2005-02-22 Thread Julie Sloan
On Tuesday 22 February 2005 04:43 pm, Mike Adolf wrote: On Tuesday 22 February 2005 01:43 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 22 Feb 2005 14:55, Mike Adolf wrote: Is there a setting for system wide default browser? In particular, Kontact uses Konqueror as the browser. I would like it to

Re: [newbie] Default Browser.

2005-02-18 Thread Ronald J. Hall
On Friday 18 February 2005 07:12 am, Lanman wrote: Rob Blomquist wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 5:39 am, Lanman wrote: The only 'bug' is that Konqueror stays open after the request has been passed to Firefox. Is there a way to prevent this? If I open hyperlinks in any other program or

Re: [newbie] Default Browser.

2005-02-18 Thread john
Lanman, did you try looking at KDE, Components, File Associations and seeing what is listed there for Text, HTML? Another old trick I use sometimes: Right click, create a blank HTML file. Name it whatever you want, doesn't matter. Now, right click on that file, and pick Edit File Types. From

[newbie] Default Browser.

2005-02-17 Thread Lanman
Hey Folks. I'm having an interesting (read that as strange) event happening. Using KDE's Component Chooser (KDE 3.3.2) I selected Mozilla Firefox as my default browser. For the most part, everything is fine. But when I click on a hyperlink in an email (using Mozilla-Thunderbird which is also

Re: [newbie] Default Browser.

2005-02-17 Thread Rob Blomquist
On Thursday 17 February 2005 5:39 am, Lanman wrote: The only 'bug' is that Konqueror stays open after the request has been passed to Firefox. Is there a way to prevent this? If I open hyperlinks in any other program or from any other source (ie; from documents, Howto's or links embedded in

Re: [newbie] Default Browser.

2005-02-17 Thread Lanman
Rob Blomquist wrote: On Thursday 17 February 2005 5:39 am, Lanman wrote: The only 'bug' is that Konqueror stays open after the request has been passed to Firefox. Is there a way to prevent this? If I open hyperlinks in any other program or from any other source (ie; from documents, Howto's or

Re: [newbie] Default Browser?

2004-11-07 Thread Adil Hindistan
On Sat, 2004-11-06 at 10:08 +, Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 06 November 2004 09:43, Amy wrote: Is there a way to get Firefox set as my system default browser? I believe right now, if a program follows a link, it picks up Konqueror by default. I don't know if it makes any

[newbie] Default Browser?

2004-11-06 Thread Amy
Is there a way to get Firefox set as my system default browser? I believe right now, if a program follows a link, it picks up Konqueror by default. I don't know if it makes any difference, but I'm using KDE right now, but am considering switching to Enlightenment... but my friend who serves as

Re: [newbie] Default Browser?

2004-11-06 Thread Derek Jennings
On Saturday 06 November 2004 09:43, Amy wrote: Is there a way to get Firefox set as my system default browser? I believe right now, if a program follows a link, it picks up Konqueror by default. I don't know if it makes any difference, but I'm using KDE right now, but am considering

[newbie] default browser

2004-04-25 Thread Paul Kaplan
Where do I set the default browswer to use for embeded links for kmail in mdk 10? It is currently set as mozilla and I'd much prefer konqueror. TIA Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] default browser

2004-04-25 Thread Amichai Rotman
On Sunday 25 April 2004 12:51, Paul Kaplan wrote: Where do I set the default browswer to use for embeded links for kmail in mdk 10? It is currently set as mozilla and I'd much prefer konqueror. TIA Paul Simple, in the K Menu: Configuration -- KDE -- Components -- File Associations enter

Re: [newbie] default browser

2004-04-25 Thread Paul Kaplan
That certainly causes konqueror to open, but I then get an error message: The file or folder URL does not exist. However, if I clear the dialog box and then click on the Go button, I am taken to URL. Shouldn't I be able to get right through to the URL? P On Sunday 25 April 2004 05:54 am,

Re: [newbie] default browser?

2003-06-01 Thread eric huff
Where are you trying to launch from? (ie kmail, directory, etc) Where are you setting the default? (i have had flaky stickiness of file ass's in kde, but they seemed to stick better from the kde control center than right clicking on the file itself. don't know why...) Not sure what exactly the

Re: [newbie] default browser?

2003-06-01 Thread Angus Auld
Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: When I set my file associations to use a default browser other than konqueror I always get this in the address along with a message could not open file. Is there somethign I need to add when using Opera that will pull up the url instead of this mess:

[newbie] default browser?

2003-05-31 Thread Jonathan Dlouhy
When I set my file associations to use a default browser other than konqueror I always get this in the address along with a message could not open file. Is there somethign I need to add when using Opera that will pull up the url instead of this mess:

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

2002-12-27 Thread rluchor
On Thu, 2002-12-26 at 19:43, John McQuillen wrote: On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 10:37, Rich wrote: I recently upgraded from Mandrake 8.2 to version 9.0 and everything went smoothly. My problem is that Evolution 1.2.1 doesn't load a browser when a link is clicked. The problem may be that I can't

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

2002-12-26 Thread John McQuillen
On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 10:37, Rich wrote: I recently upgraded from Mandrake 8.2 to version 9.0 and everything went smoothly. My problem is that Evolution 1.2.1 doesn't load a browser when a link is clicked. The problem may be that I can't find anyplace in Mandrake to assign a default browser.

[newbie] Default browser for links within KMail???

2002-09-26 Thread Gary Traffanstedt
This is very strange. Up until this morning when I would click a link in KMail, Konq would open and show the page. This morning I sit down, click a link, and up pops Quanta!!! No settings were changed since last night and it was working fine when I went to bed. Can anyone tell me

Re: [newbie] Default browser for links within KMail???

2002-09-26 Thread bascule
by experimenting i've found that kmail uses the browser that is at the top of the filetype setting, go to startconfigurationkdefile browsingfileassiciations and alter the order of apps under texthtml close kmail and restart - it did take a while to open mozilla though bascule On Thursday 26

Re: [newbie] Default browser for links within KMail???

2002-09-26 Thread Gary Traffanstedt
Which version of kde are you using? I'm using 3.0.3 and I don't see that in the menu. I have startconfigurationkde but no file browsing within that menu. -Gary On Thursday 26 September 2002 12:43 pm, bascule scribbled something about: by experimenting i've found that kmail

Re: [newbie] Default browser for links within KMail???

2002-09-26 Thread bascule
i'm still on 2.2.2, you should have this option somewhere though, it's a kde wide option so it's pretty basic, it may have a slightly differnt name, try right clicking on an htm/html file in konq and choosing edit file types - assuming kde 3 has this, this is the dialogue i reach from the

[newbie] default browser

2002-05-13 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi, I have decided to use Galeon as my default browser. I had no problem changing preference in Control Centre. However, if I click on an embedded link in email, most times the page fails to open. Galeon starts up but in the url location box I see something like

[newbie] Default Browser

2001-12-29 Thread Rich
Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to any setting changes to let something else be on top; I want Galeon to be the default browser when

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

2001-12-29 Thread Dave Sherman
On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 07:48, Rich wrote: Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to any setting changes to let something else be on top;

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

2001-12-29 Thread Rich
On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 09:59, Dave Sherman wrote: On Sat, 2001-12-29 at 07:48, Rich wrote: Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to

Re: [newbie] Default Browser

2001-12-29 Thread skinky
On Sunday 30 December 2001 02:48, Rich wrote: | Not too long ago I made some changes to my Mandrake 8.1 desktop and now | have a couple of minor problems with my Galeon browser: | | Galeon now wants to be on top all the time and it doesn't respond to | any setting changes to let something else