Yes, I want Nautilus to just open FTP links. The gconf keys I mentioned above appeared at some point, and they were causing the unexpected behaviour. I am suggesting that some script included in the Firefox *packages*, not Firefox itself, caused those keys to be inserted. Again, I don't know enough about packaging to fix this myself, but I *do* know that packages include files besides the ones that are installed; that some of these files are scripts; and that those scripts are run when a package is installed or removed.
As you say, Firefox, the browser, is "doing what it is expected to do" (when assigned as FTP URL handler). firefox-3.0, the package, version 3.0~b3~cvs20080101t1000+nobinonly-0ubuntu1~gutsy1, is NOT. ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- Places menu FTP servers open in firefox-3.0 instead of nautilus https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/196202 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs