[LBo] reseting Thunderbird's default browser

[Brice Hunt]

Sam Morgan wrote:
> How do I set Thunderbird's default browser to be Firefox instead of 
> Konqueror?
>
I found this howto on some college's website.  It's for IceWeasel and 
IceDove, but it works for Firefox and Thunderbird as well.  Just 
remember that Iceweasel = Firefox and Icedove = Thunderbird. (For those 
of you that don't know, Iceweasel is Firefox minus trademarked branding 
and Icedove is Thunderbird minus trademarked branding.)
>
> Make Iceweasel open Icedove for "mailto" links:
> * In Iceweasel, type "about:config" into the location bar (where you 
> normally see something that begins with http) and hit return.
> * Right click in the window. Select the New submenu. Select String 
> from that submenu.
> * A dialog box should appear that prompts you for the preference name. 
> Enter network.protocol-handler.app.mailto
> * Another dialog box will appear that prompts you for the preference 
> value (which it may call a "string value"). Enter /usr/bin/icedove
> * Restart Iceweasel.
> * Test it by finding a "mailto:" link and clicking on it. If all goes 
> well, a composition window should appear in which you can send me and 
> my teaching assistant a message. If not, see if you can figure out 
> what went wrong ("Yeah, right", you're probably thinking) and then get 
> help from a teacher or teaching assistant.
>
> Make Icedove use Iceweasel for "http" links:
> * In Icedove, from the Edit menu, select Preferences.
> * Select Advanced and press the button labeled "Config Editor"
> * Right click in the window. Select the New submenu. Select String 
> from that submenu.
> * A dialog box should appear that prompts you for the preference name. 
> Enter network.protocol-handler.app.http
> * Another dialog box will appear that prompts you for the preference 
> value (which it may call a "string value"). Enter /usr/bin/iceweasel
> * Right click in the window. Select the New submenu. Select String 
> from that submenu.
> * A dialog box should appear that prompts you for the preference name. 
> Enter network.protocol-handler.app.https (Note that this step differs 
> from the incredibly similar previous step in that you added an s.)
> * Another dialog box will appear that prompts you for the preference 
> value (which it may call a "string value"). Enter /usr/bin/iceweasel
> * Restart Icedove.
> * Test it by clicking on a link from Icedove.
>