Gnome 3 & Favourite programs.

Stephen Gallagher sgallagh at redhat.com
Mon Oct 28 18:51:38 UTC 2013


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On 10/28/2013 02:47 PM, Bill Case wrote:
> Hi; In Gnome there used to be a facility for establishing your
> favourite program for basic functions.  Example, to call up a
> specific browser when you clicked on a link.
> 
> I used to use Firefox as my main browser set to start on startup in
> its own workspace.  I would also choose "Web" (formerly Epiphany)
> as my favourite so whenever I clicked a link not in Firefox, Web
> would open in the workspace where I was working for a quick search.
> 
> 
> How now in Gnome 3 can I set this favourite or preferred Browser to
> Web?
> 
> [P.S. I have never found a Gnome help site that actually answers 
> questions or gives help.  I have used email and their forum
> without every getting answers so I am try Fedora for information.]
> 

In the GNOME Settings panel, click on "Details" (Unintuitive, I know)
and go to "Default Applications"
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