Evolution HTTP links

[Sean Earp]

Sandy Pond wrote:

>On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 19:18 -0800, Sean Earp wrote:
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>>Hello All-
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>>With Evolution 1.5.3 (the latest version installed on FC2 Test 1), no 
>>HTTP Links (in an email) work for me.  They do not open a browser, they 
>>do not generate an error message, they do not do anything at all.  
>>Email links work just fine.  Could someone let me know if their copy of 
>>Evolution is experiencing the same problem and I'll throw it at 
>>Bugzilla. Thanks,
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>Try installing epiphany;
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>yum install epiphany
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Thanks Sandy-

Installing epiphany did fix the problem, but I am now curious as to why 
Fedora requires a specific browser (just one of many) to open web URLs 
embedded in an email.  Windoze and Mac OS X both open up WHATEVER 
browser is set to default, whether it be IE, Safari, Opera, Mozilla, or 
whatever the popular browser of the day is.  From a user perspective 
(especially a somewhat new user), it is A Bad Thing <tm> to require that 
one specific browser (epiphany) be installed to click on links in an 
email (a very common user task).  Is there anything that can be done to 
change this silly requirement?  Am I missing anything?  Any 
information/suggestions/flames/thoughts would be much appreciated.  Thanks,

-Sean