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Bug 680007 - Add "set as default browser" option in Preferences
Add "set as default browser" option in Preferences
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Preferences
3.4.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks: 755292
 
 
Reported: 2012-07-16 13:03 UTC by Tristan Brindle
Modified: 2015-09-24 13:19 UTC
See Also:
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Description Tristan Brindle 2012-07-16 13:03:41 UTC 
In order to make "Web" the default browser in Gnome 3, one needs to go to <Name menu> -> System Settings -> Details -> Default Applications.

All other modern browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Opera) have this as an option under their own preferences/options menu, so it's reasonable that this is where a user will look first. It's also quicker and a lot more discoverable than going through the above process.
Comment 1 Reinout van Schouwen 2015-09-24 11:33:10 UTC 
I agree that the Default Applications window is not very discoverable, but I would prefer to fix _that_, instead of working around the problem by adding a redundant preference in Web.
Comment 2 Michael Catanzaro 2015-09-24 13:19:21 UTC 
Yeah, all other modern browsers do this because they are competing with each other. In GNOME we are the default browser, and uninstallable, so....

A better comparison would be to gedit. It doesn't have a "set as default text editor" option. All apps can't have this; it needs to be done in a central place.