Evolution HTTP links
Sean Earp
smearp at mac.com
Mon Mar 15 05:07:00 UTC 2004
Sandy Pond wrote:
>On Fri, 2004-02-27 at 19:18 -0800, Sean Earp wrote:
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>>Hello All-
>>
>>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
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