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to: waldo kitty
from: Rich
date: 2004-08-20 23:51:34
subject: Re: outlook opens two browsers

From: "Rich" 

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   If firefox is broken, mozilla likely is too.  I just checked and it =
got one part wrong just like firefox and another part right unlike =
firefox.  I only checked registration of http URLs so there could be =
plenty of other stuff broken for one or the other or both.

Rich

  "waldo kitty"  wrote in message =
news:Xns954BC676B55AAme42{at}216.144.1.254...
  "Rich"  wrote in news:41267886{at}w3.nls.net:

  ahhh... ok, i'll see about setting a mozilla account and getting them =
to=20
  use that... will set mozilla as the default and see how it goes... =
might=20
  take a day or two, though ;)

  >    Firefox is broken and doesn't register itself correctly.  This
  >    could cause the behavior you see.=20
  >=20
  > Rich
  >=20
  >   "waldo kitty"  wrote in message
  >   news:Xns954BA92EF3B6Fme42{at}216.144.1.254...=20
  >=20
  >   i've a friend with win98se fully patched... they are trying to =
move
  >   away from IE and have Opera, Mozilla, and Firefox installed...
  >   Firefox is the only one set to be the default browser...
  >=20
  >   now, here's the tricky part... when they read email in outlook, if =

  >   there's a url in the email and they click on it, it'll open =
Firefox
  >   first and then IE... both going to the same url... i've looked and
  >   looked and looked and can't find anything that would control
  >   this... i've gone into everything i can find and turned off the =
"be
  >   the default browser" setting and only enable that in firefox...
  >=20
  >   the wierdest part (and we've not figured out the flow that causes
  >   it) is that when they try to demonstrate this for me, if they use
  >   an email they've already read and visited the url inside, =
sometimes
  >   it opens firefox only as it should...
  >=20
  >   it seems to be "new" unread messages that do this double opening =
of
  >   the browser but when working on this yesterday, i even rebooted a
  >   couple of times and was still getting the double on messages that
  >   we had just tested and visited... older already read messages did
  >   give the single browser as desired...
  >=20
  >   arggghhh! i'm almost confusing myself just thinking about it...



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   If
firefox is broken, =
mozilla likely=20
is too.  I just checked and it got one part wrong just like firefox = and=20
another part right unlike firefox.  I only checked registration of = http=20
URLs so there could be plenty of other stuff broken for one or the other = or=20
both.
 
Rich
 

  "waldo kitty" <me{at}privacy.net>=20">mailto:me{at}privacy.net">me{at}privacy.net>=20
  wrote in message news:Xns954BC676B55AAme4=
2{at}216.144.1.254..."Rich"=20
  <{at}> wrote in news:41267886{at}w3.nls.net:ah=
hh...=20
  ok, i'll see about setting a mozilla account and getting them to =
use=20
  that... will set mozilla as the default and see how it goes... might =
take=20
  a day or two, though
;)>    Firefox is =
broken and=20
  doesn't register itself correctly.  =
This>    could=20
  cause the behavior you see. > >
Rich>=20
  >   "waldo kitty" <me{at}privacy.net>">mailto:me{at}privacy.net">me{at}privacy.net>
wrote in=20
  message>   news:Xns954BA92EF3B6Fme4=
2{at}216.144.1.254...=20
  > >   i've a friend
with win98se fully =
patched... they=20
  are trying to move>   away from IE and
have Opera, =
Mozilla,=20
  and Firefox installed...>   Firefox is
the only one =
set to be=20
  the default browser...>
>   now, here's the =
tricky=20
  part... when they read email in outlook, if
>   =
there's a url=20
  in the email and they click on it, it'll open =
Firefox>  =20
  first and then IE... both going to the same url... i've looked=20
  and>   looked and looked and can't
find anything that =
would=20
  control>   this... i've gone into
everything i can =
find and=20
  turned off the "be>   the default
browser" setting =
and only=20
  enable that in firefox...>
>   the wierdest =
part (and=20
  we've not figured out the flow that
causes>   it) is =
that=20
  when they try to demonstrate this for me, if they =
use>   an=20
  email they've already read and visited the url inside,=20
  sometimes>   it opens firefox only as it =
should...>=20
  >   it seems to be "new"
unread messages that do this =
double=20
  opening of>   the browser but when
working on this =
yesterday,=20
  i even rebooted a>   couple of times
and was still =
getting=20
  the double on messages that>   we had
just tested and =

  visited... older already read messages
did>   give =
the single=20
  browser as desired...>
>   arggghhh! i'm =
almost=20
  confusing myself just thinking about
it...--=20
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