[PLUG-TALK] Brave browser

[John Jason Jordan]

On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:13:29 -0700
John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> dijo:

>On Tue, 18 Apr 2023 12:47:45 -0700
>John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> dijo:
>
>>In Chromium under Settings > Default browser, there is a popup that
>>says 'Chromium is your default browser.' There is no button on the
>>popup to make any changes. It's just an announcement. If you install
>>Chromium it will be your default browser, and you will like it.
>>
>>I should add that in Firefox > Settings > Startup it says 'Firefox is
>>not your default browser,' so the results of the update-alternatives
>>command are seriously bogus, since they say that Firefox is the
>>default browser.   
>
>Posted just now on the Ubuntu forums:
>
>OK, I did it. I uninstalled Chromium. Then I tried to set Brave to be
>the default browser, but the button still didn't appear to activate,
>and when I clicked on a link outside of Brave nothing happened. This
>tells me that somewhere deep inside my Xubuntu 22.04 (up to date) there
>is a setting that intercepts all 'open in browser' links and sends them
>to Chromium, and when Chromium is missing, the command just fails.
>
>Assuming I am correct, this makes me angry. I don't know whether to
>blame Chromium developers or Ubuntu developers, but Ubuntu shouldn't
>allow an application installation to make such fundamental changes to
>the OS. At least, if they do, a means to undo it must be readily
>available to the user. In spite of my years with Ubuntu, if I have to
>reinstall, it won't be Ubuntu.

Just now I set Firefox to be the default browser, but when I click on a
link, nothing happens. It is intercepted somewhere and is sent to the
now missing Chromium.