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Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links?

From Hank Rogers <invalid@nospam.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.software.seamonkey
Subject Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links?
Date 2026-06-02 07:44 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> wrote:
> Schugo wrote:
>> On 13.12.2025 14:03, Schugo wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> is it possible not to use Seamonkey?
>>> 
>>> ciao..
>>> 
>> 
>> OK, sorry, found it:
>> 
>> https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/seamonkey/addon/standalone-seamonkey-mail/
>> 
>> ciao..
>> 
> 
> I finally got around to doing this extension, and it looks like it does 
> exactly what I want. I wish I had gotten to this long ago.
> 
> This actually works nicely with the old XUL version of the Thunderbird 
> OpenWith extension.  I use that one a lot, where it allows me to start 
> with Seamonkey, and if Seamonkey isn't working well (or at all) with a 
> page, I can switch one of several other browsers (including multiple 
> Thunderbird profiles), depending on need and mood.
> 
> Unfortunately, the developer of the extension is one of the main 
> Thunderbird devs, and he was using that for something else (browser 
> compatibility testing, I think) rather than changing to a another 
> browser as need requires.  Some time ago, OpenWith disappeared, first 
> from the collection of XUL extensions (and it's not even in the Classic 
> Addons Archive, or any other collections of older stuff), and then the 
> project was taken completely taken down from addons.thunderbird.net 
> (including the newer MailExtensions version). The last documentation I 
> saw from the dev is that he lost interest in that project.
> 
> I'm grateful that I can make use of that extension, but I wish there was 
> capacity to point other Seamonkey users to being able to use it, as its 
> really useful in making it easy to use Seamonkey as far as it will go, 
> and then being able to quickly shift to another browser when needed.
> 
> Smith
> 

Yes.  Open with is indispensable  for seamonkey.  Im glad I have a copy. 
Didn’t know it was taken down.  Would have been a decent thing to keep it
available even if not regularly updated.


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Change default browser for Mail/News links? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-12-13 14:03 +0100
  Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-12-13 14:07 +0100
    Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Peter Müller <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-15 17:19 +0100
    Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-12-16 19:53 +1100
      Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-12-16 13:50 +0100
        Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Dirk Fieldhouse <surname@gmx.net.plusremovethisandtherest.invalid> - 2025-12-19 11:09 +0000
          Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-12-19 23:08 +1100
          Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2025-12-19 08:27 -0800
            Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Dirk Fieldhouse <surname@gmx.net.plusremovethisandtherest.invalid> - 2025-12-20 00:51 +0000
              Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2025-12-19 18:13 -0800
                Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Schugo <schugo@schugo.de> - 2025-12-20 03:19 +0100
                Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-01-16 18:50 +0000
    Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? "sean.nathan.bean" <seannnaz+eternal@gmail.com> - 2026-05-13 07:36 -0700
    Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> - 2026-06-01 20:34 -0700
      Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Hank Rogers <invalid@nospam.com> - 2026-06-02 07:44 +0000
        Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-06-02 10:02 +0100
          Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Barryedwin1 <mrbarryedw.20@aussiebroadband.com.au> - 2026-06-02 20:25 +0800
          Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> - 2026-06-02 12:04 -0700
            Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-06-02 16:47 -0500
            Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? Barryedwin1 <mrbarryedw.20@aussiebroadband.com.au> - 2026-06-03 08:03 +0800
        Re: Change default browser for Mail/News links? NFN Smith <worldoff9908@gmail.com> - 2026-06-02 10:47 -0700

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