web browser from preferred applications is not used by "connect to server"

[Egon Kocjan]

Binary package hint: nautilus

Steps to reproduce the bug:
1. System -> Preferences -> Preferred applications
2. Web Browser: Epiphany
3. Places -> Connect to Server
4. Service Type: Custom location
5. uri: http://www.google.com, name: test
6. double-click on the desktop icon "test"
7. Link is opened in firefox

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Thanks for your bug report. Which version of Ubuntu and nautilus do you use? This works nicely for me in Edgy.

[Egon Kocjan (egon-kocjan)]

I am running Dapper, nautilus 2.14.1.

I have noticed, that "Connect to server" icons react to .html mime type setting, not "Preferred applications". For example, if I save some .html file to desktop and then select preferred handler for the file in properties dialog, "connect to server" will use this setting. I think this behaviour is a bit confusing, since "connect to server" icon itself does not allow me to select the handler.

So, does nautilus in edgy use "preferred application" instead of mime type handler?

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Thanks a lot, I mark this bug as a duplicate of bug 17081 then.