diff -ru a/hardy/xdg-open b/hardy/xdg-open
--- a/hardy/xdg-open	2009-05-20 13:30:11.000000000 -0700
+++ b/hardy/xdg-open	2009-05-20 13:25:45.000000000 -0700
@@ -373,10 +373,13 @@
 	local file=$(echo "$1" | sed 's%^file://%%')
 
 	run-mailcap --action=view "$file"
-    else
-	sensible-browser "$1"
+	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+	    exit_success
+	fi
     fi
 
+    sensible-browser "$1"
+
     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	exit_success
     else
diff -ru a/jaunty/xdg-open b/jaunty/xdg-open
--- a/jaunty/xdg-open	2009-05-20 13:30:17.000000000 -0700
+++ b/jaunty/xdg-open	2009-05-20 13:28:48.000000000 -0700
@@ -380,8 +380,6 @@
 
 	if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
 	    exit_success
-	else
-	    exit_failure_operation_failed
 	fi
     fi