FYI, gnome-gmail-1.7.2-1ubuntu3, in ppa:daves/daves, has the fix that adds GNOME Gmail back into the Preferred Applications selection list. Per bug #729357, the problem was the missing x-scheme-handler mimetype in the desktop file.
https://launchpad.net/~daves/+archive/daves
FYI, gnome-gmail- 1.7.2-1ubuntu3, in ppa:daves/daves, has the fix that adds GNOME Gmail back into the Preferred Applications selection list. Per bug #729357, the problem was the missing x-scheme-handler mimetype in the desktop file.
https:/ /launchpad. net/~daves/ +archive/ daves