The direction of control

[davv]

Google Chrome is just rude.

Upon installing it in Debian, it promptly sets itself as default browser in all three ways one can do it in Debian (or in my config, at least): as x-www-browser, gnome-www-browser, and within Gnome's registry clone.

At least have the decency to ask!

Comments

[premchaia_pre4]

Is there a reason you're using Chrome proper rather than the chromium Debian package? Or is the latter what you're using? This matches up with the usual update-alternatives behavior, TTBOMK, which (if that's what it is) can be something of a pain but is not Chrome/Chromium-specific. I think it tends to be most-recently-installed-wins unless the user has configured it explicitly, but my memory is a bit hazy.

[davv]

Is there a reason you're using Chrome proper rather than the chromium Debian package?

Nope. I needed an alternate web browser for something I've been playing with, and picked Chrome. I rarely use Chrome for ordinary web-browsing purposes, which is part of why it's annoying to see it set up shop like that :)

I think it tends to be most-recently-installed-wins unless the user has configured it explicitly, but my memory is a bit hazy.

Hm, it might be. I still think it should ask before changing the default GNOME browser parameter, though. That's the one you set from the "control panel", rather than x-www-browser or gnome-www-browser... yet that doesn't seem to be in the gconf registry, since I changed all the gconf keys with values containing "chrome" first, and that didn't keep Thunderbird/Icedove from starting Chrome when I clicked on a link in there.

I suppopse I was also surprised by Debian having so many different *-www-browser defaults.