Thunderbird 153 oauth http/https protocol "Always ask" doesn't work in Waterfox
Thunderbird 153 in Linux Mint 22.1 XFCE.
I use Waterfox installed via flatpak as my default browser. Unfortunately Thunderbird's Oauth2 verification pages don't open correctly in that browser, due to some of the browser add-ons I have installed in Waterfox.
I also have Firefox and Chromium installed. I want Thunderbird to always ask which browser to use before it opens a link. I followed instructions I found in multiple places on the internet:
- Open config editor
- Set network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http and network.protocol-handler.warn-external.https to true
- Restart Thunderbird
- Click a https (or http) link in an email: Waterfox opens
- Settings-General-Files & Attachments: There is now an Action dropdown for https (or http) with options 'Always ask', 'Use Web Browser (default)', 'Use other...' and 'Delete Action'. The current selection is 'Use Web Browser (default).
- Change Action to 'Always ask'
- Restart Thunderbird
- Click a https (or http) link in an email: Waterfox opens again, even though 'Always ask' is still the selected action.
- Restart Thunderbird.
- Settings-General-Files&Attachments: The https (or http) action has now changed back to 'Use Web Browser (default)'
How do I get Thunderbird 153 to ask which browser to open for a web link?
Ti ṣàtúnṣe nípa Wayne Mery
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The "ask" settings are relevant to you clicking on a link in Thunderbird, not to internal requests for browser operations.
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Based on private developer discussions on this very subject, the idea is very difficult or impossible.
You are probably best to spend your time devising an exception process in Waterfox for oauth.
Wayne Mery said
Based on private developer discussions on this very subject, the idea is very difficult or impossible. You are probably best to spend your time devising an exception process in Waterfox for oauth.
Thanks for the response.
Does that mean that the 'Always ask' action is no longer functional in Thunderbird 153?
As a quick fix I have been able to assign the 'Use other...' action to launch Chromium for opening urls from Thunderbird, so I know that action still works.
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The "ask" settings are relevant to you clicking on a link in Thunderbird, not to internal requests for browser operations.
Wayne Mery said
The "ask" settings are relevant to you clicking on a link in Thunderbird, not to internal requests for browser operations.
Ok now I understand. Thanks for the explanation.
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