Re: [Evolution] Follow weblinks in the 'background'

[Dan Popovic <dan popovic iwr uni-heidelberg de>]

Am Mittwoch, den 22.04.2009, 12:02 -0700 schrieb N B Day:
> On Wed, 2009-04-22 at 16:43 +0200, Dan Popovic wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > is there a way to let evolution follow weblinks in the background
> > (so, if I click it on the link, it will be opened in the default browser,
> > but the browser does not pop up)?
> >
> > Probably easy but I cannot find :-(
> That's more of a browser function than an evo one....
>
> I'm running Firefox on desktop 3 and Evolution on desktop 2 (in Gnome)
> and had the same annoyance.  The solution was (in Firefox) to go to
> about:config and find this key:
>
> browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground
>
> Change to TRUE.
>
> Now I can click on a link in Evolution on desk 2 and it (silently) opens
> in a new tab in Firefox on desk 3.  Doubtless other browsers have a
> something similar. I don't know how to avoid having FF pop up over evo
> if FF is not running; I always have an instance running on its dedicated
> desktop.
>
> HTH

Thank you, that did the trick for me (using iceweasel 3.0.7).

Great!