element-hq / element-hq/element-web
element-desktop ignores gnome preferred application settings for http/https/html
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Description
### Steps to reproduce
Reproduce:
Open element-desktop
Click on a link
See the wrong browser being opened
### Outcome
My gnome settings for my preferred browser are set to firefox (update-alternatives x-www-browser and gnome-www-browser). All apps use firefox to open web pages when I click on links.
Element version: 1.11.64
Crypto version: Rust SDK 0.7.0 (61b175b), Vodozemac 0.5.1
insists to open links in another browser, which is installed on the system as well.
Uninstalling of the browser and element-desktop has not changed anything
### Operating system
Description: Ubuntu Noble Numbat (development branch) Release: 24.04
### Application version
Element version: 1.11.64 Crypto version: Rust SDK 0.7.0 (61b175b), Vodozemac 0.5.1
### How did you install the app?
$ apt-cache policy element-desktop element-desktop: Installed: 1.11.64 Candidate: 1.11.64 Version table: *** 1.11.64 500 500 https://packages.element.io/debian default/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
### Homeserver
I do not know, university server at KIT
### Will you send logs?
Yes
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