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This is a tip I found back when I was having various problems with external applications not working with Firefox the way I wanted. It also helps if you want to create your own protocols for testing/development, etc.
By protocol what I mean is the URL prefix such as aim:// mailto:// etc. Usually when you install a program that uses it’s own protocol prefix it will update your browser with the correct information. On linux and OSX though I’ve had mixed results and sometimes I want to send the information to other programs such as mplayer or VLC even on Windows. My original problem was with the Last.fm service whose radio player uses the lastfm:// protocol.
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