Howto: Open Thunderbird Links In Firefox New Tab

I apologise if this has been covered but the forum search wasn't giving me any results.

HOWTO:

1. Close Thunderbird.

2. Locate ~/.thunderbird/(xxxxxxxx).default/
(where xxxxxxxx, this will be random numbers and letters)

3. Create a text file and call it user.js

4. Within user.js add the following code:

user_pref("network.protocol-handler.app.http", "/usr/bin/firefox");

(exact location of firefox may vary, please check)

5. Save the file user.js

6. Open Firefox -> Edit -> Preferences -> Tabs

7. Select "New pages should be opened in" -> "a new tab"

8. Open Thunderbird and click on a link - job done!

Thanks for that!

...or just install the tab mix plus firefox extension.

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1122/