diff -up gnome-panel-2.22.1.2/gnome-panel/panel-menu-items.c.use-gio gnome-panel-2.22.1.2/gnome-panel/panel-menu-items.c
--- gnome-panel-2.22.1.2/gnome-panel/panel-menu-items.c.use-gio	2008-04-18 22:48:16.000000000 -0400
+++ gnome-panel-2.22.1.2/gnome-panel/panel-menu-items.c	2008-04-18 22:53:10.000000000 -0400
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@ activate_uri (GtkWidget  *menuitem,
 
 		command = g_strdup_printf ("nautilus --no-desktop %s", url);
 		gdk_spawn_command_line_on_screen (screen, command, &error);
-	} else
-		gnome_url_show_on_screen (url, screen, &error);
+	} else 
+		g_app_info_launch_default_for_uri (url, NULL, &error);
+		//gnome_url_show_on_screen (url, screen, &error);
 
 	if (error != NULL) {
 		if (error->code != GNOME_URL_ERROR_CANCELLED) {