diff -up xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in.htmlview xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in
--- xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in.htmlview	2008-01-24 14:24:51.000000000 -0600
+++ xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in	2008-11-21 14:00:34.000000000 -0600
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ detectDE
 if [ x"$DE" = x"" ]; then
     # if BROWSER variable is not set, check some well known browsers instead
     if [ x"$BROWSER" = x"" ]; then
-        BROWSER=firefox:mozilla:netscape
+        BROWSER=htmlview:firefox:mozilla:netscape:links:lynx
     fi
     DE=generic
 fi