Firefox instead of Safari

Hi! I've started using firefox to get better stability than when using safari, but the thing is every software-app. makes links open in safari! Is there any place I can change this, so that when I open links from Mail, Adium messenger etc., they open in a new tab in firefox?
And, when using quicksilver, how can I create a shortcut (assign abbreviation..) for opening one of my favourites in firefox instead of it opening it in Safari? I've gotten it (QS) to search in my Firefox-favourites instead of only the favourites, but i cant find a way to assign an abbreviation to it! Any clues?

Launch Safari. Menu>Safari>Preferences>General. Change the "Default Web Browser:" to Firefox.

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GageGecko wrote:
Is there a way to have Mail use Firefox when searching a term via Google from within Mail instead of Safari?
no. that service is hard coded into Mail. you can not change it. it will use safari no matter what your default browser is.
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