How do I change my default browser in apple mail to firefox

I would like to change my default browser in (Lion) Apple mail from Safari to Firefox - I don't like the small Safari screen that pops up and I'm also finding the full screen in Safari a bit of a challenge

So - 43 months - yes, FORTY-THREE MONTHS,  and this still has no answer!
We're all on Yosemite now, and still Apple Mail invokes Safari whenever you try to search on content. Safari's preferences are set to Firefox, Firefox's preferences are (of course) set to Firefox. And there is no setting in Mail to specify a preference.
Come on Apple - we thought you were way too cool to use Microsoft's dirty 'browser monopoly' tricks! Please, please let us have access to a proper browser. Please? Pretty please?
Or do I have to trash Mail and switch to Thunderbird?

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