Make gmail default program under services menu

I want to have gmail as my default mail program if I email from within another program such as word or circus ponies notebook. I already have apple mail going through gmail, etc., and I tried setting Firefox as my default mail reader from within mail. I have gmail set as default mail program within Firefox. However, if I am in an application and use the services menu to mail something -- apple mail still opens, not gmail.
Any suggestions? Thanks!

Firefox can not be a default email program because it's not an email client. only an email program like Mail, Thunderbird or Entourage can be set to be the default email client. google made an app that will simulate an email client and can be set to be the default email client.
http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/notifier_mac.html
if you set it to be the default then any email link you click in any web browser will open in your default web browser in gmail webmail interface. However, that will have no effect on built in mail services available from Services menu. they are hard programmed to use Mail.app only.
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