diff -u -r /tmp/gaim-0.66/src/browser.c /usr/local/gnome2-build/gaim-0.66/src/browser.c
--- /tmp/gaim-0.66/src/browser.c	2003-07-02 23:06:17.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/local/gnome2-build/gaim-0.66/src/browser.c	2003-07-29 12:20:31.000000000 -0400
@@ -513,6 +513,14 @@
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
+gboolean running_gnome(void)
+{
+	if( g_getenv ("GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID") && g_find_program_in_path("gnome-open") != NULL) {
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
 void open_url(GtkWidget *w, const char *url)
 {
 	char *command = NULL;
@@ -521,7 +529,11 @@
 	
 	web_browser = gaim_prefs_get_string("/gaim/gtk/browsers/browser");
 
-	if (!strcmp(web_browser, "netscape")) {
+	/* if they are running gnome, use the gnome web browser */
+	if(running_gnome() == TRUE) {
+		command = g_strdup_printf("gnome-open \"%s\"", url);
+	}
+	else if (!strcmp(web_browser, "netscape")) {
 		char *args = NULL;
 
 		if (gaim_prefs_get_bool("/gaim/gtk/browsers/new_window"))
diff -u -r /tmp/gaim-0.66/src/gtkprefs.c /usr/local/gnome2-build/gaim-0.66/src/gtkprefs.c
--- /tmp/gaim-0.66/src/gtkprefs.c	2003-07-18 10:16:31.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/local/gnome2-build/gaim-0.66/src/gtkprefs.c	2003-07-29 12:20:54.000000000 -0400
@@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@
 		{N_("Netscape"), "netscape"},
 		{N_("Mozilla"), "mozilla"},
 		{N_("Konqueror"), "kfmclient"},
-		{N_("Galeon"), "galeon"}
+		{N_("Galeon"), "galeon"},
 	};
 	static const int num_possible_browsers = 5;
 
@@ -2293,7 +2293,10 @@
 	prefs_notebook_add_page(_("Proxy"), NULL, proxy_page(), &p, NULL, notebook_page++);
 #ifndef _WIN32
 	/* We use the registered default browser in windows */
-	prefs_notebook_add_page(_("Browser"), NULL, browser_page(), &p, NULL, notebook_page++);
+	/* if the user is running gnome 2.x, hide the browsers tab */
+	if(running_gnome() == FALSE) {
+		prefs_notebook_add_page(_("Browser"), NULL, browser_page(), &p, NULL, notebook_page++);
+	}
 #endif
 	prefs_notebook_add_page(_("Logging"), NULL, logging_page(), &p, NULL, notebook_page++);
 	prefs_notebook_add_page(_("Sounds"), NULL, sound_page(), &p, NULL, notebook_page++);
diff -u -r /tmp/gaim-0.66/src/ui.h /usr/local/gnome2-build/gaim-0.66/src/ui.h
--- /tmp/gaim-0.66/src/ui.h	2003-07-18 10:03:20.000000000 -0400
+++ /usr/local/gnome2-build/gaim-0.66/src/ui.h	2003-07-29 12:14:25.000000000 -0400
@@ -188,6 +188,8 @@
 /* Functions in browser.c */
 extern void open_url(GtkWidget *, const char *);
 extern void add_bookmark(GtkWidget *, char *);
+extern gboolean running_gnome(void);
+
 
 /* Functions in dialogs.c */
 extern void alias_dialog_bud(struct buddy *);