diff -u -ru gaim-0.82.1-orig/src/gtknotify.c gaim-0.82.1/src/gtknotify.c
--- gaim-0.82.1-orig/src/gtknotify.c	2004-08-21 01:12:23.000000000 -0400
+++ gaim-0.82.1/src/gtknotify.c	2004-09-07 10:19:17.808912603 -0400
@@ -466,6 +466,17 @@
 }
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
 
+gboolean 
+running_gnome(void)
+{
+	if (g_getenv("GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID") && g_find_program_in_path("gnome-open") != NULL)
+	{
+		return TRUE;
+	}
+
+	return FALSE;
+}
+
 static void *
 gaim_gtk_notify_uri(const char *uri)
 {
@@ -478,7 +489,12 @@
 	web_browser = gaim_prefs_get_string("/gaim/gtk/browsers/browser");
 	place = gaim_prefs_get_int("/gaim/gtk/browsers/place");
 
-	if (!strcmp(web_browser, "epiphany") ||
+	/* if they are running gnome, use the gnome web browser */
+	if (running_gnome() == TRUE)
+	{
+		command = g_strdup_printf("gnome-open \"%s\"", uri);
+	} 
+	else if (!strcmp(web_browser, "epiphany") ||
 		!strcmp(web_browser, "galeon"))
 	{
 		if (place == GAIM_BROWSER_NEW_WINDOW)
diff -u -ru gaim-0.82.1-orig/src/gtkprefs.c gaim-0.82.1/src/gtkprefs.c
--- gaim-0.82.1-orig/src/gtkprefs.c	2004-08-22 19:10:49.000000000 -0400
+++ gaim-0.82.1/src/gtkprefs.c	2004-09-07 10:20:21.430873562 -0400
@@ -2422,7 +2422,10 @@
 	prefs_notebook_add_page(_("Network"), NULL, network_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(_("Away / Idle"), NULL, away_page(), &p, NULL, notebook_page++);