diff -u -ru gaim-0.77-orig/src/gtknotify.c gaim-0.77/src/gtknotify.c
--- gaim-0.77-orig/src/gtknotify.c	2004-03-29 22:11:01.000000000 -0500
+++ gaim-0.77/src/gtknotify.c	2004-05-02 22:31:28.000000000 -0400
@@ -481,6 +481,17 @@
 }
 #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)
 {
@@ -493,7 +504,12 @@
 	web_browser = gaim_prefs_get_string("/gaim/gtk/browsers/browser");
 	place = gaim_prefs_get_int("/gaim/gtk/browsers/place");
 
-	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\"", uri);
+	} 
+	else if (!strcmp(web_browser, "netscape"))
 	{
 		command = g_strdup_printf("netscape \"%s\"", uri);
 
diff -u -ru gaim-0.77-orig/src/gtkprefs.c gaim-0.77/src/gtkprefs.c
--- gaim-0.77-orig/src/gtkprefs.c	2004-04-21 17:04:59.000000000 -0400
+++ gaim-0.77/src/gtkprefs.c	2004-05-02 22:40:48.000000000 -0400
@@ -2510,7 +2510,10 @@
 	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++);