question about thunderbird and outlook

I was wondering if there is a way to configure firefox to open thunderbird when you hit the email button in the browser, and in internet explorer make outlook open when you hit the email button in the browser?

Reason for this is, I want to use outlook as my default email client, and my brother wants to use thunderbird as his. I know we could just put shortcuts on the desktop, but we want to see if it's possible to do it this way. Thanks.

 

The question is not completely clear. Yes, you can open Thunderbird, from Firefox, using the Get Mail add-on.
I don't use IE, and, never, had Outlook, so I don't know how it works. As far as I know if a link is clicked on, the default mail/browser will open. However, this does not eliminate the possibility of using other programs. A shortcut in the Quick Launch toolbar (not the Desktop) would eliminate the need for a Desktop shortcut, and make it easier to access it.
If one wishes to use the same program for mail, as well as browser, one should use Seamonkey, the successor to Netscape7.x

 

Thanks for replying. I actually found a button last night, that does let thunderbird execute in the firefox browser. It's an add-on called "Thunderbird Biff" It creates a button in firefox that when clicked opens the thunderbird email client while running firefox regardless of what you have set as your default browser. You have to install it in both firefox and thunderbird for it to work.

To clear up what I was looking for. In IE, when you click the little email button for the mail it of course causes whatever email client you have set as your default. (in my case outlook)to come on.. What I wanted was the same thing in the firefox browser, but instead of outlook coming on, I wanted thunderbird to come on when I clicked the email button. And at the same time I wanted outlook to still come on in IE when I clicked the email button in that browser.

 

Your add-on and mine are different. While you can see new mail in the corner, like it was in Netscape or Mozilla (and, now in Seamonkey), using TB biff, Get Mail is no more than a shortcut, very much like the shortcut in the Quick Launch toolbar. Biff seems to integrate the two programs, while Get Mail keeps them separate, but in touch with each other. While Get Mail connects Firefox to Thunderbird, one of its version permits to define a path to any e-mail client, which are desired.
If you use Outlook as default, it will come up from IE. And, similarly, Thunderbird from Firefox, even if neither is default. The only catch is that if Thunderbird is open, and a link clicked on, only the default browser will come up. Get Mail works only one way.
But the original question mentioned only the mail clients, and not the default browser.s.

 

Yeah, I wasn't concerned about what the default browser was. Just the email client. Thanks.