diff -Nur hexchat-2.9.4.orig/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c hexchat-2.9.4/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c
--- hexchat-2.9.4.orig/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c	2012-11-11 07:08:30.000000000 -0200
+++ hexchat-2.9.4/src/fe-gtk/fe-gtk.c	2013-01-30 23:06:38.670239405 -0200
@@ -1039,8 +1039,10 @@
 			return;
 	}
 
-	/* everything failed, what now? just try firefox */
-	if (try_browser ("firefox", NULL, url))
+	/* everything failed, what now? just try iceweasel or icecat */
+	if (try_browser ("iceweasel", NULL, url))
+		return;
+	if (try_browser ("icecat", NULL, url))
 		return;
 
 	/* fresh out of ideas... */