--- a/dwt/program/Program.d	Mon May 12 15:36:37 2008 +0200
+++ b/dwt/program/Program.d	Mon May 12 19:13:01 2008 +0200
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@
     static const String[] CDE_MASK_EXT = [ ".m_m.bm"[], ".l_m.bm", ".s_m.bm", ".t_m.bm" ];
     static const String DESKTOP_DATA = "Program_DESKTOP";
     static const String ICON_THEME_DATA = "Program_GNOME_ICON_THEME";
+    static const String PREFIX_HTTP = "http://"; //$NON-NLS-1$
+    static const String PREFIX_HTTPS = "https://"; //$NON-NLS-1$
     static const int DESKTOP_UNKNOWN = 0;
     static const int DESKTOP_GNOME = 1;
     static const int DESKTOP_GNOME_24 = 2;
@@ -855,18 +857,26 @@
  *  API: When support for multiple displays is added, this method will
  *       become public and the original method above can be deprecated.
  */
-static bool launch(Display display, String fileName) {
+static bool launch (Display display, String fileName) {
     if (fileName is null) DWT.error (DWT.ERROR_NULL_ARGUMENT);
-    switch(getDesktop(display)) {
+    switch (getDesktop (display)) {
         case DESKTOP_GNOME_24:
             if (gnome_24_launch (fileName)) return true;
         default:
-            int index = fileName.lastIndexOf('.');
+            int index = fileName.lastIndexOf ('.');
             if (index !is -1) {
                 String extension = fileName.substring (index);
                 Program program = Program.findProgram (display, extension);
                 if (program !is null && program.execute (fileName)) return true;
             }
+            String lowercaseName = fileName.toLowerCase ();
+            if (lowercaseName.startsWith (PREFIX_HTTP) || lowercaseName.startsWith (PREFIX_HTTPS)) {
+                Program program = Program.findProgram (display, ".html"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+                if (program is null) {
+                    program = Program.findProgram (display, ".htm"); //$NON-NLS-1$
+                }
+                if (program !is null && program.execute (fileName)) return true;
+            }
             break;
     }
     try {