diff -up xdg-utils-1.0.2/scripts/xdg-open.mimeopen xdg-utils-1.0.2/scripts/xdg-open
--- xdg-utils-1.0.2/scripts/xdg-open.mimeopen	2007-06-24 14:58:01.000000000 -0500
+++ xdg-utils-1.0.2/scripts/xdg-open	2008-01-18 08:49:50.000000000 -0600
@@ -360,6 +360,13 @@ open_xfce()
 
 open_generic()
 {
+    if mimeopen -v 2>/dev/null 1>&2; then
+        mimeopen -n "$1"
+        if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+            exit_success
+        fi
+    fi
+
     IFS=":"
     for browser in $BROWSER; do
         if [ x"$browser" != x"" ]; then