Hmmm... Apparently, Java 6 will introduce a
new Desktop API that will launch the default browser or email client.
(Nice!) In the meantime, I just found
this code for a decent platform-independent approach. I haven't tried it myself, so let us know how this works if you use it.
(PS: I found these by searching on "java default browser".)
[ May 21, 2006: Message edited by: marc weber ]