[Mono-list] Opening user's browser

[Felipe Almeida Lessa]

Hi,

I'd like to have a function that opens a link in the user's web
browser. Googling about it I didn't find an arch-independent solution.
The best I could do until now is:

public static bool OpenLink(string address) {
	try {
		int plat = (int) Environment.OSVersion.Platform;
		System.Diagnostics.Process proc;
		if ((plat != 4) && (plat != 128)) {
			// Use Microsoft's way of opening sites
			proc = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(address);
		} else {
			// We're on Unix, try several browsers
			string cmdline = String.Format("firefox {0} || mozilla-firefox {0}" +
				" || epiphany {0} || galeon {0} || opera {0} || dillo {0}", address);
			proc = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(cmdline);
			// Sometimes we need to wait for bash
			System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(500);
		}
		return (!proc.HasExited || proc.ExitCode == 0);
	} catch {
		return false;
	}
}

I'd like to know what you think about it, and if there's a better
solution. Also, I think that a snippet of code showing how to do this
should be put on mono-project.com, as this may help other people too.

Cya,
Felipe.