Browser-proxy.py opens the links from xchat allright.
Mauku links open allright too.
Chinook OS here, so no browserd daemon nostalgy.
Life's good

Thank you again xiojason!

EDIT: here the hack can be toggled on/off by changing /usr/share/dbus-1/services/com.nokia.osso_browser.service on the fly. Worth a button on personal menu...

EDIT EDIT: now that the main bookmarks pane can open the tear browser, we need a way to use tear to add bookmars there - it must be some other kind of dbus service, right?