How to set Google Chrome as the default browser

After installing Debian 7, I've discovered that I can't change default web browser. Recommended solution didn't work for me. After googling, I found how to get it working.

First of all you have to edit your mimelist:

~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

Add following lines under either the [Default Applications] or [Added Associations] section

text/html=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/https=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/about=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/unknown=google-chrome.desktop
x-scheme-handler/http=google-chrome.desktop

Create google-chrome.desktop file and save it to the one of the listed directory:

/usr/share/applications/
/usr/local/share/applications/
~/.local/share/applications/ # will be specific only for current user

Content of the file is

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Google Chrome Web Browser
GenericName=Google Chrome
Comment=Internet browser
Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome %U
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=chromium
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
StartupWMClass=Google Chrom
StartupNotify=true

Once, you have done, just relaunch desktop session.