Merge pull request #377 from ajbozarth/requested-fix

Flip default value for open_browser in extensions

Author: Zsailer

jupyter_server/extension/application.py

@@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ class method. This method can be set as a entry_point in
     # is launched directly (using its `launch_instance` method).
     serverapp_config = {}
 
-    # Some subclasses will likely ovrride this trait to flip
-    # the default value to True if they offer a browser
+    # Some subclasses will likely override this trait to flip
+    # the default value to False if they don't offer a browser
     # based frontend.
     open_browser = Bool(
-        False,
+        True,
         help="""Whether to open in a browser after starting.
         The specific browser used is platform dependent and
         determined by the python standard library `webbrowser`
@@ -497,4 +497,4 @@ def launch_instance(cls, argv=None, **kwargs):
                     "{ext_name} is running without loading "
                     "other extensions.".format(ext_name=cls.name)
                 )
-            serverapp.start()
+            serverapp.start()