fix(app): open external links in browser #14447
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Overview
This PR fixes a bug introduced by updating electron where we were opening up external links in the electron window rather than an external browser window.
As per the (poorly worded) docs,
contents.setWindowOpenHandler
is...So the checks we were doing before are unnecessary.
closes RQA-2309
Test Plan
Verified internal links do not open in the browser, and verified external links do.
Changelog
Review requests
Click around the app and make sure internal/external links work as expected.
Risk assessment
Low