diff --git a/admin/inc/class.admin_ui.inc.php b/admin/inc/class.admin_ui.inc.php
index 52a1cbc0ec..81536a9ff6 100644
--- a/admin/inc/class.admin_ui.inc.php
+++ b/admin/inc/class.admin_ui.inc.php
@@ -488,7 +488,15 @@ class admin_ui
 			admin_ui::$hook_data[$appname] = $file2 ? $file2 : $file;
 			//error_log(__METHOD__."(".array2string(func_get_args()).")");
 		}
-		return array_merge($GLOBALS['egw']->hooks->process('admin', array('admin')), self::$hook_data);
+		self::$hook_data = array_merge($GLOBALS['egw']->hooks->process('admin', array('admin')), self::$hook_data);
+
+		// sort apps alphabetic by their title / translation of app-name
+		uksort(self::$hook_data, function($a, $b)
+		{
+			return strcasecmp(lang($a), lang($b));
+		});
+
+		return self::$hook_data;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/admin/js/app.js b/admin/js/app.js
index 0d6f17f268..8b300e099d 100644
--- a/admin/js/app.js
+++ b/admin/js/app.js
@@ -118,6 +118,12 @@ app.classes.admin = AppJS.extend(
 			this.egw.message(this.egw.lang('Please submit (or postpone) statistic first'), 'info');
 			return;	// do not allow to leave statistics submit
 		}
+		// url outside EGroupware eg. eSyncPro linking to wikipedia
+		if (_url && _url.indexOf(this.egw.webserverUrl) == -1)
+		{
+			window.open(_url, '_blank');
+			return;
+		}
 		if (_url)
 		{
 			this.iframe.set_src(_url);