(In reply to Lance Baker from comment #87) > MHTML is not an approved standard. It is a Microsoft idea that other browser > developers have followed. Whether Firefox follows the trend or not is a > choice. If they don't, it is not a bug. We already have Zip to archive web > pages and related objects. Using an add-on to do the archive from within > Firefox is a convenience not a bug fix.
It's a specification approved as "proposed standard" by the IETF. Just like many other things the internet runs on. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/240133 Title: MHTML Format - Web Archive Files - Standard not supported in Firefox Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: Confirmed Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “firefox-3.5” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: firefox-3.0 this location http://www.militarybadges.org.uk/badget11.mht displays This document is a Web archive file. If you are seeing this message, this means your browser or editor doesn't support Web archive files. For more information on the Web archive format, go to http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/office/webarchive.htm I am using ubuntu 8.04 ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Jun 15 10:28:40 2008 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: firefox-3.0 3.0~rc1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: firefox-3.0 Uname: Linux 2.6.24-18-generic i686 WORKAROUND <Thanks Thomas>: http://www.unmht.org/unmht/en_index.html To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/240133/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
