i am using Waterfox 24.0 (64 bit build version of firefox) on Windows 7 x86 64 bits.
when visiting this page: http://software-dl.ti.com/dsps/dsps_public_sw/sdo_sb/targetcontent/tirtos/1_10_00_23/index_FDS.html (might require a free account to view or download) and downloading the windows version (*.exe) of the file set then i can select any option for opening or saving including the "remember my decision" option. but when going for the linux version i only get offered two options: open with an application (default here is VLC) or download but the "remember" button is grayed out. for my impression the browser should be able to remember decisions for explicitly html/mime tagged file formats as already realized. but for for non-tagged or "wildcard"-tagged files and it shall be check for the file name extension (or absence of such an extension - this happens more often than you would think) and decide based upon that extension. so the browser needs not only a mime type default action configuration database/listing but an extension based handling if mime type is not that useable. maybe even the user can pass down certain mime types to the extension based treatment. thus the mime type layer should see a new option: "handle by file extension". @Sergio - thats a nice proposal in that area. i can support that. its all about options. BTW i think the dialog does not mention the mime type so i am a bit lost in diagnostics for that my faulty cases using purely the browser. the dialog should mention the mime-type he asks me about. -- 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/25830 Title: Option to display file in browser, treat as text/plain Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser: In Progress Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: A suggestion: When you click certain files, like .py or .pl files, for example, Firefox brings up a dialog that offers you the ability to: 1. Open with a certain application 2. Save to disk What would be nice is a third option: 3. Treat as text/plain The wording could be altered... "Display as text in browser" or something. Sometimes you just want to quickly visit a file on the web and look for something in it, and the fact that you *could* open it in a more customized application is true but not really easier for you at that moment. If you just want to look a Python script for a version number at the top it is not necessary to open it in your IDE or save it to disk; you just want to open it in the normal viewing window as plain text and quickly find what you need to look at. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/25830/+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
