Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open with... WHAT?

2009-07-24 Thread Thomas Ibbotson
Paul Webster wrote: > Hi > > Not using any email client. I'm using gmail, and attachments are downloaded > in Firefox. > > Paul > There's a bug in firefox, not just restricted to Ubuntu, in that it doesn't open a "Preferred Applications" dialog, but simply an "Open With..." dialog. This is par

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open with... WHAT?

2009-07-11 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 11/07/09 11:05, Paul Webster wrote: > Dear Alan Hi Paul, > As the UK-Ubuntu list seems to be a spaghetti-like state at the moment > (so it seems to me), I thought I'd send my reply to your kind advice > directly to you, as you may not have seen it through the jungle (to > switch metaphors). I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open with... WHAT?

2009-07-10 Thread Paul Webster
gt; >> Thanks, Alan. > >> > >> I had seen that page but it's for the i386 version of Ubuntu. I don't > >> really want to downgrade my architecture just to get the printer > >> going... :@( > >> > >> Once again, thanks for respondin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Open with... WHAT?

2009-07-10 Thread Alan Lord (News)
On 10/07/09 16:17, Paul Webster wrote: > Dear all > > I know I'm a pest with my incessant questions, but things just keep > cropping up... > > When a word-processing file is downloaded (e.g. an email attachment), > the following happens on my system: What email client are you using? I use Thunder

[ubuntu-uk] Open with... WHAT?

2009-07-10 Thread Paul Webster
Dear all I know I'm a pest with my incessant questions, but things just keep cropping up... When a word-processing file is downloaded (e.g. an email attachment), the following happens on my system: 1) If it is a .doc file, an Open Office 3.0 start-up window appears and makes a failed attempt to