[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830] Re: Option to display file in browser, treat as text/plain
** Changed in: firefox Importance: Medium => Unknown -- 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 Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed 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
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Encountered this bug today trying to get a plaintext format (with the mime type `application/`) to display as plaintext in the browser rather than Open With > Firefox (and opening a new window.) Is there still no workaround for enabling this type of functionality, even by modifying config files in the profile? I tried messing around with `handlers.json` (the file that holds the mime type preferences set in `about:preferences` under the "Files and Applications" header) but had no luck. Some content types in `about:preferences` permit users to select "Open in Firefox" while others don't. Where is the safelist of permitted content types for this behavior? Could a simple solution to this bug be to add an `about:config` flag that would allow power users to select "Open in Firefox" for any content type? -- 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 Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
In December 2000, just shy of 21 years ago, comment number 6: "Marking as NEW so someone will either mark it as WONTFIX or INVALID." Status today, 25 Aug 2021 (30th birthday of Linus announcing his OS in Usenet): "Status: NEW" And I see multiple patches attached to this ticket from various points over the years. This is so disheartening. -- 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 Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
Backlog grooming: bugs without an assignee cannot be P1. -- 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 Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
(In reply to Stewart Gordon from [comment #218](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57342#c218)) I think you completely misunderstood what I was getting at, because your final statement is what I was saying (well attempting to as it obviously wasn't as clear as I hoped). All I was saying is that if a file is identified with a mime type of `text/*` that it is text, and firefox displays text just fine as it currently does with `text/plain`. So firefox can handle any text file it doesn't explicitly have another process for as `text/plain` to display it **in Firefox**, and that should be an option in addition to _save_, and _specifying an external application_ for handling that file. I was not requesting that the user choose on an all-or-nothing basis at all, I wanted to add an option that doesn't exist at this time, but should for text/* types because the support is already baked in. -- 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 Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
(In reply to Michael Lippert from comment #219) > (In reply to Stewart Gordon from [comment > #218](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57342#c218)) > > I think you completely misunderstood what I was getting at, because your > final statement is what I was saying (well attempting to as it obviously > wasn't as clear as I hoped). That final comment wasn't aimed at you personally. Sorry if it sounded like it was. Really, I was commenting on the suggested workaround you made reference to, rather than on your comment itself. > All I was saying is that if a file is identified with a mime type of `text/*` > that it is text, and firefox displays text just fine as it currently does > with `text/plain`. So firefox can handle any text file it doesn't explicitly > have another process for as `text/plain` to display it **in Firefox**, and > that should be an option in addition to _save_, and _specifying an external > application_ for handling that file. > > I was not requesting that the user choose on an all-or-nothing basis at all, > I wanted to add an option that doesn't exist at this time, but should for > text/* types because the support is already baked in. Which is basically what this bug ticket is asking for all along. I was saying that it shouldn't be restricted to text/* types, because other types may also be text-based formats. Another very good example of this is PGN (which seems to be represented by various application/* types). -- 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 Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
Just a restate for my [comment #57 from 16 years ago](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57342#c57) with a slight update... it is still valid If I try to download a text/almost-binary-whatever (such as /etc/sendmail.cf), I expect a dialog asking what to do: You are trying to view text/almost-binary-whatever content... ( ) Save to disk... ( ) Show in browser as text/plain ( ) Open with program... [x] Always do the same for this type [OK] [Cancel] Just my 2 EUR cent... -- 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 Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed 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
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(In reply to Michael Lippert from comment #217) > Addressing this issue would help a lot of power users. I think all that's > needed is the capability to set somewhere (even about:config) that all > unknown text/* types should be handled as internally as text/plain. I disagree. It's only natural that sometimes the user will want to save the file to disk, sometimes the user will want to open the file in an external application, and sometimes the user will want to view the file in the browser. Why should we force the user to choose on an all-or- nothing basis, and moreover restrict it to text/* types? > There are other text/* types that it would be really nice if they were just viewable in the browser rendered as text/plain, such as those for source files (text/x-c, text/x-java-source, ...). Indeed, Moreover, there are many text-based file formats out there - not just those that have text/* MIME types (e.g. application/xml, and apparently application/javascript and application/json exist as well). > On my system the mime type is also associated w/ the list of applications I select from in the file manager to open those files, so I want to be able to distinguish them from one another (I want to open markdown files with different applications than js source files or script files for example). I mention this because one workaround suggested was just to tag markdown files as text/plain, but I'd rather continue to use Chrome than lose the ability to distinguish the files in the file manager. What kind of "system" is this - an operating system, or a website with an associated file manager? The MIME type is for specifying what kind of file it is, not what the user agent is to do with it. We shouldn't force anybody to misdeclare MIME types in order to work around browser restrictions. We should fix the restrictions. -- 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 Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830] Re: Option to display file in browser, treat as text/plain
@jwatt What's this about a mass bug change? The link is to an uninformative routine comment on an unrelated bug report, and googling for similar comments only brings up this single bug report. Was this a failed test for an upcoming actual mass bug change? Or can you explain what it means with a correct link, or more information about what the link means? -- 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 Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830] Re: Option to display file in browser, treat as text/plain
** Changed in: firefox Status: In Progress => Confirmed ** Changed in: firefox Importance: Wishlist => Medium -- 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 Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
Mass bug change to replace various 'parity' whiteboard flags with the new canonical keywords. (See bug 1443764 comment 13.) -- 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 Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
Addressing this issue would help a lot of power users. I think all that's needed is the capability to set somewhere (even about:config) that all unknown text/* types should be handled as internally as text/plain. Currently I have to use Chrome w/ an extension to render a markdown file from my local filesystem. It is loaded w/ the appropriate mime type: text/markdown which according to this stackoverflow (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10701983/what-is-the-mime-type-for- markdown) was registered as RFC7763 in March of 2016. There is at least one firefox extension which will render a markdown file. but it never gets that far, firefox only gives the options to download or to specify an external application for the file. There are other text/* types that it would be really nice if they were just viewable in the browser rendered as text/plain, such as those for source files (text/x-c, text/x-java-source, ...). On my system the mime type is also associated w/ the list of applications I select from in the file manager to open those files, so I want to be able to distinguish them from one another (I want to open markdown files with different applications than js source files or script files for example). I mention this because one workaround suggested was just to tag markdown files as text/plain, but I'd rather continue to use Chrome than lose the ability to distinguish the files in the file manager. -- 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 Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
*** Bug 578990 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
Even if Firefox was improved to support unknown text/* types (viewed as text/plain), this would be a great improvement. Almost all files that I can't view directly in Firefox due to this bug have a text/* type. -- 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
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But can Chrome view arbitrary unknown MIME types as text, or just text/* types, or does it just know about some specific MIME types such as this? -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
I see parity-opera tag -- you can add chrome as well. Content-Type: text/x-java-source are displayed there automatically as text whereas in FF I can only open with another app or save. -- 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
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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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
Created attachment 8338461 screenshot of browser file reception dialog that has a grayed out remember item -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
I need open in browser working ! , I hope this is not another stupid security reason -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
@Alexander: This bug is about adding a View as text/HTML option, not about the do this automatically checkbox. Try looking at bug 453455 or bug 561392 instead. -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830] Re: Option to display file in browser, treat as text/plain
** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix = Triaged ** No longer affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) -- 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
[Desktop-packages] [Bug 25830]
I suggested a more general solution in bug 185618 comment 61 (about adding an option to render content in Firefox whenever Save As comes up immediately). I suggest using an error/info page for content of a type for which there is no handler or for content for which the handler fails, so anytime Save As comes up there is some content behind it. In the case of an unknown type, the error/info page would appear as a placeholder, which would prevent unknown types from cutting off user activity, and make room for a separate Reinterpret Content sheet with which the user could override the provided content-type to one which Firefox can render. -- 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: Won't Fix Status in “firefox-3.0” 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
