[lubuntu-devel] Problem in Lu 20.04 w/ "open file" "dialogue" window showing no contents

[Walter Lapchynski]

On 2020-02-15 23:02, Fritz Hudnut wrote:
> So I have "chromium" installed 
> but if I then select a
> sub-directory, in this case "Downloads" . . . none of the files in
> that directory show up

Incidentially, this is because your Downloads folder is not your
Downloads folder. Usually it's equivalent to $HOME/Downloads but since
you're using the Snap (which is the only way it will be, it seems), all
of the working directories are sandboxed.

This is not only a [known bug][1] but it seems like one that has [little
hope of being fixed][2].

This, and lots of other things were brought up in a thread on the Ubuntu
Discourse regarding [the transition from Debian package to Snap
package][3] in Chromium. You might want to lend your comments there,
too.

Regarding your ultimate issue, you [can change your User Agent on
Firefox][4].

[1]:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1798450
[2]: https://github.com/ubuntu/snapcraft-desktop-helpers/issues/167
[3]:
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/call-for-testing-chromium-browser-deb-to-snap-transition/11179
[4]:
https://www.howtogeek.com/113439/how-to-change-your-browsers-user-agent-without-installing-any-extensions/

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