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

[Fritz Hudnut]

Thanks, I'll check it out.  I did try to use FF in the not too distant past
to change the User Agent, but it didn't seem to work as it did in
Chrome/ium . . . up until recently.  So, seems like over in OSX is going to
be the "answer" . . . .

On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 1:59 PM Walter Lapchynski <wxl at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 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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