[Bug 111818] firefox choose helper application dialog is useless

[randomwalker]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-gnome-support

There are a number of bugs against firefox's choose-helper-application
dialog such as it doesn't work in kde, doesn't let you find / , etc.
This bug encompasses all those bugs.

The choose-helper-application dialog is fundamentally broken in a way
that's not fixable. File type association and the required user
interface for it is a tricky process that is quite hard to get right.
There is no way the browser can expect to do this in a platform
independent way. The dialog is clearly focused on being easy for Windows
users, but on Linux it's a joke. It's not in any circumstance acceptable
to ask the user to choose the exact path to the program. The filesystem
layout makes that hellish, and it's just the way linux is.

The only sane choice is to invoke gnome's (or kde's) open-with dialog. I
don't know if this is something that can be easily added to a browser
given that it lives in a sandbox and all. But as far I can see, any
other choice, especially the current one, is completely insane.

** Affects: firefox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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firefox choose helper application dialog is useless
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/111818
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