[Bug 18995] Re: [MASTER] "Open With" dialog not user-friendly

[John Vivirito]

On 08/10/2009 08:41 AM, ktulu77 wrote:
> @Coren > If it is not possible, what is the goal of this bug ? I
> understood the problem was the open with dialog which is not user
> friendly when we want to choose the app we want to use to open the file.
> 
> If there is no cross-linux desktop API, then perhaps we can cheat and
> detect the desktop environment with the extension, or perhaps, make it
> configurable in the addon configuration window.
> 
> The point is mozilla is not going to resolve this problem until a lot of
> time, so instead of waiting for that, we could create a quick and dirty
> fix with a firefox addon.
> 
> @John Vivirito > Sorry, but this bug is huge and it is difficult to see
> the main informations. Perhaps a blueprint would be better ?
> 
This bug is huge does not really mean anything to everyone, This bug is
something people want fixed would be better.
Now as i have explained this bug is a major code change and that is why
upstream is applying it. This is not a "Show stopper" it is a feature
request. Upstream has alot of work to do until it can be added.
As i recall someone asked for this to block xulrunner 1.9.2
(firefox-3.6) We are a long way before that will be stable so they have
time. There is a hacked patched attached to one of the bugs upstream.
Hacked patches are not something we will add either way. once a final
patch is in place we will have it in our build (3.6 or later) this will
not be added to anything <3.6 more than likely since it is such a
massive change.
For more info please see upstream bugs.

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Sincerely Yours,
    John Vivirito

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[MASTER] "Open With" dialog not user-friendly
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