Opening unknown filetypes from Firefox: KDE users please confirm

[NoOp]

On 12/08/2008 04:30 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/12/8 NoOp <glgxg at sbcglobal.net>:
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>>
>> This doesn't appear to be an Ubuntu issue; I'd recommend that you file a
>> bug on Firefox directly if you can't first find an already filed bug
>> first (https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/). I'd also recommend that you check
>> the Firefox user and development newsgroups first:
>>
>> http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/
>>  http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Other+Firefox+support
>>   [Newsgroups and mailing lists]
>> news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.support.firefox
>> Newsgroups and mailing lists
>>
>> Use a newsgroup reader like Thunderbird post questions in the
>> "mozilla.support.firefox" newsgroup, available on news.mozilla.org
>> (Mozilla's news server) Please read the Mozilla Forum Etiquette page
>> before posting.
>>
>> The Ubuntu Fx folks may get around to responding to your bug report
>> (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/232046), but if
>> they don't know the immediate answer they'll most likely just move it
>> upstream. That takes their time, your time, and probably won't result in
>> an answer anytime soon. However, going directly to the application
>> support & user newsgroups - mozilla.support.firefox (dev is
>> mozilla.dev.apps.firefox) _will_ get you an answer. May not be the one
>> you like, but if they can't answer it, then neither can Ubuntu launchpad.
>>
>>
> 
> I do not agree that this is a Mozilla issue. Mozilla makes the
> browser, but it is up to Ubuntu to take the different programs
> (browser, media player/ text editor / etc) and make them work
> together.
> 
> Can someone with a Macintosh or Windows computer confirm / deny that
> in those systems the user is presented with a list of PROGRAMS when
> downloading an unknown file type?
> 

Ok, you can disagree... but I am telling you that this is a Mozilla
issue on linux - regardless of which distro you use. The fact of the
matter is that Fx (linux) provides you with a "Choose Helper
Application" dialog, it just doesn't provide suggested applications as
it does in Windows. See:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346870
["Choose Helper Application", get list from Gnome Menu]
http://kb.mozillazine.org/index.php?title=File_types_and_download_actions
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=259594
[ "open with..." dialog box requires full pathname to choose alternative
application  ]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=370380
[ Cannot easily select alternative helper applications in "Open With"
dialog  ]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=397700
[Implement application selector (nsIMIMEInfo.possibleLocalHandlers) for
Linux]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=373397
[nsGNOMERegistry could use the mozgnome component]

And I suppose that your bug report might be classified as a duplicate of:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/111818
[firefox choose helper application dialog is useless]

I suppose if Ubuntu have the resources they could provide a patch to
Mozilla Corporation (anyone can contribued). But given that Mozilla
Corp. have _paid_ Firefox developers, and are aware of the issue(s), I
reckon that it would be nice if the fix came from Mozilla Corporation
directly.