[Bug 437472] [NEW] Firefox uses file chooser instead of application selector

[Raphael J. Schmid]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Being not that computer-savvy, Jane had John install Ubuntu on her new
laptop. So far she likes it, but recently encountered a problem when
surfing on the web: a friend had told her about "Podcasts" so she went
to her favorite radio station and clicked the orange icon next to where
it said "subscribe to podcast". She then was presented with a page
asking her whether she wanted to subscribe using "Dynamic Bookmarks" or
with a different application instead. Since Jane uses Rhythmbox for
listening to music, she figured that would be the correct application.
Unfortunately the "select application" button only gave her a file
chooser with a list of many confusing files in it. Frustrated, she
decided to wait until John would visit her again. To make things worse,
the same long and confusing list came up again when Jane tried to "Open
with..." a "CHM" file later that day. Since Jane knows how to select the
default application for opening files of specific types in the file
manager, she's asking herself why Firefox can't use the same easy-to-
understand method used in the file manager.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
Package: firefox 3.0.14+build2+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.9.04.1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic x86_64

** Affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug usability

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