"Choose an Application" dialog doesn't present list of programs

[pottersson]

Binary package hint: firefox

This is more of a usability bug than anything; I'm sorta hoping that this makes it into the Hundred Paper Cuts.

When I try to open a file Firefox doesn't recognize from the Downloads window, rather than presenting me with Nautilus' Open With dialog, Firefox displays its own Choose Application box. Problem is, this box is not populated with any applications. The only available option is a button to browse for the application, but most users don't know what the Linux equivalent of C:/Program Files/ is, leaving them completely stranded.

The workaround is to manually navigate to the Downloads folder in Nautilus, but the new user will not think of that.

In my case, I was trying to install an OpenOffice extension.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-23.37-generic-pae 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-23-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Jul 13 12:14:38 2010
FirefoxPackages:
 firefox 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 firefox-gnome-support 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 firefox-branding 3.6.6+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
 abroswer N/A
 abrowser-branding N/A
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429.4)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 18995, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.