Firefox: Downloading a file: Open with: "Other..." should display the "Open With Other Application"dialog

[dominik langer]

If I download a file, Firefox asks me, if I want to save the file, or if I want to open the file with an application. If I choose "Open with" and then select "other", instead of the default application, Firefox opens the normal dialog showing files and folders.

I think it would be very useful, if Firefox opens the "Open With Other Application" dialog, because otherwise I can't select an application. For new users it would be also much easier.

[Jonathan Wiltshire (jwiltshire)]

Thanks for your bug report. Since this is behaviour in the Firefox application, I'm assigning it to the firefox package.

When reporting other bugs, you can find hints for assigning your bug correctly the first time at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage

[drew212 (mstngdrew212)]

I also think it would be much easier for a new user if it displayed a list of common applications that apply to the certain file type that you're trying to open rather than a generic file browser. I'm marking this as wishlist because it is more of a feature request than an actual bug.

[Micah Gersten (micahg)]

Thank you for bringing this bug to our attention. However, a paper cut should be a small usability issue, in the default Ubuntu 10.10 install, that affects many people and is quick and easy to fix. So this bug can't be addressed as part of this project.

This is actually a very old bug that requires implementation upstream.
For further information about papercuts criteria, please read https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaperCut.

Don't worry though, this bug has been marked as "Invalid" only in the papercuts project.

[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.