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chromium-browser package

Chromium 8 does not allow automatically opening PDF files anymore

Bug #687493 reported by Jeff Fortin Tam
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: chromium-browser

chromium-browser 8.0.552.215 (67652) from Ubuntu 10.10's universe has a regression compared to the 7.x series: you can't auto-open PDF files anymore, they are considered "dangerous"...

Jeff Fortin Tam (kiddo)
Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
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Tom Adams (holizz) wrote :

To be fair though, PDFs are dangerous if you use Adobe software to read them.

Maybe Chromium should check to see if Adobe Reader is installed, and omit that message if it isn't.

Alternatively, there should just be an option to disable that message.

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Evan Martin (Chromium) (evan-chromium) wrote :

http://www.ubuntu.com/search/google-appliance/evince%20security%20notice

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Olivier Tilloy (osomon) wrote :

Closing due to the last update to this bug being 6 years old. Please file a new bug if this still applies to recent releases of chromium-browser.

Changed in chromium-browser (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Invalid
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