Comment 95 for bug 18995

(In reply to comment #16)
> (In reply to comment #15)
> > the use-case of opening a file could be:
> > (default -but rules could be specified by user to overpass the default
> > association)
> > automatically use the preferred user's application using xdg-open.
> > IF NO preferred association found
> > THEN popup dialog to the user like this
> > http://www.amsn-project.net/w/upload/a/ab/Screenshot-4-5.jpg
> > giving him the choice between manual path or a list of available application
> > (using freedesktop standard specification)
> > ..my two cents..
>
> Fx already supports this and an app picker dialog, we just need to figure out
> how to populate it by implementing possibleLocalHandlers. (See bug 348808)

You means in the dev branch, it is not released yet.right?

And to Micheal, what is "Firefox 3.next timeframe."? 3.5 ?

thx