Firefox uses file chooser instead of application selector
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
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+
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-15-generic x86_64
| Raphael J. Schmid (raphael-j-schmid) wrote | #1 |
| Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote | #2 |
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.