Unified mime type handling

[Jean Privat]

Firefox don't use the same mime information that gnome.
Applications than can handle a certain kind of files are not the same.

I open a wiki page http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/MimeManagement

[Thom May (thombot)]

*** Bug 13909 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Jeff Waugh (jdub)]

We have to do one, or both of the following: firstly, get the firefox/gnome-vfs
mime patches in, and secondly, synchronise mailcap with freedesktop mime
standard data.

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen (kamstrup)]

My bug #13909 got marked as a duplicate of this... My original "bug" said:

> Gnome 2.10 comes with a new fancy "Open With..."-dialog. Why not let firefox use
> this when you clicked "Open With"->other... when saving/opening some file of the
> web?

It is definitely strongly related to this bug, but isn't the same is it? Maybe I
have hust misunderstood...

[Juha Sahakangas (juhaz)]

Firefox in Hoary can and does use gnome vfs mime system, _IF_ it doesn't find
suitable application in in mailcap.

I'd say using both is okay, especially if they will be synchronized, but the
preference order is certaily wrong... should check gnome first, and mailcap only
if it doesn't find anything.

[Ian Jackson (ijackson)]

This issue is definitely not going to be fixed in Breezy.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

*** Bug 24883 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> My bug #13909 got marked as a duplicate of this... My original "bug" said:
>
> > Gnome 2.10 comes with a new fancy "Open With..."-dialog. Why not let firefox use
> > this when you clicked "Open With"->other... when saving/opening some file of the
> > web?
>
> It is definitely strongly related to this bug, but isn't the same is it? Maybe I
> have hust misunderstood...

That fancy dialog is also part of the gnome/firefox patch :)

[Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen (kamstrup)]

(In reply to comment #7)
> (In reply to comment #3)
> > My bug #13909 got marked as a duplicate of this... My original "bug" said:
> >
> > > Gnome 2.10 comes with a new fancy "Open With..."-dialog. Why not let
firefox use
> > > this when you clicked "Open With"->other... when saving/opening some file
of the
> > > web?
> >
> > It is definitely strongly related to this bug, but isn't the same is it? Maybe I
> > have hust misunderstood...
>
> That fancy dialog is also part of the gnome/firefox patch :)

Excuse me being confused :-) ... Are you implying that this is fixed? I still
see the old gtk-filechooser when I click Open With->Other...

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

This was implemented as https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/default-applications-firefox