Firefox does not know what to do with downloaded files
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
|
Wishlist
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
When Firefox encounters a filetype that it is unfamiliar with, the user is presented the file picker dialog box, to select a program to open the file with. By default, the file selector starts with the user's home directory. This confuses new users, who are expecting a list of installed programs to choose from. Many users do not know that they must navigate to /usr/bin/ and even if they know that much, they likely do not know the name of the executable they need. I recommend that when Firefox encounters a new file type, the user be presented with the same dialog box that is presented when choosing "Open With" from a file's context menu, with a list of available programs.
Changed in firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
affects: | firefox-3.1 (Ubuntu) → firefox-3.5 (Ubuntu) |
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 08:54:27PM -0000, dotancohen wrote:
> Public bug reported:
>
> Binary package hint: firefox
>
> When Firefox encounters a filetype that it is unfamiliar with, the user
> is presented the file picker dialog box, to select a program to open the
> file with. By default, the file selector starts with the user's home
> directory. This confuses new users, who are expecting a list of
> installed programs to choose from. Many users do not know that they must
> navigate to /usr/bin/ and even if they know that much, they likely do
> not know the name of the executable they need. I recommend that when
> Firefox encounters a new file type, the user be presented with the same
> dialog box that is presented when choosing "Open With" from a file's
> context menu, with a list of available programs.
>
Are you using kubuntu? do you have firefox- gnome-support package
installed?
status incomplete
- Alexander