Are still seeing this behavior in the latest versions?
* Henrik Johansson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Package: mozilla-firefox
> Version: 0.9.1-5
>
> When accessing some plaintext files on www servers they are not not
> displayed the usual way. Instead the
> What-do-you-want-to-do-with-this-file dialog is opened. I assume this
> is because the web server doesn't send the appropiate meta-data.
>
> However, firefox does somehow find out what type of file it is and
> then checks /etc/mailcap to find a program to suggest opening it
> with. ("less" is suggested, which doesn't work due to bug #232688.) If
> a copy of the same file is opened as
> file:///some/path/something.some_crummy_extention it is displayed in
> the browser (the usual way).
>
> It seems to work like this (pseudocode):
>
> If headers indicate a mime-type with builtin handler:
> Use the builtin handler (and we are done).
> Else if headers don't tell us what mime-type it is:
> Try to find out the mime-type some other way.
> Check /etc/mailcap (and other config files) for suggestions and ask
> the user what to do.
>
>
> I would be better if it worked like this:
>
> If headers don't tell us what mime-type it is:
> Try to find out the mime-type some other way.
> If mime-type has builtin handler:
> Use the builtin handler (and we are done).
> Else:
> Check /etc/mailcap (and other config files) for suggestions and ask
> the user what to do.
>
>
> Another solution would be to include the builtin handlers in the list
> of available actions in the What-do-you-want-to-do-with-this-file
> dialog. (i.e. "show as text/plain", "show as text/html", etc)
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