Comment 137 for bug 18995

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Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount) wrote : Re: [Bug 18995] Re: [MASTER] "Open With" dialog not user-friendly

Is there an ETA on the port? Is it worth targeting to 12.10 or will it take
longer than that?

On 15 June 2012 09:47, Timothy Arceri <email address hidden> wrote:

> This is an easy fix once the firefox port to gtk3 is finished (its
> currently making good progress). Reconfirming as a papercut.
>
> ** Changed in: hundredpapercuts
> Status: Invalid => Triaged
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> Title:
> [MASTER] "Open With" dialog not user-friendly
>
> Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser:
> Confirmed
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
> Triaged
> Status in “firefox” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in “firefox-3.0” package in Ubuntu:
> Won't Fix
> Status in “firefox-3.5” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
> Status in “mozilla-thunderbird” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> When choosing to open a file in Firefox, an "Open With" dialog appears.
> You can choose to save the file or open it with a program from the list.
> However, if the desired program to open the file with is NOT listed, the
> user
> must navigate the filesystem to /usr/bin (or wherever) and select the
> appropriate program.
>
> A more user-friendly way would be to list all of the known programs
> installed
> that are available to open files with, and then have an "Other..." or
> "Advanced..." button for the user who would rather navigate the
> filesystem.
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