* Dan Jacobson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Package: firefox
> Version: 1.5.dfsg+1.5.0.2-3
> Severity: minor
> 
> Problem: users saves e.g.,
> $ wget http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php
> to disk, then attempts
> $ firefox ./firmware.php
> But firefox, and other browsers, don't know that it is indeed just
> html.

It's tricky though, cause it doesn't have to be. A php script could
output pretty much any type of content. 

> The user must first
> $ mv firmware.php firmware.html
> for easier browsing.
> 
> I'm not sure who to blame this bug on.
> One could reassign this bug to /etc/mime.types, but that would only
> fix other browsers, not firefox.
> 
> Or maybe it is all the fault of websites for calling the file .php.
> 

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