After 11 years - more and more clarity develops on this issue. Please consider USER INTENT as an important aspect in the early design and later - policy implementation of this "feature". Now it is known how important (forced) user security is regarding XSS-type attacks, we have BOTH SIDES of the issue exposed. Seems like, the solution involves a little more programming, not merely "turning off" security concerns.
I'm probably typical in my INTENT. I have repetitive tasks where I download CSS files from trusted sources, format them, and archive them. On selection of "do this automatically for files like this from now on" Firefox can throw a (severe) user warning about XSS-type attacks, then offer to allow the recurrent behavior, explicitly for the chosen server, forevermore. User has been WARNED, has actively chosen to do the deed with THIS SERVER ONLY, and has exonerated Firefox while maintaining the personal freedoms we expect using personal computers. Of course, removal of the "user approval for the site" must also be programmed. For examples of WARN but "DO if approved by user" - look no further than Windows. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1065126 Title: "Always do this from now on" does not work Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in One Hundred Papercuts: New Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Downloading an unknown file type in Firefox displays a dialog for choosing which application to use for opening the file. The dialog contains a check box labelled "Always do this action from now on". Checking this option does not work: When I download a file of the same type next time, the same dialog is displayed again. This feature is broken for as long as I can remember (> 10 years). It's time it was fixed (or removed). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox 15.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ruediger 2536 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120907231657 Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe220000 irq 49' Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1984' Components : 'HDA:11d41984,17aa20bb,00100400' Controls : 32 Simple ctrls : 20 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 7KHT24WW-1.08' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 7KHT24WW-1.08' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Channel: Unavailable Date: Wed Oct 10 18:17:44 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) IpRoute: default via 172.31.0.1 dev wlan0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 172.31.0.0/20 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 172.31.9.26 metric 2 MostRecentCrashID: bp-7716491c-74b4-4213-bbf0-37b512110505 PrefSources: prefs.js Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=15.0.1/20120907231657 (In use) RelatedPackageVersions: rhythmbox-mozilla 2.96-0ubuntu4.2 totem-mozilla 3.0.1-0ubuntu21.1 icedtea-6-plugin 1.2-2ubuntu1.2 RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-28 (165 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/18/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7LETC9WW (2.29 ) dmi.board.name: 6457BBG dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7LETC9WW(2.29):bd03/18/2011:svnLENOVO:pn6457BBG:pvrThinkPadT61:rvnLENOVO:rn6457BBG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 6457BBG dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T61 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1065126/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
