Just a restate for my [comment #57 from 16 years
ago](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57342#c57) with a
slight update... it is still valid
If I try to download a text/almost-binary-whatever (such as /etc/sendmail.cf),
I expect a dialog asking
what to do:
You are trying to view text/almost-binary-whatever content...
( ) Save to disk...
( ) Show in browser as text/plain
( ) Open with program...
[x] Always do the same for this type
[OK] [Cancel]
Just my 2 EUR cent...
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/25830
Title:
Option to display file in browser, treat as text/plain
Status in Mozilla Firefox:
Confirmed
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
Triaged
Bug description:
A suggestion:
When you click certain files, like .py or .pl files, for example, Firefox
brings
up a dialog that offers you the ability to:
1. Open with a certain application
2. Save to disk
What would be nice is a third option:
3. Treat as text/plain
The wording could be altered... "Display as text in browser" or
something.
Sometimes you just want to quickly visit a file on the web and look for
something in it, and the fact that you *could* open it in a more customized
application is true but not really easier for you at that moment. If you just
want to look a Python script for a version number at the top it is not
necessary
to open it in your IDE or save it to disk; you just want to open it in the
normal viewing window as plain text and quickly find what you need to look at.
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