Eric Vaandering wrote:
> Charlie Zender wrote:
>
> Mozilla completely ignores mime.types files under linux. Last I saw this
> was "scheduled" for 1.0, but who knows.
>
> IMO, the poor handling of help applications by mozilla is a major
> impediment. Whenever I use mozilla for "real work" I am constantly
> clicking on PDF, PS, EPS, etc. Until this is fixed, I can't in good
> conscience recommend mozilla to my colleagues, although I use it regularly.
>
> Unfortunately the whole topic of helper apps seems to be a bit of a
> black sheep within mozilla.org (and/or Netscape).
Just had a quick look on bugzilla - looks like the whole process of mime handling
is classified as an "enhacement" - no target date or milestone.
I wonder whether the browsing public would agree.
Hopefully someone will tell me I've misinterpreted this . . .
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