Results of testing Mozilla bug #444440 patch (v3).

.txt file
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Helper chooser dialog suggests to open with "gedit.desktop". However, if 
"Other..." is selected from the list, and the file-browser dialog cancelled, 
Open With displays "Text Editor (default)".

If the "OK" button is pressed when "gedit-desktop" is displayed no error
is reported but no helper is launched. If the "OK" button is pressed
when "Text Editor (default)" is displayed, the "Download Error" dialog
appears and reports that the helper application can't be launched - in
other words, the same problem as reported by this bug originally.

.gz file
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Helper choose dialig suggests to open "firefox 3.0.1". However, if
"Other..." is selected from the list, and the file-browser dialog
cancelled, Open with displays "Archive Manager (default)".

If the "OK" button is pressed when either  "firefox 3.0.1" or "Archive
Manager (default)" is displayed the "Download Error" dialog appears and
reports that the helper application can't be launched.

.pdf
Content-Type: application/pdf

Helper chooser dialog suggests to open "Document Viewer (default)".
Pressing the "OK" button launches the helper application (evince) as
expected.

So, in summary, the mozilla patch doesn't solve the issue and, if
anything, makes it more confusing.

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firefox - the associated helper application does not exist
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239952
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