Some issues I've encountered (WMV/RAR opening, etc)
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Some issues I've encountered (WMV/RAR opening, etc)
I've been using Firebird as my default browser since 0.7. I've just now downloaded the MozJF Dec. 21 build (latest as of this post) to see some of the new features and see if some bugs have been fixed. I've installed three extensions: TabBrowser Extensions (the latest, 1.10), Popup ALT Attribute, and Things They Left Out (0.1.4.2).
First: no matter what I do, WMV, WMA, ACE and RAR files all are attempted to be opened by the browser rather than passed off as a download link like MP3s, etc. Inside preferences, I've added these four filetypes and specified to use the default application to open them (which is Winamp in the first 2 cases, PowerArchiver in the second 2), but this still opens in firebird (or it attempts to, its jibberish).
Second: About 30% of the time while logging into GayCanada.com (no flames, please), the browser simply crashes. This occured in 0.7 and it still occurs now. When 0.7 crashed I used the TalkBack to send in a crash report (many times), but it appears that's not an option in the build I have now. I've no idea what could be causing the crash.
First: no matter what I do, WMV, WMA, ACE and RAR files all are attempted to be opened by the browser rather than passed off as a download link like MP3s, etc. Inside preferences, I've added these four filetypes and specified to use the default application to open them (which is Winamp in the first 2 cases, PowerArchiver in the second 2), but this still opens in firebird (or it attempts to, its jibberish).
Second: About 30% of the time while logging into GayCanada.com (no flames, please), the browser simply crashes. This occured in 0.7 and it still occurs now. When 0.7 crashed I used the TalkBack to send in a crash report (many times), but it appears that's not an option in the build I have now. I've no idea what could be causing the crash.
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Re: Some issues I've encountered (WMV/RAR opening, etc)
Asher wrote:no matter what I do, WMV, WMA, ACE and RAR files all are attempted to be opened by the browser rather than passed off as a download link like MP3s, etc. Inside preferences, I've added these four filetypes and specified to use the default application to open them (which is Winamp in the first 2 cases, PowerArchiver in the second 2), but this still opens in firebird (or it attempts to, its jibberish).
I'm also using MozJF's 20031221 build, and the MIME-type override is working for me. Binary media files served with a text/plain content-type are saved to disk instead of displayed as text in the browser. The only bug I'm getting with that feature is that I'm prompted for every download of a MIME-overridden file even if I've set it to save to disk every time.
Asher wrote:About 30% of the time while logging into GayCanada.com (no flames, please), the browser simply crashes. This occured in 0.7 and it still occurs now. When 0.7 crashed I used the TalkBack to send in a crash report (many times), but it appears that's not an option in the build I have now. I've no idea what could be causing the crash.
First, make sure you can reproduce the crash with a clean profile, all extensions disabled, and Java disabled. If you continue to get the crash, file a Bugzilla bug so people with debug builds can find the cause of the crash and get it fixed.
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Tabbrowser Extensions has been known to cause javascript-related crashes in some nightly builds, and it's possible that there are new incompatibilities in the 0.8 branch builds. If you can't wait for a TBE update for the 0.8 branch/milestone, you might want to revert to a 20031212 trunk build for the time being.
As for the download bug -- do you have an example of a WMV that is opening as text in Firebird instead of opening in WinAmp?
As for the download bug -- do you have an example of a WMV that is opening as text in Firebird instead of opening in WinAmp?
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Any WMV I could try: IGN.com videos of games, and this random one: http://download2.tabuleiro.com/sampleme ... 00high.wmv
(I just searched for "sample WMV" in google to get that). The IGN videos play fine when the WMV is embedded inside a window, but when it's a direct link is when it tries to open it in Firebird.
The same thing happens with any WMA file. But MP3 works as it should.
Similarly, ZIP works fine, but ACE and RAR try to open in firebird as well.
(I just searched for "sample WMV" in google to get that). The IGN videos play fine when the WMV is embedded inside a window, but when it's a direct link is when it tries to open it in Firebird.
The same thing happens with any WMA file. But MP3 works as it should.
Similarly, ZIP works fine, but ACE and RAR try to open in firebird as well.
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http://download2.tabuleiro.com/sampleme ... 00high.wmv is being served with a text/plain content-type, and should trigger the new MIME-correction behavior. On my system (Win98) it displays the download dialog, and lets me choose whether to open the file in a helper application or save the file to disk. I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't do the same thing on your system.
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