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[Bug 1065126]

 

FROM  Bug 647633 - "do this automatically for files like this from now
on" is disabled most of the time

Stop for a second and consider WHY DOES Menu_OPTIONS_APPLICATIONS
exist?? Please answer that for me. Please FIX this unresolved bug.  -ss

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Title:
  "Always do this from now on" does not work

Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser:
  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

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