Closed
Bug 416969
Opened 16 years ago
Closed 6 years ago
When subscribing to an RSS feed, no default applications are listed
Categories
(Firefox Graveyard :: RSS Discovery and Preview, enhancement)
Firefox Graveyard
RSS Discovery and Preview
Tracking
(Not tracked)
RESOLVED
INACTIVE
People
(Reporter: jonathan, Unassigned)
References
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Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20071008 Ubuntu/7.10 (gutsy) Firefox/2.0.0.6 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20071008 Ubuntu/7.10 (gutsy) Firefox/2.0.0.6 When the user clicks on the RSS icon in the address toolbar, it presents an option to use an application for the RSS subscription. It does not however, list any available applications, and assumes that the user knows the path and name of their feedreader executable. Further more, it does not seem to accept any arguments, since spaces are automatically converted to "%20" in the command line. Ideally, the application chooser should check which applications are available in your GNOME/KDE/Windows/OSX session, and know how to deal with most of the popular feed readers available. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Visit a site with an RSS feed (such as http://planet.ubuntu.com) 2. Click on the feed icon in the address toolbar 3. Choose "Choose Application" from the dropdown list Actual Results: A user is presented with a file-opener dialog. Expected Results: A list of available feed readers.
Comment 1•16 years ago
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Seems like an Ubuntu-only problem, as this WFM. asac, any ideas?
Version: unspecified → 2.0 Branch
Comment 2•16 years ago
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i think he doesn't claim that the entries for "bloglines" et al are missing, but that there is no desktop application like "liferea-add-feed" in that drop down list. This could be achieved through mapping applications by mime-type. Anyway, for the time being there are no applications explicitly registered for the application/rss+xml mime-type in ubuntu gnome database afaict.
You can also use Launchy (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/81) to have Firefox to push the URI to a desktop application.
Comment 4•15 years ago
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I think this is invalid - firefox is looking at the database of mime times, and finding nothing - which is the correct behaviour - as that database has no appropriate entries. Adding to mime-types in hte ubuntu db would seem the correct solution (if not done by now) Doing anything else would be broken.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Comment 5•15 years ago
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Only browser peers can wontfix a bug.
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: WONTFIX → ---
Comment 6•14 years ago
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This bug was originally reported on Firefox 2.x or older, which is no longer supported and will not be receiving any more updates. I strongly suggest that you update to Firefox 3.6.8 or later, update your plugins (flash, adobe, etc.), and retest in a new profile. If you still see the issue with the updated Firefox, please post here. Otherwise, please close as RESOLVED > WORKSFORME http://www.mozilla.com http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+mode
Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2010-09-15]
Comment 7•14 years ago
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Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.10 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing. http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2010-09-15] → [CLOSEME 2010-10-15]
Updated•14 years ago
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Whiteboard: [CLOSEME 2010-10-15]
Updated•14 years ago
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Version: 2.0 Branch → Trunk
Comment 8•6 years ago
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Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago → 6 years ago
Resolution: --- → INACTIVE
Updated•5 years ago
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Product: Firefox → Firefox Graveyard
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