136945 - RFE: Don't open new tab for content that Mozilla doesn't handle itself

Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 102380

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, enhancement)

Description

[Patrick]

Current Behaviour:
Open a new tab by middle-clicking on a link, that leads to a document Mozilla
can't handle itself (e.g. a PDF file) 
-> A new tab named "Untitled" is created *AND* the dialog pops ups asking
whether to open the file with an application (e.g. AcroRead) or save it. After
closing the dialog (and either saving the PDF or spawning AcroRead), the empty
tab remains there. 
If you download a bunch of files this way, you are left with a bunch of empty tabs.

Therefore I suggest to not open those tabs (after the http-channel has
determined that Mozilla can't handle the document itself) *OR* to close those
tabs when the helper app dialog is dismissed.

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 102380 ***

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

marking verified as a duplicate.

if you decide to reopen this bug, please clarify why.

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Comment 3

[Patrick]

no need to reopen -> closing