148995 - onlinecontest.de - unable to associate external helper app with specific file extensions

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Tech Evangelism Graveyard :: German, defect)

Description

[Max]

I am unable to associate an external program to open specific file extensions
when the mimetype of the file (although it has some specific extension) is
text/plain.

In this case, Mozilla will always display it in the browser. I evangelized the
website owner to change the mimetype of those *.igc files to something like
application/igc, but this is beyond my immediate control and I would like it to
work. In Windows this seems to work (at least I have seen it work with someone's
IE).

If this can be done somehow, I would like to hear from you.

Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Ie use content sniffing / use the file extension but that violates the standard.
Mozilla use the mime-type from the server and Mozilla renders it if the site
send text/plain because Mozilla can handle text/plain.

-> TE 

Comment 2

[Max]

Is there a work-around for the time being; in the Real World(tm)?
(I cannot do more than lobby the webmaster, but you know how it goes.)

Comment 3

[Michael Schumacher]

URL is gone. I'd suggest that this bug shouldn't be closed yet. Reporter, is
there a new test case?

Comment 4

[Kai Lahmann (is there, where MNG is)]

move...

Comment 5

[Erik]

Original page is gone and no feedback from reporter since over 3 month =>
resolving invalid...

Comment 6

[Michael Stadlbauer]

-v