Closed Bug 213446 Opened 22 years ago Closed 22 years ago

Downloads non standard file types as txt files. Does not allow user to switch to all file types.

Categories

(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, defect)

x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
minor

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: bryan_hoff, Assigned: law)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030714 Mozilla Firebird/0.6 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5a) Gecko/20030714 Mozilla Firebird/0.6 I often have to download some non standard file types and the download manager ONLY allows me to download them as .txt files. This should default to all files or at least let the user change file type. This is always repeated on file extentions of .dld and others. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Try to dl a .dld file or unknown file type. 2. Try to change file type 3. Actual Results: downloads file as txt file not type specified. Expected Results: At least allow the user to change file type to all files. Use all files as default download file type. Work around : Use another browser (IE?) to dl particular file.
This is not the correct component. This probably belongs to file handling. It may also be INVALID; your server is most likely sending "Content-Type: text/plain" in the HTTP headers for these files, and we are honoring that MIME- type.
Assignee: blakeross → law
Component: Download Manager → File Handling
It's invalid because you get this only if the server told Mozilla that the file is a text file. Example for a misconfigured server: http://www.mversen.de/mozilla/text/mozilla.rar correct server setting : http://www.mversen.de/mozilla/rar/mozilla.rar And yes, this works in IE but this is a wanted (?) bug in IE. IE violates the RFC with this wrong file handling..
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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