279947 - usability bug. when saving gzip'ed images, firefox doesn't automatically un-gzip.

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

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User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

when saving gzip'ed images, firefox does neither uncompress the file nor rename
it to *.gz. advanced users will know how to "fix" the "broken" jpeg file, but
most will not. internet explorer does automatically un-compress.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. visit site and drag "cool pic" to your desktop
2. remove timestamp in filename (rename to *.jpg) and try to open (it's gzip'ed)
3. rename to *.jpg.gz, uncompress, try to open again (now it works)

Actual Results:  
without uncompressing the gzip'ed image manually, you won't be able to view it

Expected Results:  
firefox should automatically uncompress gzip'ed images when saving them from a
web page

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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