284558 - GOPHER protocol support needs improvement (Save as "binary")

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jari Aalto]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050301 Firefox/1.0.1 (Debian package 1.0.1-1)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050301 Firefox/1.0.1 (Debian package 1.0.1-1)

Trying to access a binary file through gopher protocol load the file
"as is" to the browser. Fine.

But, the binary file cannot be saved from File => "Save As". The only save
choices are

  *.html
  *.txt

It insists appending a ".html" suffix to the end of filename, while none
is wanted.

Please include "Save raw" when filename does not end to *.html? or *.txt.




Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.gopher://freeshell.org/00/users/djmoberg/bl3iso.zip (Don't know how long)
2. ... wait .. and ... try saving that file
3. File => Save as offers choice "bl3iso.zip.html"

Actual Results:  
bl3iso.zip.html

Expected Results:  
Save as "binary" is also possible

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

see bug 194220

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.