372134 - Thunderbird should have a file handling link

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 313468

(Thunderbird :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Tristan Allen]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070219 Firefox/2.0.0.2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070219 Firefox/2.0.0.2 - Build ID: 2007021917

When I was looking for an extension for Thunderbird, i found myself irritated 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to https://addons.mozilla.org in a browser and find an extension for Thunderbird.

2. See no way to simply click and have an extension automatically ported to Thunderbird.
Actual Results:  
I get irritated with having to save the xpi file and browse with TB to install it.

Expected Results:  
An external application file handling dialog should pop up (similar to the one used for irc:// links

Build ID: 2007021917

Comment 2

[Tristan Allen]

This has nothing to do with bug 313468. That bug deals with file associations in Microsoft Windows. This bug deals with external file handling links for use in a browser such as Mozilla Firefox.

Comment 3

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Please read through the bug, and see the bug that got duped there. It really is a duplicate. As discussed there, that bug may get morphed later when a decision is made on what approach to take.