419727 - application for JPEG mime type can not be specified

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[steve young]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 Firefox/2.0.0.12

In Netscape 6.0 undr MAc OS 9.2.2 it was possible to make Netscape use Graphic Converter  Http://www.lemkesoft.com/ .  Whenever I clicked on a jpeg, Netscape would use Graphic Converter to download the jpeg.  And I could direct the download to a desktop folder.  So each and every jpeg I clicked on was immediately opended in GC and also downloaded withouy any additional keystrokes or right clicking or doing a save as.

Firefox opens a new window via a tab and displays the jpeg. 

So I added the mime type JPEG via mime editor, but it will not show up in the extensions manage window.

How can I get Firefox to use GC for jpeg, jpg, jpe files?  Why doesn't the added mime type show up?

Reproducible: Always

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Comment 1

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

Because Firefox can handle jpep files internal and you can't override internal handled mime-types.
If we allow to set a mime-type for jpeg images you Firefox had to launch the helper application for every jped image on a site.

I don't think that this bug is valid, it's by design.

Comment 2

[steve young]

No.  Netscape does not use the helper application to display the images.  It uses its internal code to display.  Only when I want to downlaod the jpeg does GC become active and then it only opens once during a  browser session.  The helper GC is not used by Netscape unless I want ot download the image.

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

This bug was reported using Firefox 3.0 or older, which is no longer supported. The bug has also not been changed in over 500 days and is still in UNCO.
Reporter, please retest this bug in Firefox 3.6.10 or later using a fresh profile, http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/managing+profiles. If you still see this problem, please update the bug. If you no longer see the bug, please set the resolution to RESOLVED, WORKSFORME.

This is a mass search of unconfirmed bugs that have no activity on them, so if you feel a bug was marked in error, just remove the CLOSEME comment in the whiteboard within the next month.

Comment 4

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.12 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.