583570 - Open With Dialog in Firefox Should Be sorted Alphabetically

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Phillip Munn]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0E)

Take a look at the screenshot here:
http://hidetab.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/hidetab-firefox-guide-1.jpg

My open-with list contains quite a few programs yet it is a nightmare to find them because the programs are loaded in a random order. Could we not make it for Firefox 4 that this list has the programs appear sorted Alphabetically?

Another option would be to have a search box to filter the list further?
Welcome your views on this.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download a file with an unknown filetype.
2. Choose Select a Program to open the file with.
Actual Results:  
The programs listed are in a random order.

Expected Results:  
Sorted Alphabetically to make it clearer.

Comment 1

[Urmas]

How is it an 'enhancement'? There is no any reasoning for a current behaviour.

Comment 2

[Brian Bradford]

Attachment: erlikinpu19771049.txt

Thanks from isunipob1982.