59932 - mozilla as a file manager/task launcher

Status: NEW

Description

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky, bz on IRC]]

This is a request for a graphical shell based on the Mozilla framework.  The
idea is to allow the execution of executable files that are stored locally.
Since Mozilla already supports browsing of local filesystems via file:// urls
and opening of various files using helpers, adding the ability to execute local
binaries (scripts can already be done with helpers) would allow one to use
Mozilla as a graphical shell / file manager.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky, bz on IRC]]

Note: this bug started out as bug 59896 and has been reopened for clarity.

Comments from 59896:

------- Additional Comments From Jason Kersey 2000-11-12 15:09 -------
This is a rfe for being able to use mozilla as a file
manager/task launcher.  Currently, when you run local programs, it treats them
as remote programs, and asks how to handle them.  Basically, to make this work,
there needs to be a way to determine local vs. remote, and how to run a program
in place, rather than try to download it.

Comment 2

[Doron Rosenberg (IBM)]

setting rfe, over to nobody, helpwated, rephrasing summary. p5 as this is not
needed for 1.0

Comment 3

[Jesse Ruderman]

See bug 42015 for running .exe's that are downloaded from webpages.

Comment 4

[famtie]

Yeah. opera works as file manager now. 

Comment 5

[benc]

-> file handler

BTW, I saw Nautilus running once, which was gecko-based in some ways, from what
I heard.

Comment 6

[benc]

*** Bug 102760 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7

[R.K.Aa.]

should this be added to tracker bug 97358?

Comment 8

[Bamm Gabriana]

Mozilla needs a way to browse just the folder structure, not including the
files. Just like the Folders explorer bar in IE. Calling file:// does not do
this correctly because it shows files.

The Windows API has a special widget ("control") for showing just a folder
structure. Moz needs a widget like this, based perhaps on outliner.

Furthermore, Mozilla needs capabilities to be like a desktop and to have
Windows taskbar-like functionality.

Comment 9

[benc]

bamn: I think you are asking for a lot of stuff that is beyond what this RFE is
about. I suggest opening a new RFE in XP-Apps.

Comment 10

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** Bug 181530 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 11

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** Bug 217789 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***