74700 - Clicking on a filename in the attachment button should ask to "save" or "open" (in addition to the Save/Open submen)

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(SeaMonkey :: MailNews: Message Display, enhancement)

Description

[Peter Lairo]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; WinNT4.0; en-US; 0.8.1), 2001-04-03, imap server

Clicking on a filename in the attachment button should ask to "save" or "open"
(in addition to the Save/Open submen)

There is more than one way to skin a cat ;)

Comment 1

[Peter Lairo]

changing summary to "double-clicking" from "clicking" to more correctly reflect
what is meant.

There is little more annoying than thoughtlessly double-clicking an attachment
(and beginners do this a lot) and having a WHOLE SERIES of events occur
(download attachment, load application, load file into app, close app, curse at
the inconvenience, etc.) when one didn't necessarily whant that to happen.

Currently, as an "always saver" of attachments, I am barred from the convenience
of doubleclicking :(

A confirmation dialogue would be much better:

+-- What do you want to do with this attachment? --+
|                                                  |
|        < save to disk >    < open >              |
|                                                  |
+--------------------------------------------------+

Comment 2

[Peter Lairo]

changing summary back to "clicking" and marking "invalid" since this bug was
referring to the old attachment button UI.

I just hate having my bugs being "invalid" - it's soo degrading ;)

Comment 3

[fenella]

Closing this bug.