994605 - Clicking on a link to a WAV-file does not play it in the browser but starts a download

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: Audio/Video, defect)

Description

[Elbart]

Attachment: testcase.html

Nightly 2014-04-09, default profile.
Open the testcase.

Clicking on a link to a WAV-file is not playing it in the browser, but it starts a download.
Clicking on MP3- and MP4-files starts to play the files in the browser.

Playing WAV-files from within <audio>-elements does work fine, though.

Comment 1

[Matthew Gregan [:kinetik]]

Thanks for the bug report.  The existing behaviour is a deliberate choice, please refer to bug 475110 comment 18 for the justification.