Bug#535917: iceweasel: File filter for save as dialog doesn't always work

Bill Wohler wohler at newt.com
Sun Jan 3 19:55:54 UTC 2010


Mike Hommey <mh at glandium.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 03:37:44PM -0800, Bill Wohler wrote:
> > Mike Hommey <mh at glandium.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > Would you happen to have a real such url that does end up delivering a
> > > pdf file ?
> > 
> > Not that I could show you :-).
> > 
> > Would it be helpful to show you the HTTP header?
> 
> That may be.

On second thought, since this happens with a POST instead of GET,
getting the header will tricky.
> 
> > Otherwise, I'll keep an eye on a less sensitive URL that you could use
> > to reproduce the problem. Thanks!

OK, here's a recipe. I hope step #1 isn't too much of a problem for you.

1. Create an account at delicious.com if you haven't already.

2. Create a bookmark if you haven't already (on your delicious home
   page, create a new bookmark by clicking on Save a new bookmark, enter
   some URL, press Next, enter some tag, press Save). You may try
   skipping this step at first and see if the following works as
   described.

3. Navigate to the bookmark export page:

   https://secure.delicious.com/settings/bookmarks/export

4. Press the Export button.

5. In the disposition dialog, select Save File and press OK.

6. In the Enter name of file to save to... dialog, navigate to a
   directory that you know includes .html files.

7. Observe that none of the HTML documents are shown while the HTML
   document filter is in place. Change the filter to All Files and note
   that the HTML files are now shown.

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