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Firefox should use gnome-open  
Written by blazemore the 30 Oct 09 at 11:16. New
The Unix Philosophy is that everything should do ONE thing, and do it WELL.

Firefox maintains a database of what to do with downloads.
Gnome maintains a database of what to do with files.

For example, if I double click a video file in Nautilus, it will open in VLC, but Firefox opens the same type of file in Totem by default.

This is annoying, and confusing as well.
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Solution #1: Make Firefox downloads open in gnome-open
Written by blazemore the 30 Oct 09 at 11:16.
When you download a file in Firefox (Assuming you're not saving it to disk), it should open in gnome-open. All files should do this. It's especially annoying when exe files open in file-roller instead of Wine.

This would be really easy to do, very effective, and customisable (Users can simply override it for specific filetypes in Firefox if they wish)

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There is an overwhelming choice of browser plugins for any given media type  
Written by Hawke the 22 Oct 09 at 02:21. New
When one attempts to play a video in Firefox (at, e.g. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html ), there is a prompt to install a browser plugin.

Unfortunately, this prompt provides six options for Quicktime, and four options for RealVideo.

No hints are provided to the user as to which plugin is most likely to work. If they guess wrong, there’s no easy way to change their mind.
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Solution #1: Pick one plugin and go with it
Written by Hawke the 22 Oct 09 at 02:21.
Ideally, there should be no user choice here. Ubuntu should choose one plugin that works with the selected media type and prompt the user to install it. If no plugin always works, the best one should be enhanced so that it does.
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Solution #2: Allow easy switching of plugins
Written by Hawke the 22 Oct 09 at 02:27.
There should be some way to easily choose which plugin to use after the fact. Figuring out which one is currently in use, which package it’s in, removing it, restarting the browser, and going through the plugin installation wizard again is too much of a hassle.

And when multiple plugins are installed, there’s no (easy?) way to choose which one will actually be used for a particular media type.
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Solution #3: Show user ratings next to each plugin
Written by stoffel the 24 Oct 09 at 14:54.
There are plans to add support for user ratings to the Software Center ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SoftwareCenter ).

I think it would be a good idea to also add support for these ratings in the browser plugin choice dialog, for instance by showing a certain number of stars next to each plugin.

In this way it will be easy for users to make a better plugin choice.

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Firefox crash reports should also go to Mozilla  
Written by Tanner the 28 Oct 09 at 22:22. New
Right now, the crash reports don't go to mozilla, making it near impossible for Mozilla Firefox devs and QA, to fix it. It would be nice when people come to Mozilla SuMo for support that they have about:crashes working, and having valid ID's. If they don't have that, its hard to tell what's wrong with it. This should be fixed, because it makes it tons easier for Mozilla support and Devs to fix the crashing.
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Solution #1: Have about:crashes a valid URL
Written by Tanner the 28 Oct 09 at 22:22.
We should make about:crashes a valid URL, and crash reports should go to mozilla.

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