Re: how to open links etc

--- On Wed, 9/14/11, Benjamin Johnson <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Benjamin Johnson <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [Dillo-dev] how to open links etc
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 8:16 PM
> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:11:14 -0400,
> Roger <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
> > On the flip, I just love accidentally clicking on a
> link/URL within Google
> > thinking it's going to spawn a new tab with an HTML
> page, only to find-out
> > acroread or epdfview trying to start on my
> short-of-resources computers.
> > 
> > Half the time, it's nice to see Seamonkey
> automatically open PDF's, other
> > times, it's a pain because I can't do anything until
> the resource hog
> > applications complete after their execution
> process.  (Oh, including the wait
> > for download because I thought it was an HTML page.)
> > 
> > Seems the only middle-of-the-road solution for me,
> disable the auto-open
> > feature for PDF files and use Google "view as HTML"
> links (if my eye catches them!).
> > 
> > As far as opening other file types such as
> > text/diffs/patches/any_thing_else_you_can_think_of,
> etc., I'm all for it.
> 
> Easy solution: ask the user whether to open the file, or
> just save it to disk.

I agree. 

I also agree with the Roger about the pain caused by things just opening up on their own with major action required to stop it......

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