Re: how to open links etc

Roger <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.dillo.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 08:16:43PM -0400, Benjamin Johnson wrote:
>On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:11:14 -0400, Roger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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!).

>Easy solution: ask the user whether to open the file, or just save it to  
>disk.

So, the prompt saves my butt 5% of the time, the other 95% of the time I'm
harassed by a prompt like in Windows.

IMO, configuring for the fewest clicks possible is best.  And like you said,
provide a file with an option to to link in external apps if the user so
wishes.  (ie mutt's $HOME/.mutt/mailcap is a good example)

Keeping a file type pointing to null or commented, gets default (download)
action?

I didn't want to say much more without being able to help code it, but I don't
want to see another prompt popping-up. (ie. Dillo quit prompt) :-/
-- 
Roger
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