Re: You have chosen to open index.php which is a: PHP file

[Magno]

On 11/29/2010 03:39 AM, Jan Braun wrote:
> Mark Hobley schrob:
>> I am using Debian iceape, which is a Mozilla seamonkey based derivative.
>> When I attempt to edit wiki pages at a couple of internet sites (such as
>> wikibooks or rosettacode), after I have made the edit, I click the
>> "Save page" button on the website. This causes the browser to provide a
>> dialogue as follows: [...]
>
> Yep, another decade-old bug:
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57342
>
> The webserver sends a wrong Content-Type Header, iceape doesn't know
> what to do with it, and it's somehow impossible for the Mozilla crowd to
> implement a "just display it" button.

Think about security and how that would be exploited to do XSS attacks.

[Mark Hobley]

I am using Debian iceape, which is a Mozilla seamonkey based derivative.
When I attempt to edit wiki pages at a couple of internet sites (such as
wikibooks or rosettacode), after I have made the edit, I click the
"Save page" button on the website. This causes the browser to provide a
dialogue as follows:

Opening index.php

You have chosen to open index.php

which is a: PHP file
from http://rosettacode.org

What should iceape do with this file?

[ ] Open with [BROWSE...]
[ ] Save File

[ ] Do this automatically for files like this from now on

[CANCEL] [OK]

If I choose to save the file, an empty file index.php is created and
the submission does not complete.

If I choose to open the file with iceape and do this automatically, iceape
goes into an infinite loop causing squillions of blank windows to appear.

How do I get the submission to work when this occurs?

Mark.

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[Jan Braun]

Mark Hobley schrob:

> I am using Debian iceape, which is a Mozilla seamonkey based derivative.
> When I attempt to edit wiki pages at a couple of internet sites (such as
> wikibooks or rosettacode), after I have made the edit, I click the
> "Save page" button on the website. This causes the browser to provide a

> dialogue as follows: [...]

Yep, another decade-old bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57342

The webserver sends a wrong Content-Type Header, iceape doesn't know
what to do with it, and it's somehow impossible for the Mozilla crowd to
implement a "just display it" button.

> If I choose to open the file with iceape and do this automatically, iceape

> goes into an infinite loop causing squillions of blank windows to appear.

That one's only 8 years old:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167320

> How do I get the submission to work when this occurs?

Use ELinks. ;)
The Mozilla-recommended solution is mailing webmaster@ and having them fix
their server.

cheers,
Jan

P.S.: If you really insist on using that pile of Mozilla, you might try
http://www.spasche.net/openinbrowser/
Don't come crying to me if you do. :p
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