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jscher2000 / Content-Type-Fixer-extension

Firefox extension to override dumb Content-Type headers with correct values
Mozilla Public License 2.0
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No "Open with firefox" option downloading a PDF file #17

Open hopalongrock opened 1 year ago

hopalongrock commented 1 year ago

There is no "Open with Firefox" option for a PDF file from a specific site, only "Open With Adobe Acrobat Reader" and "Save file". Firefox contains for "Portable Document Format (PDF)" Content type the "Always ask" action.

I have to set the action to "Open with Firefox" to view the PDF in Firefox.

For other downloads the "Open with Firefox" option exists!

This happens with content-type fixer too, using it's default settings.

In case of download, the file has a generated name, for example BrrGhM8s.pdf

Microsoft Edge shows the file immediately (the default for PDF is Adobe Acrobat Reader)

I attached the log, but I don't know, what can I do, I don't see PDF extension, and only the svg extension entry has Add button.

It's a personal download, the site is password protected.

I hope you can help,

Thanks JAV Log of Recent Requests 20230327

jscher2000 commented 1 year ago

It's possible that the PDF is generated within the page by a script instead of retrieved directly from the server. In that case, unfortunately, the add-on cannot see what is happening because it only monitors traffic with web servers. (And the file won't appear in the request log.)