On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 06:16:34PM -0500, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 04:44:47PM -0600, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > Look in the "Downloads" tab of the preferences. > > In the window that opens there is one option that seems relevant. Under > > file types there is a statement that the associated action will be > > performed on the following file types. However this window is empty > > and cannot be written to. The only thing I can do is click on the > [...] > > What am I missing that I should see? > > If you try to download a file of a given type, a dialog box will pop up > asking you what you want to do with it. If you pick "do this automatically > for files like this from now on", the file type will then show up in the > preferences window. I know you can do that but to me that way of doing things is non-functional compared to the way mozilla and previous browsers allowed one to do this. It is one of several ways that firefox has driven us backwards. -- ======================================================================= Why are many scientists using lawyers for medical experiments instead of rats? a) There are more lawyers than rats. b) The scientist's don't become as emotionally attached to them. c) There are some things that even rats won't do for money. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
