Re: Downloading .m3u or .mp3 with Firefox

[Hanspeter Roth <hampi@rootshell.be>]

  On Oct 24 at 13:48, Hanspeter Roth spoke:

> Hello,
> 
> when I click a .m3u or .mp3 link in Firefox in the Debian
> installation the mouse-pointer shows the busy-pointer for two
> seconds but else nothing happens. I have no chance to specify a
> download directory or to choose an application to handle the link as
> this is the case with other distributions.
> How can I make Firefox to offer a dialog to choose a download
> directory or an application to deal with the link in Debian
> environment?

I have found the solution:
I have dropped the Debian Firefox package and installed the
Mozilla.org one.
Now Firefox behaves as expected offering a dialog where I can
tell it what to do with the .m3u file.

-Hanspeter